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Carer Premium

17.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), the condition is that the claimant or his partner is, or both of them are, [F1entitled to] [F2carer’s allowance] under section 70 of the Benefits Act.

F3(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F4(3) Where a carer premium is awarded but—

(a)the person in respect of whose care the [F2carer’s allowance] 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 entitledF5... to [F2a] [F2carer’s allowance],

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)[F6where sub-paragraph (3)(a) applies,] the Sunday following the death of the person in respect of whose care [F2a] [F2carer’s allowance] has been awarded or the date of death if the death occurred on a Sunday;

F7(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)in any other case, the date on which the person who has been entitled to [F2a] [F2carer’s allowance] ceases to be entitled to that allowance.]

[F8(4) Where a person who has been entitled to an [F2carer’s allowance] ceases to be entitled to that allowance and makes a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance, 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–]

[F9(a)the person in respect of whose care the [F2carer’s allowance] has been awarded dies;

F10(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)[F11in any other case, the person who has been entitled to a carer’s allowance ceased to be entitled to that allowance.]]

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C1Sch. 1 para. 15A(2)(a): sum maintained (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(j)(ii) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/574), arts. 1(2)(j)(ii), 22(1)(2)(b)

C2Sch. 1 para. 15A(2)(a): sum maintained (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(h) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/516), arts. 1(2)(h), 19(1)(2)(b)

C3Sch. 1 para. 15A(2)(a): sum maintained (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(h) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/516), arts. 1(2)(h), 19(1)(2)(b)

C4Sch. 1 para. 15A(2)(a): sum maintained (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(h) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/457), arts. 1(2)(h), 19(1)(2)(b)

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