9.—(1) The condition is that the claimant or his partner is, or both of them are, entitled to a carer's allowance [F1or carer support payment].
(2) Where a carer premium has been awarded but—
(a)the person in respect of whose care the carer's allowance [F1or carer support payment] has been awarded dies; or
(b)the person in respect of whom the premium was awarded ceases to be entitled, or ceases to be treated as entitled, to a carer's allowance [F1or carer support payment],
this paragraph shall be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the relevant date specified in sub-paragraph (3).
(3) The relevant date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) is—
(a)the Sunday following the death of the person in respect of whose care the carer's allowance [F1or carer support payment] has been awarded (or beginning with the date of death if the date occurred on a Sunday);
(b)where head (a) above does not apply, the date on which that person who was entitled to a carer's allowance [F1or carer support payment] ceases to be entitled to it.
(4) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person shall be treated as being entitled to and in receipt of a carer's allowance [F1or carer support payment] for any period not covered by an award but in respect of which a payment is made in lieu of an award.
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