The Universal Credit Regulations 2013

Meaning of “regular and substantial caring responsibilities for a severely disabled person”U.K.

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30.[F1(1) For the purposes of Part 1 of the Act and these Regulations, a person has regular and substantial caring responsibilities for a severely disabled person if—

(a)they satisfy the conditions for entitlement to a carer’s allowance or would do so but for the fact that—

(i)their earnings have exceeded the limit prescribed for the purposes of that allowance; or

(ii)they are—

(aa)resident, or treated as resident, in Scotland; or

(bb)resident outside of Great Britain and have a genuine and sufficient link to Scotland; or

(b)they are entitled to carer support payment.]

(2) [F2Paragraph (1)(a)] applies whether or not the person has made a claim for a carer's allowance.

(3) But a person does not have regular and substantial caring responsibilities for a severely disabled person if the person derives earned income from those caring responsibilities.

[F3(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1), “sufficient” has the meaning given in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023.]