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Regulation 9

SCHEDULE 1PRESCRIBED RELATIONSHIPS

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Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 1 lapsed on removal of reference to Sch. 1 from these regulations (reg. 9) (16.9.85) by The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Amendment Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985/1190), regs. 1, 3

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Regulation 12(2)

SCHEDULE 2PRESCRIBED CIRCUMSTANCES FOR INCREASE OF [F2A CARER’S ALLOWANCE]

Textual Amendments

PART I

Increase of [F2carer’s allowance] for child dependants

1.  For the purposes of increases of [F2carer’s allowance] for child dependants under section 49, the prescribed circumstances in which a beneficiary is entitled to such an increase for any period shall be as set out in the following paragraphs.

2.  The weekly rate of [F2a carer’s allowance] for any period for which the beneficiary is entitled to child benefit in respect of a child or children shall be increased in respect of that child, or each respectively of those children, by the appropriate amount specified in relation to that allowance in column (2) of Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Act.

[F32A.   Where—

[F4(a)a beneficiary is a member of a couple; and]

(b)the other [F5member of the couple] had earnings in any week,

the beneficiary’s right to payment of increases for the following week under paragraph 2 above shall be determined in accordance with paragraph 2B below.]

Textual Amendments

[F62B.   No such increase shall be payable—

(a)in respect of the first child where the earnings were F7[F8£240] or more; and

(b)in respect of a further child for each complete F9[F10£32] by which the earnings exceeded F7[F8£240].]

Textual Amendments

F8Sum in Sch. 2 para. 2B substituted (8.4.2019) (EW) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/552), regs. 1(1), 5(a)

[F112BB.  The provisions of paragraphs 2A and 2B above shall not apply so as to affect entitlement to an increase of [F2carer’s allowance] in respect of a child in any case where the beneficiary—

(a)was entitled to receive such an increase immediately before 26th November 1984; and

(b)throughout the period from and including that date to the date of coming into operation of this paragraph was, or but for the operation of those paragraphs would have been, continuously so entitled,

until such time as he would otherwise first cease to be so entitled.]

Textual Amendments

[F122C.   In this Part of this Schedule—

Textual Amendments

3.  Where a person is entitled to receive payment of an amount by way of an increase of [F2a carer’s allowance] under paragraph 2 above, that increase shall not be payable unless one of the following conditions is satisfied—

(a)that the beneficiary would be treated for the purposes of the Child Benefit Act as having the child living with him; or

(b)that the requisite contributions are being made to the cost of providing for the child.

4.  The condition specified in paragraph 3(b) above is to be treated as satisfied if, but only if—

(a)such contributions are being made at a weekly rate not less than the amount referred to in paragraph 2 above—

(i)by the beneficiary, or

(ii)where the beneficiary is one of two spouses [F18or civil partners] residing together, by them together; and

(b)the contributions are over and above those required for the purposes of satisfying subsection (1)(b) of section 3 of the Child Benefit Act.

Textual Amendments

5.  Any sum or sums paid by a person by way of contribution towards the cost of providing for two or more children being children in respect of whom, in the period for which the sum in question is paid by the person, he is entitled to child benefit shall be treated as such contributions, of such respective amounts equal in the aggregate to the said sum or sums, in respect of those children so as to secure as large a payment as possible by way of [F2carer’s allowance] in respect of them.

PART II

Increase of [F19carer’s allowance] for adult dependants

Textual Amendments

6.  For the purposes of increases of [F19carer’s allowance] for adult dependants under [F20section 90 of the Contributions and Benefits Act], the prescribed circumstances in which a beneficiary is entitled to such an increase for any period shall be as set out in paragraph 7 below.

Textual Amendments

7.  The weekly rate of [F19a carer’s allowance] shall be increased by the amount specified in relation to that allowance in column (3) of Part IV of Schedule 4 to [F21the Contributions and Benefits Act] for any period during which the beneficiary is residing with—

[F22(a)a spouse [F23or civil partner] whose weekly earnings do not exceed that amount;]

[F24(b)some person (not being a child [F25or qualifying young person]) who—

(i)has the care of a child or children [F26or a qualifying young person or persons] in respect of whom the beneficiary is entitled to child benefitF27...

(ii)is not undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody;

[F28(iii)if he has earnings, does not have weekly earnings exceeding that amount and for this purpose there shall be disregarded any weekly earnings derived from employment by the beneficiary in caring for a child or children [F26or a qualifying young person or persons] in respect of whom the beneficiary is entitled to child benefit;]

(iv)is not absent from Great Britain, except for any period during which the person is residing with the beneficiary outside Great Britain and for which the beneficiary is entitled to [F19a carer’s allowance].]

Textual Amendments

F22Sch. 2 para. 7(a) substituted (11.4.1988) by The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Amendment Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/554), regs. 1(1), 5(a)

F24Sch. 2 para. 7(b) substituted retrospectively (22.12.84) by Social Security Act 1986 (c.50), s. 37(2)

F27Words in Sch. 2 para. 7(b)(i) omitted (6.4.1987) by virtue of The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Amendment Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/355) regs. 1, 5(b)

8.  A person who is entitled to an increase of [F19a carer’s allowance] under paragraph 7(a) above shall not be entitled to an increase of that benefit under paragraph 7(b) above.

[F299.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below in this Schedule any reference to earnings includes a reference to payments by way of [F30occupational or personal pension] [F31or PPF periodic payment].

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply so as to affect entitlement to an increase of [F19carer’s allowance] in respect of a child or adult dependant in any case where the beneficiary—

(a)was entitled to receive such an increase immediately before this paragraph came into operation; and

(b)but for the operation of sub-paragraph (1) above would continue to be so entitled,

until such time as he would first otherwise cease to be so entitled.]

Textual Amendments

F29 Sch. 2 para. 9 inserted (6.4.1987) by virtue of The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Amendment Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/355) regs. 1, 5(c)

F30Words in Sch. 2 para. 9(1) substituted (9.10.1989) by The Social Security Benefit (Dependency and Computation of Earnings) Amendment Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1690) regs. 1(1), 2 (with 4(1), 4(3))

Regulation 16

SCHEDULE 3REGULATIONS REVOKED

CitationStatutory instrumentExtent of revocation
(1)(2)(3)
The Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1974S.I. 1974/2059 (1974 III, p. 8028)Regulation 13
The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1974S.I. 1974/2079 (1974 III, p. 8113)Regulations 3 to 10
The Social Security (Miscellaneous and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 1975S.I. 1975/458 (1975 I, p. 1401)Regulation 4
The Social Security (Maternity Benefit) Regulations 1975S.I. 1975/553 (1975 I, p. 1910)Regulation 8(3)
The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Benefit) Regulations 1975S.I. 1975/559(1975 I, p. 1979)Regulations 24 to 32 and in Schedule 4 the reference to regulation 25 and the words “the wife of the beneficiary or, as the case may be, was” and “the husband of the beneficiary or, as the case may be, was”
The Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1975S.I. 1975/564 (1975 I, p. 2062)Regulations 13 and 15
The Social Security (Non-Contributory Invalidity Pension) Regulations 1975S.I. 1975/1058(1975 II, p. 3691)Regulations 9 and 10(2) and in Schedule 1, the entries for regulations 4 to 10
The Social Security (Relaxation of Earnings Rules) Regulations 1975S.I. 1975/2126 (1975 III, p. 7930)Regulation 3
The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976S.I. 1976/409(1976 I, p. 1087)Regulations 12 and 13 and in Schedule 1, the entries for regulations 5(2) and (3), 8(1) and 9
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1976S.I. 1976/1736 (1976 III, p. 4596)Regulation 6(5) and (6)
The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 1977S.I. 1977/341 (1977 I, p.1031)The whole of the Regulations
The Social Security (Child Benefit Consequential) Regulations 1977S.I. 1977/342 (1977 I, p.1033)Regulations 2, 3, 5(2) to (7), 7(7) to (9), 18(3) and (4) and 20