The Carer's Allowance (Coronavirus) (Breaks in Care) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

[F1Continued disregard of breaks in care related to coronavirusS

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4.—(1) This regulation applies where a person who is in receipt of carer’s allowance (“A”) on or after [F21 September] 2021 temporarily ceases to care for the severely disabled person (“B”) in respect of whom the carer’s allowance is paid.

(2) For the purposes of regulation 4(2)(b) of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976, there is to be disregarded any week in which A did not meet the requirements of regulation 4(1) of those Regulations in respect of care for B where—

(a)the break in A’s care for B occurred between 3 April 2020 and [F21 September] 2021, and

(b)the break in care arose because of isolation due to, or infection with, coronavirus of either A or B.]

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