SCHEDULE 2APPLICABLE AMOUNTS

PART IIIpremiums

F1Enhanced disability premium

13A.

(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the condition is that the care component of disability living allowance is, or would, but for a suspension of benefit in accordance with regulations under section 113(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act or but for an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation, be payable at the highest rate prescribed under section 72(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act in respect of—

(a)

the claimant; or

F2(b)

a member of the claimant’s family who is aged less than 60.

who is aged less than 60.

(2)

An enhanced disability premium shall not be applicable in respect of—

(a)

a child or young person whose capital, if calculated in accordance with Part V of these Regulations in like manner as for the claimant, except as provided in regulation 44(1), would exceed £3,000;

(b)

a claimant who—

(i)

is not a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage; and

(ii)

is a patient within the meaning of regulation 21(3) and has been for a period of more than F352 weeks; or

(c)

a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage where each member is a patient within the meaning of regulation 21(3) and has been for a period of more than F352 weeks.