# The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992, Regulation 8: Exemption from regulations 6 and 7


(1) Subject to paragraph (3), regulation 6 or, as the case may be, regulation 7 shall not apply to a person in respect of the first 28 days of any period throughout which he is—
(a) undergoing medical or other treatment in a hospital or similar institution in any of the circumstances mentioned in regulation 6; or
(b) in accommodation provided in any of the circumstances mentioned in regulation 7.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—
(a) 2 or more distinct periods separated by an interval not exceeding 28 days, or by 2 or more such intervals, shall be treated as a continuous period equal in duration to the total of such distinct periods and ending on the last day of the later or last such period;
(b) any period or periods to which either regulation 6 or regulation 7 refers shall be taken into account and aggregated with any period to which the other of them refers.
(3) Where, on the day a person's entitlement to an attendance allowance commences, he is in accommodation in the circumstances mentioned in regulation 6 or regulation 7, paragraph (1) shall not apply to him for any period of consecutive days, beginning with that day, on which he remains in that accommodation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1992/20/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-attendance-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1992/regulation-8
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