The Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/455
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 8 th April 2013.

Section 2 Amendment of the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013

In regulation 4 of the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 —

(a) after paragraph (2) insert the following paragraph—

(2A) Where C’s ability to carry out an activity is assessed, C is to be assessed as satisfying a descriptor only if C can do so—

(a) safely;

(b) to an acceptable standard;

(c) repeatedly; and

(d) within a reasonable time period.

(b) after paragraph (3) insert the following paragraph—

(4) In this regulation—

(a) “safely” means in a manner unlikely to cause harm to C or to another person, either during or after completion of the activity;

(b) “repeatedly” means as often as the activity being assessed is reasonably required to be completed; and

(c) “reasonable time period” means no more than twice as long as the maximum period that a person without a physical or mental condition which limits that person’s ability to carry out the activity in question would normally take to complete that activity.