Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1991/2890
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 6th April 1992.(2) In these Regulations–(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation or Schedule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation or Schedule bearing that number.“age 65 or over”, “the age of 65 years”, “the age of 65”, “65” and “age 65 and over” shall be construed as a reference to “pensionable age”;“aged 65 or over” and “aged 65 and over” shall be construed as a reference to “of pensionable age”; and “his 65 th birthday” shall be construed as a reference to “the day on which he attained pensionable age”. (5) For the purpose of paragraph (4) , “pensionable age” has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995.
  • to a person under the age of 16;
  • to any claim for disability living allowance made or treated as made before 9th February 1998.
  • he is F66habitually resident in F67the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands; andhe is not a person subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 or section 115 of that Act does not apply to him for the purposes of entitlement to disability living allowance by virtue of regulation 2 of the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000, andhe is present in Great Britain; andhe has been present in Great Britain for a period of, or for periods amounting in the aggregate to, not less than F68104 weeks in the F69156 weeks immediately preceding that day; .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1ZA) A person to whom regulation 36(1) of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021 applies shall be treated for the period set out in that regulation as though he does not satisfy the condition in paragraph (1) (a) (i) of this regulation.(1ZB) A person to whom regulation 53(1) of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 applies shall be treated for the period set out in that regulation as though he does not satisfy the condition in paragraph (1) (a) (i) of this regulation.a serving member of the forces, an airman or mariner within the meaning of regulations F70111 and 115 respectively of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations F702001, he is in employment prescribed for the purposes of F14section 120 of the Act in connection with continental shelf operations ; or he is living with a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) (i) and is the spouse, F53civil partner, son, daughter, step-son, step-daughter, father, father-in-law, step-father, mother, mother-in-law or step-mother of that person; orhe is temporarily absent from Great Britain and that absence has not lasted for a continuous period exceeding 13 weeks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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