# The Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 6: Persons in the course of claiming disability living allowance not entitled to claim personal independence payment


(1) This regulation applies to a person who is not entitled to disability living allowance if—
(a) the person claimed disability living allowance before 20th June 2016; and
(b) that claim remains under consideration on that date.
(2) A person to whom this regulation applies may not claim personal independence payment while the person’s claim for disability living allowance remains under consideration.
(3) For the purpose of this regulation a person’s claim for disability living allowance remains under consideration only if it has not—
(a) been decided by the Department under Article 9 of the 1998 Order (decisions by the Department);
(b) been withdrawn in accordance with regulation 5(2) of the 1987 Regulations (withdrawal of claim); or
(c) otherwise ceased to be under consideration before being decided by the Department as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/227/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/personal-independence-payment-transitional-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-6
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