The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

Disabled Child Premium

16.  The condition is that a child or young person for whom the claimant or a partner of his is responsible and who is a member of the claimant’s household—

(a)has no capital or capital which, if calculated in accordance with Part VIII in like manner as for the claimant, except as provided in regulation 106(1) (modifications in respect of children and young persons), would not exceed £3,000; and

(b)is in receipt of disability living allowance or is no longer in receipt of that allowance because he is a patient provided that the child or young person continues to be a member of the family; or

(c)is blind or treated as blind within the meaning of paragraph 14(l)(h) and (2).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 16(a) sum confirmed (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(j) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/264), arts. 1(2)(j), 24(2)