Regulation 5 Amendment of regulation 8 of the Attendance Allowance Regulations

In regulation 8 of the Attendance Allowance Regulations (exemption from regulations 6 and 7), for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–

“(1)

Regulation 6, or as the case may be, regulation 7, shall not, subject to paragraph (3), apply to a person in respect of the first 28 days of any period during which he–

(a)

is undergoing medical or other treatment in a hospital or other institution in any of the circumstances mentioned in regulation 6; or

(b)

would, but for this regulation, be prevented from receiving an attendance allowance by reason of regulation 7(1).”.