1999 No. 1326
The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients, Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 1999
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 113(2) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19921, and sections 73(1)(b) and 189(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 19922, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that the proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it3, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
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.
Amendment of regulation 2 of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 19752
Regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 19754 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.
Amendment of regulation 6 of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 19913
Regulation 6 (hospitalisation) of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 19915 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.
Amendment of regulations 8 and 12A of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 19914
Regulation 8 (hospitalisation) and 12A (hospitalisation in mobility component cases) of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 19916, 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.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)