
1999 No. 221
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients, Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
Made 11th May 1999
Coming into operation 7th June 1999
The Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 113(2) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and sections 71(1)(b) and 165(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients, Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 7th June 1999.
Amendment of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations
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Amendment of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations
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In regulation 6 of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 (hospitalisation) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
(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.”.
Amendment of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations
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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 8 (hospitalisation) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
(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.”.
(3) In regulation 12A (hospitalisation in mobility component cases) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—“
(3) 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.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on
John O'Neill
Assistant Secretary
11th May 1999.