Social Welfare Act 2021

Treatment Benefit - amendments - non-surgical hair replacement

12. (1) Section 138(2) (amended by section 11 of the Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Act 2009 ) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “;” for “.”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following after paragraph (c):

“(d) non-surgical hair replacement for persons suffering from hair loss (other than physiological hair loss) resulting from a disease, or treatment for a disease.”.

(2) This section comes into operation on 28 May 2022.