The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991

PART I

1.  When standing he cannot keep his balance unless he continually holds onto something.

2.  Using any crutches, walking frame, walking stick, prosthesis or similar walking aid which he habitually uses, he cannot walk a continuous distance of 100 metres along level ground without stopping or without suffering severe pain.

3.  He can use neither of his hands behind his back as in the process of putting on a jacket or of tucking a shirt into trousers.

4.  He can extend neither of his arms in front of him so as to shake hands with another person without difficulty.

5.  He can put neither of his hands up to his head without difficulty so as to put on a hat.

6.  Due to lack of manual dexterity he cannot pick up with each hand a coin which is not more than 2P centimetres in diameter.

7.  He is not able to use his hands or arms to pick up a full jug of 1 litre capacity and pour from it into a cup, without difficulty.

8.  He can turn neither of his hands sideways through 180°.

9.  He is registered as blind or registered as partially sighted in a register compiled by a local authority under section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948(1) (welfare services) or, in Scotland, has been certified as blind or as partially sighted and in consequence registered as blind or partially sighted in a register maintained by or on behalf of a regional or island council.

10.  He cannot see to read 16 point print at a distance greater than 20 centimetres, if appropriate, wearing the glasses he normally uses.

11.  He cannot hear a telephone ring when he is in the same room as the telephone, if appropriate, using a hearing aid he normally uses.

12.  In a quiet room he has difficulty in hearing what someone talking in a loud voice at a distance of 2 metres says, if appropriate, using a hearing aid he normally uses.

13.  People who know him well have difficulty in understanding what he says.

14.  When a person he knows well speaks to him, he has difficulty in understanding what that person says.

15.  At least once a year during waking hours he is in a coma or has a fit in which he loses consciousness.

16.  He has a mental illness for which he receives regular treatment under the supervision of a medically qualified person.

17.  Due to mental disability he is often confused or forgetful.

18.  He cannot do the simplest addition and subtraction.

19.  Due to mental disability he strikes people or damages property or is unable to form normal social relationships.

20.  He cannot normally sustain an 8 hour working day or a 5 day working week due to a medical condition or intermittent or continuous severe pain.