SCHEDULE 3Applicable amounts

PART 3Premiums

Carer premium9

1

The condition is that the claimant or his partner is, or both of them are, entitled to a carer's allowance F1or carer support payment.

2

Where a carer premium has been awarded but—

a

the person in respect of whose care the carer's allowance F1or carer support payment has been awarded dies; or

b

the person in respect of whom the premium was awarded ceases to be entitled, or ceases to be treated as entitled, to a carer's allowance F1or carer support payment,

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

3

The relevant date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) is—

a

the Sunday following the death of the person in respect of whose care the carer's allowance F1or carer support payment has been awarded (or beginning with the date of death if the date occurred on a Sunday);

b

where head (a) above does not apply, the date on which that person who was entitled to a carer's allowance F1or carer support payment ceases to be entitled to it.

4

For the purposes of this paragraph, a person shall be treated as being entitled to and in receipt of a carer's allowance F1or carer support payment for any period not covered by an award but in respect of which a payment is made in lieu of an award.