Regulation 6 Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations

for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

who is certified as severely sight impaired or blind by a consultant ophthalmologist;”; and

in sub-paragraph (c) for “registered as blind in such a register” substitute “certified as severely sight impaired or blind”.

for sub-paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), a person is blind if he is certified as severely sight impaired or blind by a consultant ophthalmologist.”; and

for sub-paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4), a person who has ceased to be certified as severely sight impaired or blind on regaining his eyesight shall nevertheless be treated as blind and as satisfying the additional condition set out in that sub-paragraph for a period of 28 weeks following the date on which he ceased to be so certified.”.