[2025] UKUT 85 (AAC)

Section 73(3) of the SSCBA provides as follows:

“The mobility component.

73(3) A person falls within this subsection if—

(a)

he is severely mentally impaired; and

(b)

he displays severe behavioural problems; and

(c)

he satisfies both the conditions mentioned in section 72(1)(b) and (c)

above.

Regulation 12(5) of the DLA Regs sets out the following:

“Entitlement to the mobility component

12:-(5) A person falls within subsection (3)(a) of section [73(3) of the SSCBA] (severely mentally impaired) if he suffers from a state of arrested development or incomplete physical development of the brain, which results in severe impairment of intelligence and social functioning.