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Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

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76 Disability living allowance - supplementary.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, a person shall not be entitled to a disability living allowance for any period preceding the date on which a claim for it is made or treated as made by him or on his behalf. (2) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, provision may be made by regulations for a person to be entitled to a component of a disability living allowance for a period preceding the date on which a claim for such an allowance is made or treated as made by him or on his behalf if he has previously been entitled to that component. (3) For the purposes of sections 72(5) and 73(12) above, where— (a) a person purports to make a claim for a disability living allowance on behalf of another; and (b) the claim is made expressly on the ground that the person on whose behalf it purports to be made is terminally ill, that person shall be regarded as making the claim notwithstanding that it is made without his knowledge or authority.

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76 Disability living allowance - supplementary.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, a person shall not be entitled to a disability living allowance for any period preceding the date on which a claim for it is made or treated as made by him or on his behalf. (2) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, provision may be made by regulations for a person to be entitled to a component of a disability living allowance for a period preceding the date on which a claim for such an allowance is made or treated as made by him or on his behalf if he has previously been entitled to that component. (3) For the purposes of sections 72(5) and 73(12) above, where— (a) a person purports to make a claim for a disability living allowance on behalf of another; and (b) the claim is made expressly on the ground that the person on whose behalf it purports to be made is terminally ill, that person shall be regarded as making the claim notwithstanding that it is made without his knowledge or authority.

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