Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 2231
Social Security
The Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Made
5th September 2013
Laid before Parliament
12th September 2013
Coming into force
6th October 2013
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 93 and 94(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and 3(1)(a) and (b) of Schedule 10 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012( 1 ), makes the following Regulations.
The Secretary of State has not referred proposals in respect of these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee, as it appears to him that by reason of the urgency of the matter it is inexpedient to do so( 2 ).
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.
(2) They come into force on 6th October 2013.
Amendment of the Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013
2. —(1)The Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (invitations to persons entitled to disability living allowance to claim personal independence payment), in paragraphs (1), (3) and (5) for “6th October 2013” substitute “27th October 2013”.
(3) In regulation 4 (claims by persons entitled to disability living allowance for personal independence payment other than by invitation), in paragraph (2) for “7th October 2013” substitute “28th October 2013”.
(4) In regulation 6 (persons in the course of claiming disability living allowance not entitled to claim personal independence payment), in paragraph (1)(a) for “7th October 2013” substitute “28th October 2013”.
(5) In regulation 18 (extension of certain fixed term period awards of disability living allowance for persons reaching 16), in paragraph (1)(b) for “6th October 2013” substitute “27th October 2013”.
(6) In regulation 22 (extinguishment of right to claim disability living allowance), in paragraph (2) for “7th October 2013” substitute “28th October 2013”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Esther McVey
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
5th September 2013
2012 c.5 .
See section 173(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) (“the 1992 Act”). Paragraph 26(a) of Schedule 9 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 inserts a reference to Part 4 of that Act into section 170(5) of the 1992 Act (definition of “the relevant enactments” which are subject to the requirement to refer proposals in respect of regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee unless an exemption applies).