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The Social Security (Introduction of Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

S.I. 1993/408 · Made 1 March 1993

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 1st March 1993

Laid before Parliament 8th March 1993

Coming into force 1st April 1993

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 5(1)(i) and 189(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992f1 and paragraph 22 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992f2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that the proposals to make these Regulations need not be referred to itf3, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 5.

f2

1992 c. 6.

f3

See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Social Security (Introduction of Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Introduction of Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

2Amendment of the Social Security (Introduction of Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991

(1)

The Social Security (Introduction of Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation and in this regulation a reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation in those Regulations which bears that number.

(2)

In regulation 13 (treatment of two awards of disability living allowance)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

for the words “4th April 1993” there shall be substituted the words “26th December 1993”; and

(ii)

for the words “5th April 1993”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “27th December 1993”;

(b)

in paragraph (2) for the words “5th April 1993”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “27th December 1993”.

(3)

In regulation 26 (payments of disability living allowance)—

(a)

in paragraphs (3), (9) and (10) for the words “6th April 1993” there shall be substituted the words “28th December 1993”; and

(b)

in paragraph (13) for the words “5th April 1993” there shall be substituted the words “27th December 1993”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Nicholas Scott

Minister of State,

Department of Social Security

1st March 1993

Explanatory note

(This note does not form part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Social Security (Introduction of Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991, by extending the period within which the transition from mobility allowance and attendance allowance to the two components of disability living allowance is to be effected.