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Regulation 29 Hospital in-patients aged 18 or overF3

(1)

Subject to F1paragraph (3) and regulation 30, no amount of personal independence payment which is attributable to either component is payable in respect of C for any period during which C meets the condition in Article 91(2).

(2)

For the purposes of Article 91(3), the costs of treatment, accommodation or any related services are borne out of public funds if C is undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient in—

(a)

a hospital or similar institution under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 or the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991f1; or

(b)

a hospital or similar institution maintained or administered by the Defence Council.

F2(3)

This regulation does not apply if C was under the age of 18 on the day on which C entered the hospital or similar institution referred to in Article 91(2) to begin C’s current period as an in-patient.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 29(1) inserted (6.7.2016) by The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/235), regs. 1, 3(b)

F2

Reg. 29(3) added (6.7.2016) by The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/235), regs. 1, 3(c)

F3

Words in reg. 29 heading substituted (6.7.2016) by The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/235), regs. 1, 3(a)

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)