The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

[F1 Carer premium E+W+S

14ZA.— (1) [F2 Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4),] the condition is that the claimant or his partner is, or both of them are, [F3 entitled to [F4 a carer’s allowance] under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act] [F5 or carer support payment].

F6 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F7 (3) Where a carer premium is awarded but—

(a) the person in respect of whose care the [F4 carer’s allowance] [F8 or carer support payment] has been awarded dies; or

(b) in any other case the person in respect of whom a carer premium has been awarded ceases to be entitled F9 ...to [F4 a carer’s allowance] [F8 or carer support payment],

the condition for the award of the premium shall be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the relevant date specified in sub-paragraph (3A) below.

(3A) The relevant date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) above shall be—

(a) [F10 where sub-paragraph (3)(a) applies,] the Sunday following the death of the person in respect of whose care [F4 a carer’s allowance] [F11 or carer support payment] has been awarded or the date of death if the death occurred on a Sunday;

F12 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) in any other case, the date on which the person who has been entitled to [F4 a carer’s allowance] [F11 or carer support payment] ceases to be entitled to that allowance [F13 or payment].]

(4) Where a person who has been entitled to [F4 a carer’s allowance] [F14 or carer support payment] ceases to be entitled to that allowance [F15 or payment] and makes a claim for income support, the condition for the award of the carer premium shall be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the date on which–

[F16 (a) the person in respect of whose care the [F4 carer’s allowance] [F14 or carer support payment] has been awarded dies;

F17 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) [F18 in any other case, the person who has been entitled to a carer’s allowance [F14 or carer support payment] ceased to be entitled to that allowance [F15 or payment].]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 14ZA inserted (1.10.1990) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1776), regs. 1(1)(a), 8(d) (with reg. 1(2))

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(1) inserted (7.10.1991) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1559), regs. 1(1)(c), 15(d)(i) (with reg. 1(2))

F3 Words in Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(1) substituted (3.4.2000) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/681), regs. 1(1)(c), 4(2)(b)(i)

F4 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. III substituted (1.4.2003) by The Social Security Amendment (Carer’s Allowance) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2497), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 paras. 1, 2

F5 Words in Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(1) inserted (19.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1218), arts. 1(2), 5(4)(c)(i)

F6 Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(2) omitted (1.10.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2279), regs. 1(a), 2(3)(a)

F7 Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(3)(3A) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(3) (28.10.2002) by The Social Security Amendment (Carer Premium) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2020), regs. 1, 2(a)

F8 Words in Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(3) inserted (19.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1218), arts. 1(2), 5(4)(c)(ii)

F9 Words in Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(3)(b) omitted (1.10.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2279), regs. 1(a), 2(3)(b)

F10 Words in Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(3A)(a) inserted (1.10.2003) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2279), regs. 1(a), 2(3)(c)(i)

F11 Words in Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(3A) inserted (19.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1218), arts. 1(2), 5(4)(c)(ii)

F12 Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(3A)(b) omitted (1.10.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2279), regs. 1(a), 2(3)(c)(ii)

F13 Words in Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(3A)(c) inserted (19.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1218), arts. 1(2), 5(4)(c)(iii)

F14 Words in Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(4) inserted (19.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1218), arts. 1(2), 5(4)(c)(ii)

F15 Words in Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(4) inserted (19.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1218), arts. 1(2), 5(4)(c)(iii)

F16 Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(4)(a)-(c) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(4)(a)(b) (28.10.2002) by The Social Security Amendment (Carer Premium) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2020), regs. 1, 2(b)

F17 Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(4)(b) omitted (1.10.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2279), regs. 1(a), 2(3)(d)(i)

F18 Sch. 2 para. 14ZA(4)(c) substituted (1.10.2003) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2279), regs. 1(a), 2(3)(d)(ii)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) (8.4.2013) by S.I. 2003/2382 (as amended (E.) by The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances), (Dental Charges) and (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/475), regs. 1(2)(b), 24(2))