Social Security (Terminal Illness) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Citation | 2022 NI c 7 |
(1) In the provisions listed in subsection (2) (provisions related to special rules which apply where death can reasonably be expected within 6 months) , for “6” substitute “12” .section 66(2) (a) of the 1992 Act (attendance allowance and, by virtue of sections 72(5) and 73(12) , also disability living allowance) ,Article 87(4) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (personal independence payment) ,regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008,regulation 2(1) of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016,regulation 2 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, andregulation 2(1) of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, andthe second sentence of section 30B(4) of the 1992 Act (incapacity benefit etc) .(3) For each of sections 72(2) (b) (ii) and 73(9) (b) (ii) of the 1992 Act (care and mobility components of disability living allowance: person expected to die within 6 months must be likely to satisfy an entitlement condition until death) substitute—“(as the case may be) the period mentioned in paragraph (b) (i) , or a period mentioned in paragraph (b) (ii) ,” ,in section 72(4) (b) , for “those periods” substitute “the period mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection and (as the case may be) the period mentioned in paragraph (b) (i) , or a period mentioned in paragraph (b) (ii) , of that subsection” ,in section 73(12) (b) , for ““the period mentioned in subsection (9) (b) ” substitute ““(as the case may be) the period mentioned in paragraph (b) (i) , or a period mentioned in paragraph (b) (ii) , of subsection (9) ” , andin section 74(1) , for “the periods mentioned in those paragraphs” substitute “the period mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection and (as the case may be) the period mentioned in paragraph (b) (i) , or a period mentioned in paragraph (b) (ii) , of that subsection” .(5) In regulation 1(2) of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992, in the definition of “terminally ill”, after “section 66(2) ” insert “(as amended by the Social Security (Terminal Illness) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022) ” .(6) In regulation 1(2) of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations
- (ii) if expected to die within the period of 12 months beginning with that date, either the period of 6 months beginning with that date or the period beginning with that date and ending at death.
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