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Regulation 11 Amendment of the Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 13 (failure to provide information etc.)—

(a)

after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)

Where it is accepted that the claimant had good reason for the failure giving rise to a determination under paragraph (1), whether or not at the same time as making an assessment determination, the determination under paragraph (1) is treated as not made and the transfer claimant’s entitlement to disability living allowance is reinstated as if the determination had never been made.”;

(b)

omit paragraph (2).

(3)

In regulation 17 (procedure following and consequences of determination of claim for personal independence payment)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(b), omit “except where regulation 13(2) applies to the claimant,”;

(b)

omit paragraph (4)(b);

(c)

in paragraph (5)(a), omit “except where regulation 13(2) applies to the claimant,”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 11 in operation at 30.10.2026, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

S.R. 2016 No. 227