The Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/722
• Sections: 3

Section 1

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 1992.

(2) These Regulations do not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Section 2

These Regulations shall come into force on 6th April 1992, except for the purposes of any application made before that date under regulation 64(4)(b) of the Representation of the People Regulations 1986 which is based on receipt of a mobility allowance.

Section 3

(1) Regulation 64 (additional requirements for applications on grounds of physical incapacity) of the Representation of the People Regulations 1986 shall be amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (4)(b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

(b) the application states that the applicant is (under section 37ZC of the Social Security Act 1975 ) in receipt of the higher rate of the mobility component of a disability living allowance (payable under section 37ZA of that Act) because of the physical incapacity specified in the application in pursuance of paragraph (1) above.

(3) In paragraph (5)—

(a) the words “either — (a)”, and

(b) sub-paragraph (b) together with the word “, or” preceding it,

shall be omitted.