# The Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013, Regulation 29: Hospital in-patients aged 18 or over

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to paragraph (3) and regulation 30, no amount of personal independence payment which is attributable to either component is payable in respect of C for any period during which C meets the condition in section 86(2) of the Act (in-patient treatment: costs of treatment, accommodation and related services borne out of public funds).
(2) For the purposes of section 86(3) of the Act, the costs of treatment, accommodation or any related services are borne out of public funds if C is undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient in —
(a) a hospital or similar institution under –
(i) the National Health Service Act 2006 ;
(ii) the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 ; or
(iii) the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ; or
(b) a hospital or similar institution maintained or administered by the Defence Council.
(3) This regulation does not apply if C was under the age of 18 on the day on which C entered the hospital or similar institution referred to in section 86(2) of the Act to begin C’s current period as an in-patient.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/377/regulation/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-personal-independence-payment-regulations-2013/regulation-29
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