SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Disability: supplementary provision
Part 1Determination of disability
Effect of medical treatment
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1
An impairment is to be treated as having a substantial adverse effect on the ability of the person concerned to carry out normal day-to-day activities if—
a
measures are being taken to treat or correct it, and
b
but for that, it would be likely to have that effect.
2
“Measures” includes, in particular, medical treatment and the use of a prosthesis or other aid.
3
Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply—
a
in relation to the impairment of a person's sight, to the extent that the impairment is, in the person's case, correctable by spectacles or contact lenses or in such other ways as may be prescribed;
b
in relation to such other impairments as may be prescribed, in such circumstances as are prescribed.