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These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Independence Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 30th November 2020.
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(1) Regulation 27 (revision and supersession of an award after the person has reached the relevant age) of the Personal Independence Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) For paragraph (2) substitute—“
(2) Where the original award includes an award of the mobility component and is superseded—
(a) pursuant to regulation 23 of the Decisions and Appeals Regulations for a relevant change of circumstance which occurred after C reached the relevant age; or
(b) pursuant to regulation 26(1)(a) of the Decisions and Appeals Regulations, where—
(i) the application for supersession was made by C after C reached the relevant age, or
(ii) the supersession proceedings were initiated by the Department after C reached the relevant age,
the restrictions in paragraph (3) apply in relation to the supersession.”.
(3) After paragraph (2) insert—“
(2A) In paragraph (2) the “Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 9th November 2020
(L.S.)Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
