Fact · Accessibility and health
PIP regulations treat a person as meeting an activity descriptor only if they can do the activity safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and within a reasonable time.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“(a) safely; (b) to an acceptable standard; (c) repeatedly; and (d) within a reasonable time period.”
The Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013, regulation 4, UK Parliament, legislation.gov.uk (The National Archives), 2013, Regulation 4(2A).
Open the original- What it measures
- The test counts ability across repeated use, not a single attempt. A task that can be done once, but not safely, repeatedly or to an acceptable standard, does not meet the descriptor.
- What it does not show
- The rule is about how an assessor scores an activity. It does not say how any particular condition will be scored, and the assessment considers aids the person normally uses.