Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015
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Entitlement to carer’s benefit, carer’s allowance and respite care grant | ||
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4. (1) The Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) in section 99 (amended by section 10(a) of the Act of 2008), by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2): | ||
“(2) For the purposes of the definition of ‘relevant person’ in this Chapter, a person shall not be regarded as requiring full-time care and attention unless the person has such a disability that he or she requires from another person— | ||
(a) continual supervision and frequent assistance throughout the day in connection with normal bodily functions, or | ||
(b) continual supervision in order to avoid danger to himself or herself.”, | ||
(b) in section 179 (amended by section 10(b) of the Act of 2008), by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4): | ||
“(4) For the purposes of the definition of ‘relevant person’ in this Chapter, a person shall not be regarded as requiring full-time care and attention unless the person has such a disability that he or she— | ||
(a) requires from another person— | ||
(i) continual supervision and frequent assistance throughout the day in connection with normal bodily functions, or | ||
(ii) continual supervision in order to avoid danger to himself or herself, | ||
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(b) is likely to require such full-time care and attention for at least 12 consecutive months.”, | ||
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(c) in section 224 (amended by section 10(c) of the Act of 2008), by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2): | ||
“(2) For the purposes of the definition of ‘relevant person’ in this Part, a person shall not be regarded as requiring full-time care and attention unless the person is so incapacitated that he or she requires from another person— | ||
(a) continual supervision and frequent assistance throughout the day in connection with normal bodily functions, or | ||
(b) continual supervision in order to avoid danger to himself or herself.”. | ||
(2) In this section “Act of 2008” means the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 . |