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The Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013

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PART 1E+W+SGeneral

Citation and commencementE+W+S

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013.

(2) These Regulations come into force in relation to a particular case on the day on which Part 4 of the Act comes into force in relation to that case F1.

Textual Amendments

F1See S.I. 2013/358 (C.16).

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 1 coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) and S.I. 2013/358

InterpretationE+W+S

2.  In these Regulations—

the 1998 Act” means the Social Security Act 1998F2;

the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

[F3adult disability payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022;]

“aid or appliance”—

(a)

means any device which improves, provides or replaces C's impaired physical or mental function; and

(b)

includes a prosthesis;

assessment” means the assessment referred to in regulation 4;

C” means a person who has made a claim for or, as the case may be, is entitled to personal independence payment;

[F3child disability payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021;]

component” means the daily living component or, as the case may be, the mobility component of personal independence payment;

descriptor” means a descriptor in column 2 of the tables in Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 1;

disability living allowance” means disability living allowance under section 71 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992F4;

medical treatment” means medical, surgical or rehabilitative treatment (including any course or diet or other regimen), and references to a person receiving or submitting to medical treatment are to be construed accordingly;

prescribed date” means the date prescribed F5 by regulation [F614, 15 or 15A];

previous award” means an award of either or both components to which C has ceased to be entitled;

revised” means revised under section 9 of the 1998 Act, and “revision” is to be construed accordingly;

superseded” means superseded under section 10 of the 1998 ActF7, and “supersession” is to be construed accordingly; and

terms defined for the purposes of a provision of Part 4 of the Act have the same meaning in these Regulations.

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