# The Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S

In these Regulations—
“the 1998 Act” means the Social Security Act 1998;
“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;
“adult disability payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022;
“aid or appliance”—
(a)means any device which improves, provides or replaces C's impaired physical or mental function; and
(b)includes a prosthesis;
“assessment” means the assessment referred to in regulation 4;
“C” means a person who has made a claim for or, as the case may be, is entitled to personal independence payment;
“child disability payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021;
“component” means the daily living component or, as the case may be, the mobility component of personal independence payment;
“descriptor” means a descriptor in column 2 of the tables in Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 1;
“disability living allowance” means disability living allowance under section 71 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
“medical treatment” means medical, surgical or rehabilitative treatment (including any course or diet or other regimen), and references to a person receiving or submitting to medical treatment are to be construed accordingly;
“prescribed date” means the date prescribed by regulation 14, 15 or 15A , 15A or 15B;
“previous award” means an award of either or both components to which C has ceased to be entitled;
“the residence change date”, in relation to a person, means the date on which the person becomes permanently resident in Scotland (whether or not the Secretary of State is notified of the move and whether or not any such notification takes place before or after the person moves to Scotland);
“revised” means revised under section 9 of the 1998 Act, and “revision” is to be construed accordingly;
“run-on period” has the meaning given in regulation 23ZB(4);
“Scottish adult disability living allowance” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025;
“superseded” means superseded under section 10 of the 1998 Act, and “supersession” is to be construed accordingly; and
terms defined for the purposes of a provision of Part 4 of the Act have the same meaning in these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/377/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-personal-independence-payment-regulations-2013/regulation-2
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