[F1 SCHEDULE IIAAdditional amount applicable for claimants responsible for a child or qualifying young person

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2A inserted (1.2.2019) by The State Pension Credit (Additional Amount for Child or Qualifying Young Person) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/676), regs. 1, 2(4)

Temporary absence outside Great Britain

7.— (1) A claimant is to be treated as not being responsible for a child or qualifying young person if the child or qualifying young person is temporarily absent from Great Britain for longer than—

(a) 4 weeks, or where the absence is expected to exceed 4 weeks;

(b) where sub-paragraph (2) applies—

(i) 8 weeks; or

(ii) where the absence is expected to exceed 8 weeks; or

(c) where sub-paragraph (3) applies—

(i) 26 weeks; or

(ii) where the absence is expected to exceed 26 weeks.

(2) This sub-paragraph applies where the absence of the child or qualifying young person is in connection with the death of—

(a) the claimant’s partner or a child or qualifying young person normally living with the claimant; or

(b) a close relative of—

(i) the claimant;

(ii) the claimant’s partner; or

(iii) a child or qualifying young person normally living with the claimant,

and the Secretary of State considers that it would be unreasonable to expect the child or qualifying young person to return to Great Britain within 4 weeks.

(3) This sub-paragraph applies where the absence of the child or qualifying young person is solely in connection with—

(a) the child or qualifying young person undergoing—

(i) treatment for an illness or physical or mental impairment by, or under the supervision of, a qualified practitioner; or

(ii) medically approved convalescence or care as a result of treatment for an illness or physical or mental impairment, where the child or qualifying young person had that illness or impairment before leaving Great Britain; or

(b) the child or qualifying young person accompanying the claimant or the claimant’s partner for convalescence or care as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a).

(4) In this paragraph—

“medically approved” means certified by a registered medical practitioner;

“qualified practitioner” means a person qualified to provide medical treatment, physiotherapy or a form of treatment which is similar to, or related to, either of those forms of treatment.]