{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-personal-independence-payment-regulations-2013/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-personal-independence-payment-regulations-2013/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/377",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-personal-independence-payment-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Required period condition: daily living component",
  "text": "(1) C meets the required period condition for the purposes of section 78(1) of the Act (daily living component at standard rate) where —\n(a) if C had been assessed at every time in the period of 3 months ending with the prescribed date, it is likely that the Secretary of State would have determined at that time that C had limited ability to carry out daily living activities; and\n(b) if C were to be assessed at every time in the period of 9 months beginning with the day after the prescribed date, it is likely that the Secretary of State would determine at that time that C had limited ability to carry out daily living activities.\n(2) C meets the required period condition for the purposes of section 78(2) of the Act (daily living component at enhanced rate) where —\n(a) if C had been assessed at every time in the period of 3 months ending with the prescribed date, it is likely that the Secretary of State would have determined at that time that C had severely limited ability to carry out daily living activities; and\n(b) if C were to be assessed at every time in the period of 9 months beginning with the day after the prescribed date, it is likely that the Secretary of State would determine at that time that C had severely limited ability to carry out daily living activities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 12 coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) and S.I. 2013/358"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/377/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:38.365890+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}