{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-attendance-allowance-regulations-1991/regulation-8A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-attendance-allowance-regulations-1991/regulation-8A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2740",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-attendance-allowance-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/8A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8A",
  "heading": "Adjustment of allowance where medical expenses are paid from public funds under war pensions instruments",
  "text": "(1) In this regulation—\n“article 25B” means article 25B of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 (medical expenses) and includes that article as applied by article 48B of that Scheme;\n“article 21 ” means article 21 of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006 (medical expenses); and\nin this regulation and regulation 8B “relevant accommodation” means accommodation provided as a necessary ancillary to nursing care where the medical expenses involved are wholly borne by the Secretary of State pursuant to article 25B or article 21.\n(2) This regulation applies where a person is provided with relevant accommodation.\n(3) Subject to regulation 8B, where this regulation applies and there are payable in respect of a person both a payment under either article 25B or article 21 and an attendance allowance, the allowance shall be adjusted by deducting from it the amount of the payment under article 25B or article 21, as the case may be, and only the balance shall be payable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 8(4)-(6) inserted (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1992/3147, reg. 1, 8(2)(b) (with reg. 8(3)-(6))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 8A - Reg. 8B inserted (1.8.1994) by S.I. 1994/1779, reg. 1, 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 8A(1) substituted (8.4.2013) by The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Carer€™s Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/389), regs. 1(2), 3(9)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 8A(1) substituted (8.4.2013) by The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Carer€™s Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/389), regs. 1(2), 3(9)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 8A(3) substituted (8.4.2013) by The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Carer€™s Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/389), regs. 1(2), 3(9)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2740/regulation/8A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:33:11.140413+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}