Regulation 2 Amendment of the Mobility Allowance Regulations 1975

Regulation 3 of the Mobility Allowance Regulations 1975^f1 (circumstances in which, for the purposes of section 37A of the Social Security Act 1975, a person is or is not to be treated as suffering from physical disablement such that he is unable or virtually unable to walk) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

In paragraph (1)(b) for the words “while out of doors” there shall be substituted the words “while out of doors; or”.

After paragraph (1)(b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph–

“(c)

he has both legs amputated at levels which are either through or above the ankle, or he has one leg so amputated and is without the other leg, or is without both legs, to the same extent as if it, or they, had been so amputated.”.

In paragraph (2) for the words “A person shall not be treated” there shall be substituted the words “Unless paragraph (1)(c) applies to him a person shall not be treated”.