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11.—(1) With regard to severe disability premium the condition referred to in paragraph 5 is that the applicant is a severely disabled person.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), an applicant is to be treated as being a severely disabled person if—
(a)in the case of a single applicant, a lone parent or an applicant who is treated as having no partner in consequence of sub-paragraph (3)—
(i)the applicant is in receipt of attendance allowance, the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the 1992 Act[F1, armed forces independence payment] or the daily living component of personal independence payment; and
(ii)subject to sub-paragraph (4), the applicant has no non-dependants aged 18 or over normally residing with the applicant or with whom the applicant normally resides; and
(iii)no person is in receipt of a carer's allowance under section 70 of the 1992 Act M1 in respect of caring for the applicant; or
(b)in the case of an applicant who has a partner—
(i)the applicant is in receipt of attendance allowance or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the 1992 Act[F2, armed forces independence payment] or the daily living component of personal independence payment;
(ii)the applicant's partner is also in receipt of attendance allowance, the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the 1992 Act[F3, armed forces independence payment] or the daily living component of personal independence payment or, if the applicant is a member of a polygamous marriage, all the partners of that marriage are in receipt of such an allowance or payment;
(iii)subject to sub-paragraph (4), the applicant has no non-dependants aged 18 or over normally residing with the applicant or with whom the applicant normally resides,
and either a person is entitled to and in receipt of a carer's allowance in respect of caring for only one of the couple or, in the case of a polygamous marriage, for one or more but not all the partners of the marriage, or as the case may be, no person is entitled to and in receipt of a carer's allowance in respect of caring for either member of the couple or any partner of the polygamous marriage.
(3) Where an applicant has a partner who does not satisfy the condition in sub‑paragraph (2)(b)(ii), and that partner is blind or is treated as blind within the meaning of paragraph 10(1)(a)(v) and (2), that partner is to be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii) as if the partner was not a partner of the applicant.
(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(ii) and (2)(b)(iii) no account is to be taken of—
(a)a person receiving attendance allowance, disability living allowance by virtue of the care component at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the 1992 Act[F4, armed forces independence payment] or the daily living component of personal independence payment; or
(b)a person who is blind or is treated as blind within the meaning of paragraph 10(1)(a)(v) and (2).
(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b) a person is to be treated—
(a)as being in receipt of attendance allowance, the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the 1992 Act or the daily living component of personal independence payment if the person would, but for being a patient in hospital for a period exceeding 28 days, be in receipt of that allowance or payment;
(b)as being entitled to and in receipt of a carer's allowance if the person would, but for the person being cared for being a patient in hospital for a period exceeding 28 days, be entitled to and in receipt of a carer's allowance.
(6) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii) and (2)(b), no account is to be taken of an award of carer's allowance to the extent that payment of the award is back-dated for a period before the date on which the award is first paid.
(7) In sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii) and (b), references to a person being in receipt of a carer's allowance include references to a person who would have been in receipt of that allowance but for the application of a restriction under section 6B or 7 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 M2 (loss of benefit provisions).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in sch. 1 para. 11(2)(a)(i) inserted (11.6.2013) by The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/142), regs. 1, 11(6)(c)
F2Words in sch. 1 para. 11(2)(b)(i) inserted (11.6.2013) by The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/142), regs. 1, 11(6)(c)
F3Words in sch. 1 para. 11(2)(b)(ii) inserted (11.6.2013) by The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/142), regs. 1, 11(6)(c)
F4Words in sch. 1 para. 11(4)(a) inserted (11.6.2013) by The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/142), regs. 1, 11(6)(c)
Marginal Citations
M1Section 70 was amended by S.I. 1994/2556, 2002/1457 and 2011/2426.
M22001 c.11. Section 6B was inserted by section 24 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24) and amended by section 113 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5). Section 7 was amended by paragraph 45 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16), section 49 of, and paragraph 23 of schedule 3 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5), paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24) and S.I. 2011/2298.
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