Article 22 Amendment of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992

(1)

The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation), after the definition of “the run-on period”, insert—

““Scottish adult disability living allowance” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025;”.

(3)

After regulation 2(1ZB) (conditions as to residence and presence in Northern Ireland), insert—

“(1ZC)

A person to whom regulation 48(1) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025 applies shall be treated for the period set out in that regulation as though he does not satisfy the condition in paragraph (1)(a)(i) of this regulation.”.

(4)

In regulation 6(1) (qualifying period for care component after an interval), after “Disability Living allowance”, insert “, or the care component of Scottish adult disability living allowance”.

(5)

In regulation 11 (qualifying period for mobility component after an interval), after “Disability Living allowance”, insert “, or the mobility component of Scottish adult disability living allowance”.

(6)

In Schedule 1 (persons aged 65 and over)—

(a)

in paragraph 3(2), after “care component” in the first place it appears, insert “or the care component of Scottish adult disability living allowance”;

(b)

in paragraph 3(3)(a), after “attendance allowance”, insert “or to the care component of Scottish adult disability living allowance”;

(c)

in paragraph 5(1), after “regulation 4(2)(a)”, insert “or the mobility component of Scottish adult disability living allowance payable at the higher rate specified in regulation 29(2)(b) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025”;

(d)

in paragraph 5(3)(a), after “mobility component”, insert “or the mobility component of Scottish adult disability living allowance”;

(e)

in paragraph 6(1), after “regulation 4(2)(b)”, insert “or the mobility component of Scottish adult disability living allowance payable at the lower rate specified in regulation 29(2)(a) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025”;

(f)

in paragraph 7(1), after “mobility component”, insert “or the mobility component of Scottish adult disability living allowance”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1992 No. 32; relevant amending instruments are S.R. 1993 No. 340, S.R. 1999 No. 428, S.R. 2000 No. 71, S.R. 2016 No. 229, S.R. 2017 No. 218, S.I. 2021/804, S.I. 2022/177, S.I. 2022/335 and S.I. 2023/664.