Introduction Details of the Section
2.Subsection (2)(a) extends that part of the definition of “disabled person” at Schedule 1A to Finance Act 2005 that applies to recipients of disability living allowance to include those in receipt of the mobility component at the higher rate (as well as those in receipt of the care component at the highest or middle rate); and subsection (2)(b) extends that part that applies to recipients of personal independence payment to include those in receipt of the mobility component (as well as those in receipt of the daily living component).
3.Subsections (3) and (4) make consequential amendments to paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 1A to ensure that a person is treated as a disabled person if he or she would be entitled to receive the relevant disability living allowance or personal independence payment were it not for them being resident outside the UK or in a care home, hospital or prison.
4.Subsection (5) provides for commencement.