Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 4 of the Attendance Allowance Regulations

In regulation 4 of the Attendance Allowance Regulations (allowance payable before the date of claim in renewal cases)–

(a)

in paragraph (a), the words “or the care component of a disability living allowance” shall be omitted;

(b)

in paragraph (b), for the word “either” there shall be substituted the word “the”; and

(c)

for the words “an attendance allowance may be paid” to the end of the regulation there shall be substituted the words “that person shall be entitled to an attendance allowance for a period starting on the day after the date on which the period referred to in paragraph (b) has ended and ending with the date of claim if the claimant has satisfied the condition mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 35 of the Act or the condition mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection or both those conditions throughout that period.”.