# The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 16: Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996

Extent: E+W

(1) Paragraph 7 of Schedule 1A (applicable amounts for persons who have attained or whose partner has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) is amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (3)—
(a) after “and that partner is” omit “blind or”;
(b) after “severely sight-impaired or is treated as” omit “blind or”.
(3) For sub-paragraph (4)(a) substitute the following—
“(a) a person is severely sight-impaired if they are registered as severely sight-impaired in a register kept by a local authority in England under section 77(1) of the Care Act 2014 (registers of sight-impaired adults) or, as the case may be, registered as severely sight-impaired in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, and”.
(4) In sub-paragraph (4)(b)—
(a) after “to be registered as” omit “blind or”;
(b) after “nevertheless to be treated as” omit “blind or”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/211/schedule/3/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-services-and-well-being-wales-act-2014-consequential-amendments-secondary-legislation-regulations-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-16
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