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[4B. The additional amount is—S
(a)the disabled child premium of [£80.01] in respect of any child or young person—
(i)who is in receipt of disability living allowance, child disability payment [, adult disability payment] or personal independence payment or who is no longer in receipt of such allowance or payment because the person is a patient, provided that the child or young person continues to be a member of the family,
(ii)who is blind or treated as blind by virtue of paragraph 12(2) (disability premium), or
(iii)in respect of whom section 145A of the 1992 Act (entitlement after death of child or qualifying young person) applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit, and in respect of whom a disabled child premium was included in the applicant’s amount immediately before the death of the child or young person, but the amount is to be included only for the period of entitlement prescribed under that section,
(b)the disabled child premium of [£80.01] and the enhanced disability premium of [£32.20] in respect of any—
(i)child or young person who is entitled to the care component of disability living allowance at the highest rate, or would be so entitled, 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,
(ii)child or young person who is entitled to the care component of child disability payment at the highest rate,
(iii)child or young person who is entitled to the daily living component of personal independence payment at the enhanced rate, or would be so entitled 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,
[(iiia)a young person who is entitled to the daily living component of adult disability payment at the enhanced rate,]
(iv)young person who is in receipt of armed forces independence payment, or
(v)child or young person in respect of whom section 145A of the 1992 Act applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit and in respect of whom both the disabled child premium and the enhanced disability premium were included in the applicant’s applicable amount immediately before the death of the child or young person, but the amounts are to be included only for the period of entitlement prescribed under that section.]
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