Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/217/made
Timestamp: 2020-08-08 18:32:23
Document Index: 683658053

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 1', 'art 5', 'art 2', 'art 3', 'art 5', 'art 6', 'art 7', 'art 1']

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 82(3), 83(3) and (4), 84(3) and (4), 85(1) to (4) and (5)(a) and (c), 86(1), (3)(b) and (4), 88(3), 90(1), (5) and (6), 91(1) and (3), 92, 97(1) and 99(1)(a) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(1).
“the 1998 Order” means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(2);
“disability living allowance” means disability living allowance under section 71 of the Contributions and Benefits Act(3);
“superseded” means superseded under Article 11 of the 1998 Order(4) and “supersession” is to be construed accordingly.
(3) For the purposes of these Regulations and notwithstanding section 39(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(5), where a period of time is expressed to begin on, or to be reckoned from, a particular day, that day shall be included in the period.
(4) In paragraph (3), reference to written notice includes notice sent by electronic communication where C has agreed to accept correspondence in that way and “electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 4(1) of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001(6).
(i)who is not subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(7), or
(ii)to whom, by virtue of regulation 2 of the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(8), section 115 of that Act does not apply for the purpose of personal independence payment.
(b)C is in employment prescribed for the purposes of section 120 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(9) (employment at sea (continental shelf operations)) in connection with continental shelf operations; or
(2) In this regulation and regulation 20 “a member of Her Majesty’s forces” means a member of “the regular forces” or “the reserve forces” as defined in section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006(10), other than a person who is specified in Schedule 2, who is—
(b)a relevant EU Regulation(11) applies; and
(a)Article 5, 15 or 36 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(12);
(b)the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(13);
(c)section 8 of the Carers and Direct Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(14); or
(i)Articles 50 and 51 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(15),
(ii)Article 30 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1993(16), or
(iii)Article 3 of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(17).
(i)Article 17(b) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(18) applies because C’s health is likely to be significantly impaired, or further impaired, without the provision of services for C, or
(b)who is accommodated outside the United Kingdom if the costs of any qualifying services are borne wholly or partly by an education authority pursuant to its powers under Article 11 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(19).
“Health and Social Care trust” means a body as established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(20);
“the Regional Health and Social Care Board” means the body established under section 7 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009(21).
(a)a hospital or similar institution under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 or the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(22); or
(5) Regulation 28(1) does not apply to a case where, during any period the total cost of qualifying services(23) are met—
(a)detained under Article 53 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(24) (removal to hospital of persons serving sentences of imprisonment, etc.); and
(b)being detained on or before the day on which C would be entitled to be released within the meaning of Article 56(3) of that Order(25) (further provisions as to prisoners under sentence).
“aided” means with—
“communication support” means support from a person trained or experienced in communicating with people with specific communication needs, including interpreting verbal information into non-verbal form and vice versa;
“complex budgeting decisions” means decisions involving—
“engage socially” means—
“medication” means medication to be taken at home which is prescribed or recommended by a registered—
“monitor health” means—
take action advised by a—
registered doctor,
social worker regulated by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council, or
health professional who is regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council,
“simple budgeting decisions” means decisions involving—
“take nutrition” means—
social worker regulated by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council; or
health professional regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council;
“toilet needs” means—
cleaning oneself afterwards;
“unaided” means without—
f. Cannot, either aided or unaided, – 12
(i) stand, or
2. Paragraph 1(a) does not include any person who—
(a)has previously been an insured person under Part 1 of the National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1966(26); or
(b)is paying or has previously paid one or more of the following classes of contributions under the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975(27) or the Contributions and Benefits Act(28)—
(i)primary Class 1,
(ii)Class 2, or
These Regulations make provision relating to personal independence payment, a benefit established under Part 5 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (“the Order”).
Part 2 provides for the assessment of personal independence payment which will determine whether and to what extent a person who applies for such a payment has limited or severely limited ability to carry out daily living activities and mobility activities.
Regulation 3 provides that the daily living activities and mobility activities are those set out in Schedule 1.
Regulation 8 allows the Department for Social Development (“the Department”) to request information or evidence to enable the determination of the claim to be made and requires that such information or evidence is provided within one month or such other period as the Department considers reasonable. If such information is not provided without good reason a negative determination (a determination that the claimant does not meet the requirements to be entitled to personal independence payment) shall be made in relation to the relevant component.
Regulation 10 sets out matters which are to be taken into account in determining a good reason referred to in regulations 8 and 9.
Regulation 11 provides that the Department may determine afresh the ability of a claimant to carry out activities.
Part 3 sets out provisions relating to the required period condition which the claimant needs to satisfy to be entitled to personal independence payment.
Regulation 16 provides that a person must be present in Northern Ireland; have been present in Northern Ireland for 104 weeks out of the previous 156 weeks; be habitually resident in Northern Ireland and not subject to immigration control on every day of the claim.
Part 5 sets out the rates of personal independence payment.
Part 6 contains provisions relating to age. Regulations 25 to 27 make exceptions to the provision in Article 88(1) of the Order that people over the relevant age cannot claim personal independence payment.
Part 7 makes provision about when payment of personal independence payment will cease because the claimant is resident in a particular place.
Regulation 28 applies to claimants residing in care homes and regulation 29 to claimants residing in hospitals or similar institutions where certain conditions are satisfied.
Regulation 30 provides exceptions to regulations 28 and 29. Regulation 31 makes an exception to Article 92 of the Order which provides that prisoners cannot receive personal independence payment. Regulation 32 provides further information about periods of time spent in a care home, a hospital or similar institution or in legal custody.
1966 c. 6 (N.I.); Part 1 was repealed with savings by Part I of Schedule 1 and paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c. 18)
1975 c. 15; section 1(2) lists the Classes of contributions. Most of this Act was repealed by Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9)
Section 1(2) lists the Classes of contributions and was amended by paragraph 38(1) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)) paragraph 191 of Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), paragraph 16(2)(b) of Schedule 15 to the Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19) and section 136(3) of the Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30)