Regulation 7 Renal Dialysis
A person who suffers from renal failure and falls within the provisions in paragraph (2) shall be taken to satisfy–
where he undergoes renal dialysis by day, the conditions in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of F1section 72 of the Act (severe physical or mental disability);
where he undergoes renal dialysis by night, the conditions in paragraph (c) of that subsection; or
where he undergoes renal dialysis by day and by night, the conditions in either paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of subsection (1), but not both.
Subject to paragraph (3), a person falls within this paragraph–
if–
he undergoes renal dialysis two or more times a week; and
the renal dialysis he undergoes is of a type which normally requires the attendance or supervision of another person during the period of the dialysis; or
because of the particular circumstances of his case he in fact requires another person, during the period of the dialysis, to attend in connection with his bodily functions or to supervise him in order to avoid substantial danger to himself; and
if, where he undergoes dialysis as an out-patient in a hospital or similar institution, being treatment provided under F2the NHS Act of 1978, the NHS Act of 2006 or the NHS (Wales) Act of 2006, no member of the staff of the hospital or institution assists with or supervises the dialysis.
Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply for the purpose of determining whether a person is to be taken to satisfy any of the conditions mentioned in paragraph (1) during the periods mentioned in section 72(2)(a)(i) and (b)(i) of the Act.
Except to the extent that provision is made in paragraph (2)(b), a person who undergoes treatment by way of renal dialysis as an out-patient in a hospital or similar institution, being treatment provided under F4the NHS Act of 1978, the NHS Act of 2006 or the NHS (Wales) Act of 2006, shall not be taken solely by reason of the fact that he undergoes such dialysis, as satisfying any of the conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (c) of F5 section 72 of the Act.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (26.8.1993) by The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1939) , regs. 1(1) , 2(8)(a)
- F2
Words in reg. 7(2)(b) substituted (8.4.2013) by The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Carers Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/389), regs. 1(2), 4(5)
- F3
Reg. 7(3) substituted (26.8.1993) by The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1939) , regs. 1(1) , 2(8)(b)
- F4
Words in reg. 7(4) substituted (8.4.2013) by The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Carers Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/389), regs. 1(2), 4(5)
- F5
Words in reg. 7(4) substituted (26.8.1993) by The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1939) , regs. 1(1) , 2(8)(a)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
- F2
1975 c.14 . Sections 37ZA–37ZE were inserted in the Social Security Act 1975, by the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991; section 166 was amended by the Social Security Act 1989 (c.24) Schedule 8, paragraph 10(1); subsection (3A) was inserted in section 166 by the Social Security Act 1986 (c.50) , section 62(1) ; Schedule 20 is cited because of the meaning it ascribes to the words “Prescribed” and “Regulations”, and for the enabling power contained within the meaning of the word “Child”, which was inserted by the Child Benefit Act 1975 (c.61) , Schedule 4 , paragraph 38 .
- F3
1977 c.5 ; section 13 was amended by the Social Security Act 1979 (c.18) Schedule 3, paragraph 29(c) and the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991 (c.21) , section 4 , Schedule 2 , paragraph 8 .