The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

Disabled child premium

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

(b)is blind within the meaning of paragraph 6(4) or is treated as blind in accordance with paragraph 6(5);

[F1(c)is a child or young person in respect of whom section 145A of the Act (entitlement after death of child or qualifying young person) applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under that section, and in respect of whom a disabled child premium was included in the claimant’s applicable amount immediately before the death of that child or young person, or ceased to be included in the claimant’s applicable amount because of that child or young person’s death.][F2; or

(d)is a young person who is in receipt of personal independence payment or who would, but for regulations made under section 86(1) (hospital in-patients) of the 2012 Act be so in receipt, provided that the young person continues to be a member of the family][F3; or

(e)is a young person who is in receipt of armed forces independence payment.]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 3 para. 8(c) substituted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/674), regs. 1(2), 13(3)