The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015

The carer element of universal credit and income support

14.—(1) Paragraph 13 (severe disability premium) of Schedule 2 (applicable amounts) to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii), after “the Contributions and Benefits Act” insert “or has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element”.

(3) In the closing words of sub-paragraph (2)(b)—

(a) after “carer’s allowance” insert “or has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element”; and

(b) after “such an allowance” insert “or has such an award of universal credit”.

(4) In sub-paragraph (3A)(b)—

(a) after “carer’s allowance” insert “or having an award of universal credit which includes the carer element”; and

(b) after “be so entitled and in receipt” insert “of carer’s allowance or have such an award of universal credit”.

(5) In sub-paragraph (3ZA), after “carer’s allowance” insert “or universal credit which includes the carer element”.

(6) In sub-paragraph (5)—

(a) after “carer’s allowance” insert “or as having an award of universal credit which includes the carer element”; and

(b) after “that allowance” insert “or had such an award”.

(7) After sub-paragraph (5) insert—

“(6) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element if the person has an award of universal credit which includes an amount which is the carer element under regulation 29 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013.”.

(1)

S.I. 1987/1967; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663, 1994/2139, 2000/681, 2002/490 and 2497, 2007/719 and 2010/1160.