# The Personal Independence Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 29: Hospital in-patients aged 18 or over


(1) Subject to paragraph (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 1991; or
(b) a hospital or similar institution maintained or administered by the Defence Council.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/217/regulation/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/personal-independence-payment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-29
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