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These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 6th October 2003.
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(1) The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 7 (persons in certain accommodation other than hospitals) –
(a) in paragraph (1) –
(i) the words “Except in the cases specified in paragraph (3) and” shall be omitted;
(ii) after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted “or”; and
(iii) sub-paragraph (c) and the word “or” which precedes it shall be omitted; and
(b)  paragraphs (3) and (4) shall be omitted.
(3) In regulation 8 (exemption from regulations 6 and 7) –
(a) paragraph (6)(a) and the word “and” which follows it shall be omitted; and
(b) in paragraph (6)(b)(i), for “the person’s own resources” there shall be substituted “the resources of the person for whom it is provided”.
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(1) The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 9 (persons in certain accommodation other than hospitals) –
(a) in paragraph (1) –
(i) for “paragraphs (1A) to (6)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (1A) to (4)”;
(ii) after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted “or”; and
(iii) sub-paragraph (c) and the word “or” which precedes it shall be omitted;
(b) in paragraph (1A) the words “and (c)” and “, or may be,” shall be omitted; and
(c) paragraphs (6) and (7) shall be omitted.
(3) In regulation 10 (exemption from regulations 8 and 9) –
(a) paragraph (8)(a) and the word “and” which follows it shall be omitted; and
(b) in paragraph (8)(b)(i), for “the person’s own resources” there shall be substituted “the resources of the person for whom it is provided”.
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The Regulations specified in column (1) of the Schedule are revoked to the extent mentioned in column (3).
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 9th September 2003.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development

SCHEDULE
Regulation 4


Column (1) Column (2) Column (3)
Citation Reference Extent of revocation
The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 S.R. 1992 No. 481 Regulation 3(3)(a)
The Social Security Benefits (Amendments Consequential Upon the Introduction of Community Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 S.R. 1993 No. 149 Regulation 5(2) and paragraphs 2 and 4 of Schedule 2
The Social Security and Child Support (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 S.R. 1996 No. 289 Regulations 17 and 18
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 S.R. 1998 No. 2 Regulation 6(3)
The Social Security (Amendment) (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 S.R. 2002 No. 132 Regulations 4(2)(b) and (c) and 5(2)(b) and (c)
The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 S.R. 2003 No. 191 Regulations 28 and 29