SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 APPLICABLE AMOUNTS

PART III PREMIUMS

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1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2) for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, once a premium is applicable to a claimant under this Part, a person shall be treated as being in receipt of any benefit—

a

in the case of a benefit to which the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 F1 applies, for any period during which, apart from the provisions of those Regulations, he would be in receipt of that benefit; and

F2b

for any period spent by a claimant in undertaking a course of training or instruction provided or approved by the Secretary of State F4... under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973, or by F5Skills Development Scotland, Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise under section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 or for any period during which he is in receipt of a training allowance.

2

For the purposes of the carer premium under paragraph 17, a person shall be treated as being in receipt of F3carer’s allowance by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a) only if and for so long as the person in respect of whose care the allowance has been claimed remains in receipt of attendance allowance, F7the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the Benefits Act or the daily living component of personal independence payment at the standard or enhanced rate prescribed in accordance with section 78(3) of the 2012 ActF6, armed forces independence payment.