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SCHEDULE 2E+W+SAPPLICABLE AMOUNTS

Regulations 17[F1(1)](d) and 18(e)

PART IIIE+W+Spremiums

4.  Except as provided in paragraph 5, the weekly premiums specified in Part IV of this Schedule shall, for the purposes of regulations 17[F1(1)](d) [F2and 18(1)](e), be applicable to a claimant who satisfies the condition specified in [F3[F4paragraphs 9] [F4paragraphs 8A]] [F5to 14ZA] in respect of that premium.E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F3Words in Sch. 2 Pt. III para. 4 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Child Benefit, Child Support and Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1803), regs. 1(1)(b), 39(3)(a)

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1

5.  Subject to paragraph 6, where a claimant satisfies the conditions in respect of more than one premium in this Part of this Schedule, only one premium shall be applicable to him and, if they are different amounts, the higher or highest amount shall apply.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1

[F66.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the following premiums, namely—E+W+S

(a)a severe disability premium to which paragraph 13 applies;

(b)an enhanced disability premium to which paragraph 13A applies;

(c)a disabled child premium to which paragraph 14 applies; and

(d)a carer premium to which paragraph 14ZA applies,

may be applicable in addition to any other premium which may apply under this Schedule.

(2) An enhanced disability premium in respect of a person shall not be applicable in addition to—

(a)a pensioner premium under paragraph 9 or 9A; or

(b)a higher pensioner premium under paragraph 10.]

Textual Amendments

7.[F7(1)] [F8Subject to sub-paragraph (2)] for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, once a premium is applicable to claimant under this Part, a person shall be treated as being in receipt of any benefit—

(a)in the case of a benefit to which the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 F9 applies, for any period during which, apart from the provisions of those Regulations, he would be in receipt of that benefit; and

(b)for any period spent by a person in undertaking a course of training or instruction provided or approved by the [F10Secretary of State for Education and Employment] under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 F11 [F12or by Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise under section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990,] [F13or for any period during which he is in receipt of a training allowance].

[F14(2) For the purposes of the carer premium under paragraph 14ZA, a person shall be treated as being in receipt of [F15carer’s allowance] by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a) only if and for so long as the person in respect of whose care the allowance has been claimed remains in receipt of attendance allowance [F16, or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 37ZB(3) of the Social Security Act.].]

Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 2 para. 7 renumbered as Sch. 7 para. 7(1) (1.10.1990) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1776), regs. 1(1)(a), 8(c)(i) (with reg. 1(2))

F111973 c. 50 as amended by sections 9 and 11 and Schedule 2 Part II paragraph 9 and Schedule 3 of the Employment and Training Act 1981 (c. 57).

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1

Lone Parent PremiumE+W+S

F178.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F17Sch. 2 Pt. III para. 8 omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Child Benefit, Child Support and Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1803), regs. 1(1)(b), 39(3)(b)

[F18Bereavement PremiumE+W+S

8A.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the condition is that the claimant—

(a)had, as at 9th April 2001, attained the age of 55 but not the age of 60;

(b)was in receipt of, but is no longer entitled to, a bereavement allowance under section 39B of the Contributions and Benefits Act in respect of the death of a spouse who died on or after 9th April 2001; and

(c)is claiming income support as a single claimant.

(2) A premium under sub-paragraph (1) shall not be applicable in respect of a claimant who claims income support more than 8 weeks after the last day on which he was entitled to a bereavement allowance.

(3) Where a claimant to whom a premium under sub-paragraph (1) is applicable, ceases to be entitled to income support or to be a single claimant, a premium under sub-paragraph (1) shall only again be applicable to that claimant where he claims income support as a single claimant no more than 8 weeks after the date on which he ceased to be entitled to income support or to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or, as the case may be, to be a single claimant.]

[F19Pensioner premium for persons under 75E+W+S

9.  The condition is that the claimant–

(a)is a single claimant or lone parent aged not less than 60 but less than 75; or

(b)has a partner and is, or his partner is, aged not less than 60 but less than 75.

Textual Amendments

F19 Sch. 2 paras. 9-9A substituted for Sch. 2 para. 9 (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(1)(c) of the amending S.I.) by The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/534), regs. 1(1), 5(a)

Commencement Information

I4Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1

Pensioner premium for persons 75 and overE+W+S

9A.  The condition is that the claimant–

(a)is a single claimant or lone parent aged not less than 75 but less than 80; or

(b)has a partner and is, or his partner is, aged not less than 75 but less than 80.]

Textual Amendments

F19 Sch. 2 paras. 9-9A substituted for Sch. 2 para. 9 (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(1)(c) of the amending S.I.) by The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/534), regs. 1(1), 5(a)

Higher Pensioner PremiumE+W+S

10.—(1) Where the claimant is a single claimant or a lone parent, the condition is that—

(a)he is aged not less than 80; or

(b)he is aged less than 80 but not less than 60, and

(i)the additional condition specified in paragraph 12(1)(a) [F20or (c)] is satisfied; or

(ii)he was entitled to [F21, or was treated as being in receipt of, income support and the disability premium was or, as the case may be, would have been,] applicable to him in respect of a benefit week within eight weeks of his 60th birthday and he has, subject to sub-paragraph (3), remained continuously entitled to income support since attaining that age.

(2) Where the claimant has a partner, the condition is that—

(a)he or his partner is aged not less than 80; or

(b)he or his partner is aged less than 80 but not less than 60 and either—

(i)the additional condition specified in paragraph 12(1)(a) [F20or (c)] is satisfiedF22...; or

(ii)he was entitled to [F23, or was treated as being in receipt of, income support and the disability premium was or, as the case may be, would have been,] applicable to him in respect of a benefit week within eight weeks of his 60th birthday and he has, subject to sub-paragraph (3), remained continuously entitled to income support since attaining that age.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph and paragraph 12—

(a)once the higher pensioner premium is applicable to a claimant, if he then ceases, for a period of eight weeks or less, to be entitled to [F24or treated as entitled to] income support, he shall, on becoming re-entitled to income support, thereafter be treated as having been continuously entitled thereto;

(b)in so far as sub-paragraphs (1)(b)(ii) and (2)(b)(ii) are concerned, if a claimant ceases to be entitled to [F24or treated as entitled to] income support for a period not exceeding eight weeks which includes his 60th birthday, he shall, on becoming re-entitled to income support, thereafter be treated as having been continuously entitled thereto.

[F25(4) In the case of a claimant who is a welfare to work beneficiary, references in sub-paragraphs (1)(b)(ii), (2)(b)(ii) and (3)(b) to a period of 8 weeks shall be treated as references to a period of 52 weeks.]

[F26(5) For the purposes of this paragraph, a claimant shall be treated as having been entitled to and in receipt of income support throughout any period which comprises only days on which he was participating in an employment zone programme and was not entitled to income support because, as a consequence of his participation in that programme, he was engaged in remunerative work or had income in excess of his applicable amount as prescribed in Part IV.]

Disability PremiumE+W+S

11.  The condition is that—

(a)where the claimant is a single claimant or a lone parent, he is aged less than 60 and the additional condition specified in paragraph 12 is satisfied; or

(b)where the claimant has a partner, either—

(i)the claimant is aged less than 60 and the additional condition specified in paragraph [F2712(1)(a), (b) or (c)] is satisfied by him; or

(ii)his partner is aged less than 60 and the additional condition specified in paragraph 12(1)(a) [F28or (c)] is satisfied by his partner.

Textual Amendments

F27Words in Sch. 2 para. 11(b)(i) substituted (11.4.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/663), regs. 1(1), 29(b)(i)

Commencement Information

I6Sch. 2 para. 11 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1

Additional condition for the Higher Pensioner and Disability PremiumsE+W+S

12.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) and paragraph 7 the additional condition referred to in paragraphs 10 and 11 is that either—

(a)the claimant or, as the case may be, his partner—

(i)is in receipt of one or more of the following benefits: attendance allowance, [F29disability living allowance, [F30disabled person’s tax credit]], mobility supplement, [F31long-term incapacity benefit] under [F32Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act or severe disablement allowance under Part III of that Act] [F33but, in the case of [F31long-term incapacity benefit] or severe disablement allowance only where it is paid in respect of him]; or

(ii)is provided by the Secretary of State with an invalid carriage or other vehicle under section 5(2) of the National Health Service Act 1977 F34 (other services) or, in Scotland, under section 46 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 F35 (provision of vehicles) or receives payments by way of grant from the Secretary of State under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to that 1977 Act (additional provisions as to vehicles) or, in Scotland, under that section 46; or

(iii)is registered as blind in a register compiled by a local authority under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 F36 (welfare services) or, in Scotland, has been certified as blind and in consequence he is registered as blind in a register maintained by or on behalf of a regional or islands council; or

[F37(b) the claimant—

(i)is entitled to statutory sick pay or [F38is, or is treated as, incapable of work,] in accordance with the provisions of Part XIIA of the Contributions and Benefits Act and the regulations made thereunder (incapacity for work), and

(ii)has been so entitled or so incapable[F39, or has been treated as so incapable,] for a continuous period of not less than—

(aa)196 days in the case of a claimant who is terminally ill within the meaning of section 30B(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act; or

(bb)364 days in any other case;

and for these purposes any two or more periods of entitlement or incapacity separated by a break of not more than 56 days shall be treated as one continuous period; or; and]

(c)the claimant or, as the case may be, his partner was in receipt of either—

[F40(i)[F41long-term incapacity benefit] under [F42Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act] when entitlement to that benefit ceased on account of the payment of a retirement pension under [F42that Act] and the claimant has since remained continuously entitled to income support and, if the [F41long-term incapacity benefit] was payable to his partner, the partner is still alive; or]

(ii)except where paragraph 1(a), (b), (c)(ii) or (d)(ii) of Schedule 7 (patients) applies, attendance allowance [F43or disability living allowance but payment of benefit has been suspended in accordance with regulations made under [F44section 113(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or otherwise abated as a consequence of the claimant or his partner becoming a patient within the meaning of regulation 21(3) (special cases)],]

and, in either case, the higher pensioner premium or disability premium has been applicable to the claimant or his partner.

[F45(1A) In the case of a claimant who is a welfare to work beneficiary, the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(b) to a period of 56 days shall be treated as a reference to a period of 52 weeks.]

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(iii), a person who has ceased to be registered as blind on regaining his eyesight shall nevertheless be treated as blind and as satisfying the additional condition set out in that sub-paragraph for a period of 28 weeks following the date on which he ceased to be so registered.

F46(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1)(c), once the higher pensioner premium is applicable to the claimant by virtue of his satisfying the condition specified in that provision, if he then ceases, for a period of eight weeks or less, to be entitled to income support, he shall on again becoming so entitled to income support, immediately thereafter be treated as satisfying the condition in sub-paragraph (1)(c).

[F47(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), once the disability premium is applicable to a claimant by virtue of his satisfying the additional condition specified in that provision, he shall continue to be treated as satisfying that condition for any period spent by him in undertaking a course of training provided under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 [F48or for any period during which he is in receipt of a training allowance].]

[F49(6) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i) and (c)(i), a reference to a person in receipt of long-term incapacity benefit includes a person in receipt of short-term incapacity benefit at a rate equal to the long-term rate by virtue of section 30B(4)(a) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (short-term incapacity benefit for a person who is terminally ill), or who would be or would have been in receipt of short-term incapacity benefit at such a rate but for the fact that the rate of short-term incapacity benefit already payable to him is or was equal to or greater than the long-term rate.]

[F50(7) A person—

(a)to whom regulation 6(2) (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) applies; and

(b)whose applicable amount immediately before he was engaged in the work referred to in regulation 6(2)(a), included a premium applicable under paragraph 11(a),

shall, for the period specified in regulation 6(3), be treated as having continued to satisfy the additional condition specified in this paragraph for the payment of that premium.]

Textual Amendments

F32Words in Sch. 2 para. 12(1)(a)(i) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.5) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2139), regs. 1(1)(a), 30(2)

F33Words in Sch. 2 para. 12(1)(a)(i) inserted (11.4.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/663), regs. 1(1), 29(c)(i)

F341977 c. 49; section 5(2) amended and subsection (2A) added by section 1 of the Public Health Laboratory Service Act 1979 (c. 23) and subsection (2B) added by section 9 of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48).

F361948 c. 29; section 29 was amended by section 1(2) of the National Assistance (Amendment) Act 1959 (c. 30); the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 (c. 61) sections 113 and 114 and Schedule 4; the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) Schedule 23 paragraph 2; the Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50) Schedule 3 paragraph 3; the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49) Schedule 15 paragraph 6; and the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41) Schedule 10 Part I.

F42Words in Sch. 2 para. 12(1)(c)(i) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.5) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2139), regs. 1(1)(a), 30(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I7Sch. 2 para. 12 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1

Severe Disability PremiumE+W+S

13.—(1) The condition is that the claimant is a severely disabled person.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a claimant shall be treated as being a severely disabled person if, and only if—

(a)in the case of a single claimant[F51, a lone parent or a claimant who is treated as having no partner in consequence of sub-paragraph (2A)]

(i)he is in receipt of attendance allowance[F52, or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 37ZB(3) of the Social Security Act], and

(ii)subject to sub-paragraph (3), he has no non-dependants aged 18 or over [F53normally residing with him or with whom he is normally residing,] and

[F54(iii)no person is entitled to, and in receipt of, [F15a carer’s allowance] under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act in respect of caring for him;]

(b)[F55in the case of a claimant who] has a partner—

(i)he is in receipt of attendance allowance[F56, or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 37ZB(3) of the Social Security Act]; and

(ii)his partner is also in receipt of such an allowance or, if he is a member of a polygamous marriage, all the partners of that marriage are in receipt thereof; and

(iii)subject to sub-paragraph (3), he has no non-dependants aged 18 or over [F57normally residing with him or with whom he is normally residing,]

and, either [F58a person is entitled to, and in receipt of, [F15a 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, such an allowance] in respect of caring for either member of the couple or any partner of the polygamous marriage.

[F59(2A) Where a claimant 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 12(1)(a)(iii) and (2), that partner shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) as if he were not a partner of the claimant.]

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(ii) and (2)(b)(iii) no account shall be taken of—

(a)a person receiving attendance allowance[F60, or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 37ZB(3) of the Social Security Act]; or

F61(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)subject to sub-paragraph (4), a person who joins the claimant's household for the first time in order to care for the claimant or his partner and immediately before so joining the claimant or his partner was treated as a severely disabled person; [F62or

(d)a person who is blind or is treated as blind within the meaning of paragraph 12(1)(a)(iii) and (2).]

[F63(3A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b) a person shall be treatedF64...—

(a)[F65as being in receipt of] attendance allowance[F66, or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 37ZB(3) of the Social Security Act] if he would, but for his being a patient for a period exceeding 28 days, be so in receipt;]

[F67(b)as being entitled to and in receipt of [F15a carer’s allowance] if he would, but for the person for whom he was caring being a patient in hospital for a period exceeding 28 days, be so entitled and in receipt.]

[F68(3ZA) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii) and (2)(b), no account shall be taken of an award of [F15carer’s allowance] to the extent that payment of such an award is back-dated for a period before the date on which the award is made.]

(4) Sub-paragraph (3)(c) shall apply only for the first 12 weeks following the date on which the person to whom that provision applies first joins the claimant's household.

[F69(5) In sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii) and (b), references to a person being in receipt of [F15a carer’s allowance] shall include references to a person who would have been in receipt of that allowance but for the application of a restriction under section 7 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (loss of benefit provisions).]

Textual Amendments

F61Sch. 2 para. 13(3)(b) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2119), regs. 1(1)(a), 18(3)

F68Sch. 2 para. 13(3ZA) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.5) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2139), regs. 1(1)(a), 30(4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I8Sch. 2 para. 13 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1

[F70Enhanced disability premiumE+W+S

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

(b)a member of the claimant’s family,

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 six 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 six weeks.]

Textual Amendments

F70Sch. 2 para. 13A inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Amendment (Enhanced Disability Premium) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2629), regs. 1(1)(c), 2(c)(ii)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4Sch. 2 para. 13A(2)(a) sum confirmed (8.4.2002 for specified purposes and with application in accordance with art. 1(2)(g)(4)) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/668), arts. 1(2)(g), 16(2)(b)

Disabled Child PremiumE+W+S

14.  The condition is that a child or young person for whom the claimant or a partner of his is responsible and who is a member of the claimant's household—

(a)has no capital or capital which, if calculated in accordance with Part V in like manner as for the claimant, [F71except as provided in regulation 44(1) (modifications in respect of children and young persons)], would not exceed £3,000; and

(b)is in receipt of [F72disability living allowance] or is no longer in receipt of that allowance because he is a patient provided that the child or young person continues to be a member of the family; or

(c)is blind or treated as blind within the meaning of paragraph 12(1)(a)(iii) and (2).

Textual Amendments

F71Words in Sch. 2 para. 14(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2119), regs. 1(1)(a), 18(4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5Sch. 2 para. 14(a) sum confirmed (8.4.2002 for specified purposes and with application in accordance with art. 1(2)(g)(4)) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/668), arts. 1(2)(g), 16(2)(b)

Commencement Information

I9Sch. 2 para. 14 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1

[F73Carer premiumE+W+S

14ZA.(1) [F74Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4),] the condition is that the claimant or his partner is, or both of them are, [F75entitled to [F15a carer’s allowance] under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act].

(2) If a claimant or his partner, or both of them, would be in receipt of [F15carer’s allowance] but for the provisions of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979, where–

(a)the claim for that allowance was made on or after 1st October 1990, and

(b)the person or persons in respect of whose care the allowance has been claimed remains or remain in receipt of attendance allowance[F76, or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 37ZB(3) of the Social Security Act],

he or his partner, or both of them, as the case may be, shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) as being [F77entitled to] [F15a carer’s allowance].]

[F78(3) Where a carer premium is awarded but—

(a)the person in respect of whose care the [F15carer’s allowance] 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 or ceases to be treated as entitled to [F15a carer’s allowance],

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)the Sunday following the death of the person in respect of whose care [F15a carer’s allowance] has been awarded or the date of death if the death occurred on a Sunday;

(b)where sub-paragraph (2) applies, the date on which the person in respect of whose care the [F15carer’s allowance] has been awarded ceased to be in receipt of the allowances referred to in paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph;

(c)in any other case, the date on which the person who has been entitled to [F15a carer’s allowance] ceases to be entitled to that allowance.]

(4) Where a person who has been entitled to [F15a carer’s allowance] ceases to be entitled to that allowance 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–

[F79(a)the person in respect of whose care the [F15carer’s allowance] has been awarded dies;

(b)where sub-paragraph (2) applies, the person in respect of whose care the [F15carer’s allowance] has been awarded ceased to be in receipt of the allowances referred to in paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph;

(c)in any other case, that person was last entitled to [F15carer’s allowance] .]

[F80Persons in receipt of concessionary paymentsE+W+S

14A.  For the purpose of determining whether a premium is applicable to a person [F81under paragraphs 12 to 14ZA], any concessionary payment made to compensate that person for the non-payment of any benefit mentioned in those paragraphs shall be treated as if it were a payment of that benefit.]

[F82Person in receipt of benefitE+W+S

14B.  For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, a person shall be regarded as being in receipt of any benefit if, and only if, it is paid in respect of him and shall be so regarded only for any period in respect of which that benefit is paid.]

Textual Amendments

F82Sch. 2 para. 14B inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/547), regs. 1(1)(b), 17