SCHEDULE 2E+W+SAPPLICABLE AMOUNTS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) (8.4.2013) by S.I. 2003/2382 (as amended (E.) by The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances), (Dental Charges) and (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/475), regs. 1(2)(b), 24(2))

PART IIIE+W+Spremiums

[F1Carer premiumE+W+S

14ZA.—(1) [F2Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4),] the condition is that the claimant or his partner is, or both of them are, [F3entitled to [F4a carer’s allowance] under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act] [F5or carer support payment].

F6(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F7(3) Where a carer premium is awarded but—

(a)the person in respect of whose care the [F4carer’s allowance] [F8or carer support payment] has been awarded dies; or

(b)in any other case the person in respect of whom a carer premium has been awarded ceases to be entitled F9...to [F4a carer’s allowance] [F8or carer support payment],

the condition for the award of the premium shall be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the relevant date specified in sub-paragraph (3A) below.

(3A) The relevant date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) above shall be—

(a)[F10where sub-paragraph (3)(a) applies,] the Sunday following the death of the person in respect of whose care [F4a carer’s allowance] [F11or carer support payment] has been awarded or the date of death if the death occurred on a Sunday;

F12(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)in any other case, the date on which the person who has been entitled to [F4a carer’s allowance] [F11or carer support payment] ceases to be entitled to that allowance [F13or payment].]

(4) Where a person who has been entitled to [F4a carer’s allowance] [F14or carer support payment] ceases to be entitled to that allowance [F15or payment] and makes a claim for income support, the condition for the award of the carer premium shall be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the date on which–

[F16(a)the person in respect of whose care the [F4carer’s allowance] [F14or carer support payment] has been awarded dies;

F17(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)[F18in any other case, the person who has been entitled to a carer’s allowance [F14or carer support payment] ceased to be entitled to that allowance [F15or payment].]]

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