Citation and commencement

1.  (1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.

(2) They come into force on 25th 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 2 (interpretation)-

(a)in paragraph (1), after the definition of "pay day" insert-

""relevant date" means the date, specified by the Secretary of State in relation to any category of DLA entitled person, from which the Secretary of State is satisfied that satisfactory arrangements will be in place to assess the entitlement of persons in that category to personal independence payment;";

(b)after paragraph (3) add-

"(4) As soon as practicable after specifying a relevant date in relation to any category of DLA entitled person, the Secretary of State must publish, in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, information sufficient to enable any DLA entitled person to ascertain the relevant date, if any, which applies in their case.".

(3) In regulation 3 (invitations to persons entitled to disability living allowance to claim personal independence payment)-

(a)at the start of paragraph (3) insert "Subject to paragraphs (3A) and (4),";

(b)after paragraph (3) insert-

"(3A) Paragraph (3) does not apply unless-

(a)the Secretary of State has specified a relevant date which applies in the case of the DLA entitled person, and

(b)that person reaches 16 on or after that relevant date.";

(c)at the start of paragraph (5) insert "Subject to paragraph (5A),";

(d)after paragraph (5) insert-

"(5A) Paragraph (5) does not apply unless-

(a)the Secretary of State has specified a relevant date which applies in the case of the DLA entitled person, and

(b)that person notifies the Secretary of State of the change of circumstances on or after that relevant date.".

(4) For regulation 4 (claims by persons entitled to disability living allowance for personal independence payment other than by invitation) substitute-

"4.  A DLA entitled person who has not been sent a notification under regulation 3(1) may not make a claim for personal independence payment unless-

(a)they were aged under 65 on 8th April 2013,

(b)the Secretary of State has specified a relevant date which applies in their case, and

(c)they make the claim on or after that relevant date.".

(5) In regulation 22 (extinguishment of right to claim disability living allowance), in paragraph (2) omit ", before 28th October 2013,".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/387 as amended by S.I. 2013/2231) ("the principal Regulations").

Regulation 2(2) inserts into the principal Regulations a definition of "relevant date". This means the date, specified by the Secretary of State in relation to any category of DLA entitled person, from which the Secretary of State is satisfied that satisfactory arrangements will be in place to assess the entitlement of persons in that category to personal independence payment ("PIP"). "DLA entitled person" is defined in regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations as a person aged 16 or over who is entitled to either or both components of disability living allowance.

Regulation 2(2) also inserts a new regulation 2(4) into the principal Regulations requiring the Secretary of State to publish information sufficient to enable any DLA entitled person to ascertain the relevant date, if any, which applies in their case.

Regulation 2(3) amends regulation 3 of the principal Regulations so that requirements on the Secretary of State to invite a DLA entitled person to claim PIP in certain circumstances do not apply unless the Secretary of State has specified a relevant date which applies in that person's case and that date has been reached.

Regulation 2(4) substitutes regulation 4 of the principal Regulations so that the option for a DLA entitled person to claim PIP in certain circumstances where they have not been invited to do so does not apply unless the Secretary of State has specified a relevant date which applies in that person's case and that date has been reached.

Regulation 2(5) amends regulation 22 of the principal Regulations (extinguishment of right to claim DLA) to enable the Secretary of State to continue to issue notifications under that regulation on and after 28th October 2013. Such notifications have the effect of enabling certain DLA entitled persons with a fixed term award to continue in receipt of DLA.

An impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on business or civil society organisations.