The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients, Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1326
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients, Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 7th June 1999.

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 2 of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975

Regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975 shall be amended by the insertion after paragraph (2) of the following–

(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a period during which a person is regarded as receiving or having received free in-patient treatment 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.

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 6 of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1991

Regulation 6 (hospitalisation) of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1991 shall be amended by the insertion after paragraph (2) of the following–

(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.

Section 4 Amendment of regulations 8 and 12A of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991

Regulation 8 (hospitalisation) and 12A (hospitalisation in mobility component cases) of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991 , shall be amended by the insertion after paragraph (2) of each regulation of the following–

(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 other similar institution referred to in that paragraph and to end on the day on which he leaves such a hospital or other similar institution.