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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation certain provisions of the Social Security (Terminal Illness) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (“the Act”) in accordance with Article 2.

Article 2 commences section 1 of the Act which:

  • amends the life expectancy timeframe to 12 months in the definitions of “terminally ill” which are used for the purposes of enabling fast tracked access to Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment, Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit;

  • applies the new timeframe for the purposes of provisions in decisions and appeals legislation and that relating to premia and disregards in certain income-related benefits;

  • includes technical and consequential amendments to give full effect to the main change in the Act;

  • makes provision to ensure that the amendments made by the Act do not apply for the purposes of the Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1870) and the Child Trust Funds Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1450), which relate to excepted matters.