
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients, Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 7th June 1999.
2 
Regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975 shall be amended by the insertion after paragraph (2) of the following–“
(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a period during which a person is regarded as receiving or having received free in-patient treatment shall be deemed to begin on the day after the day on which he enters a hospital or similar institution referred to in that paragraph and to end on the day on which he leaves such a hospital or similar institution.”.
3 
Regulation 6 (hospitalisation) of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1991 shall be amended by the insertion after paragraph (2) of the following–“
(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a period during which a person is maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient shall be deemed to begin on the day after the day on which he enters a hospital or similar institution referred to in that paragraph and to end on the day on which he leaves such a hospital or similar institution.”.
4 
Regulation 8 (hospitalisation) and 12A (hospitalisation in mobility component cases) of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991, shall be amended by the insertion after paragraph (2) of each regulation of the following–“
(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a period during which a person is maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient shall be deemed to begin on the day after the day on which he enters a hospital or other similar institution referred to in that paragraph and to end on the day on which he leaves such a hospital or other similar institution.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Hugh Bayley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
10th May 1999