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Severe mental impairment

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if they get the highest rate care component of the allowance and are either severely mentally impaired, display severe behavioural problems or a combination of both. The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991 further define these terms. Since 2015 only children are eligible.
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provided that people, who were severely mentally impaired, were disregarded for the purposes of the tax. To qualify a person has to be medically certified as having a permanent condition that affects their intelligence and/or social functioning and be eligible for (but not necessarily receiving) any
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In decision CDLA/1427/2017, Upper Tribunal Judge Paula Gray outlined how this test should be applied. She stressed that all the relevant evidence must be considered together and not compartmentalized.
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they regularly require another person to intervene and physically restrain them to prevent them causing physical injury to themselves or another, or damage to property;
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they are in a state of arrested development or incomplete physical development of the brain, which results in severe impairment of intelligence or social functioning;
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their behaviour is so unpredictable that they require another person to be present and supervising them whenever they are physically conscious.
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used the term for the purpose of authorizing detention in hospital or guardianship.
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they exhibit disruptive behaviour which 'is extreme';
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Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
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United Kingdom
intellectual disability
Mental Health Act 1983
Council Tax
Local Government Finance Act 1992
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
Disability Living Allowance
"Council Tax: Exemptions and support to pay"
"Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991"
"Selected upper tribunal decisions from April 2018 to March 2019"
Categories
Social security in the United Kingdom
Disability law in the United Kingdom

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