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14.[F1(1) With regard to enhanced disability premium and subject to sub-paragraph (3) the condition referred to in paragraph 7 is that—

(a)the Secretary of State has decided that the applicant has, or is to be treated as having, limited capability for work-related activity,

[F2(aa)where the applicant’s partner has an award of universal credit, or the applicant and their partner have a joint award of universal credit, the Secretary of State has decided that the applicant’s partner has, or is to be treated as having, limited capability for work-related activity,]

(b)the care component of disability living allowance is, or would, but for a suspension of benefit in accordance with Regulations made under section 113(2) of the 1992 Act or an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation, be payable at the highest rate prescribed under section 72(3) of the 1992 Act in respect of—

(i)the applicant, or

(ii)the applicant’s partner,

(c)the care component of child disability payment at the highest rate is payable in respect of the applicant or the applicant’s partner,

(d)the daily living component of adult disability payment at the enhanced rate is payable or would be payable were it not for [F3regulation 28(2) (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to adult disability payment)], of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022, in respect of the applicant [F4or the applicant’s partner],

(e)armed forces independence payment is payable in respect of the applicant or the applicant’s partner, F5...

(f)the daily living component of personal independence payment at the enhanced rate is, or would, but for a suspension of benefit in accordance with Regulations made under section 86(1) of the 2012 Act or an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation, be payable in respect of the applicant or the applicant’s partner][F6, or

(g)attendance allowance [F7or pension age disability payment] is payable in respect of the applicant or the applicant’s partner [F8or would be payable, were it not for regulation 6 (hospitalisation) of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1991 or regulation 20 (effect of hospital admission on ongoing entitlement to Pension Age Disability Payment) of the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024.]]

(2) The condition is not satisfied if the person to whom sub-paragraph (1) refers is—

(a)an applicant who—

(i)is not a member of a couple, and

(ii)is a patient and has been for a period of more than 52 weeks, or

(b)a member of a couple where each member is a patient and has been for a period of more than 52 weeks.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph—

F9(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)“patient” means a person (other than a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a youth custody institution) who is regarded as receiving free in-patient treatment within the meaning of regulation 2(4) and (5) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2005(1), and

(c)“limited capability for work-related activity”—

(i)[F10in the case of an applicant who has an award of universal credit, in the case where the partner of an applicant has an award of universal credit, or in the case where the couple jointly has an award of universal credit,] has the meaning given to “limited capability for work and work-related activity” in regulation 40 of the 2013 Regulations,

(ii)in all other cases, has the meaning given to it in section 2(5) of the 2007 Act.

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I1Sch. 1 para. 14 in force at 1.4.2022, see reg. 1

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