View source for Social Security (Persons Serving a Sentence of Imprisonment Detained in Hospital) Regulations 2010

{{Legislation
|Type=UK Statutory Instrument
|Year=2010
|Number=442
|In force=2010/03/25
|Subject=Miscellaneous legislation
|Summary=These Regulations amend the relevant social security legislation so that post-tariff indeterminate-sentence prisoners who have been transferred under the MHA do not receive benefits on their tariff expiry date, but must wait until their actual release, thus reversing the Court of Appeal decision in [[R (D and M) v SSWP (2010) EWCA Civ 18]]. In force 25/3/10.
|Detail===Notes==
In summary, certain benefits are available at all times to non-detained patients, civil patients, hospital order patients, and technical lifers. Determinate-sentence transferred prisoners (including s47 and s45A) are entitled only from their "release date". Indeterminate-sentence prisoners are entitled only from their actual release.

==Extract from Explanatory Memorandum==
'''2. Purpose of the instrument'''

These regulations are being introduced to correct drafting which has been held by the Court of Appeal in [[R (D and M) v SSWP (2010) EWCA Civ 18]] to be defective. ...

The Court of Appeal held that the wording of the existing provisions required an interpretation which meant that a person subject to an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment who was being detained in hospital for treatment for mental disorder would be eligible for DWP benefits when the tariff part of the sentence had been served. This is contrary to Government policy. These regulations provide a revised form of words in the relevant legislative provisions to ensure that such a person continues to be excluded from benefits when the tariff date has passed.

==Thanks==
{{thanks|Morgan, Gina|Finance Officer, Avon and Wiltshire MH Partnership NHS Trust|emailing a link to the legislation}}
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