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Explanatory note

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These Regulations amend the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991 by–

(1)

including a reference to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 in the definitions in regulation 8(3) of “National Health Service trust” and “recognised fund-holding practice” (regulation 2(2));

(2)

substituting a new paragraph (2) and adding a new paragraph (2A) to regulation 9 so as to limit the exception provided in paragraph (2) from the requirement that disability living allowance should not be paid to people in certain accommodation (regulation 2(3)(b) and (c)); and

(3)

extending regulation 9(3) and regulation 10(4) which provide exceptions to the requirement that disability living allowance should not be paid to people in certain accommodation (regulation 2(3)(d) and (4)).