These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients, Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 7th June 1999.
2Amendment of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations#
3Amendment of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations#
In regulation 6 of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 (hospitalisation) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“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.”
4Amendment of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations#
(1)The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation.
(2)In regulation 8 (hospitalisation) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“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.”
(3)In regulation 12A (hospitalisation in mobility component cases) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—“3 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.”
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