Regulation 2 Amendment of the Personal Independence Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

in the defined term “manage medication or therapy” omit “or therapy”;

in the definition of that term omit “or undertake therapy”;

after that definition insert—

• ““manage therapy” means undertake therapy, where a failure to do so is likely to result in a deterioration in C's health;”;

in the defined term “monitor health”, for “monitor health” substitute “ monitor a health condition ”; and

in the definition of “therapy” at the end insert (as full-out words)—

“but does not include taking or applying, or otherwise receiving or administering, medication (whether orally, topically or by any other means), or any action which, in C's case, falls within the definition of “monitor a health condition”;”.

for “either” substitute “ any one or more of the following ”;

omit “or” at the end of paragraph (i);

in paragraph (ii) omit “or monitor a health condition”; and

after paragraph (ii) add—

“(iii)

supervision, prompting or assistance to be able to monitor a health condition.”.