In these Regulations—

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

• “the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

• F7“adult disability payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022;

• “aid or appliance”—

  1. a

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

  2. 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;

• F7“child 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 1992F3;

• “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 F4 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• “superseded” means superseded under section 10 of the 1998 ActF5, and “supersession” is to be construed accordingly; and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.