SCHEDULE 1Applicable amounts
PART 3Premiums
Enhanced disability premium15
F31
Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the condition is that—
a
the Secretary of State has decided that the claimant has, or is to be treated as having, limited capability for work-related activity; or
b
the care component of disability living allowance is, or would, but for a suspension of benefit in accordance with regulations made under section 113(2) of the Act or but for an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation be payable at the highest rate prescribed under section 72(3) of the Act in respect of—
i
the claimant; or
ii
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 claimant who—
i
is not a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage; and
ii
is a patient within the meaning of F2regulation 18(11)(e) (patients) and has been for a period of more than 52 weeks; or
b
a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage where each member is a patient within the meaning of F1regulation 18(11)(e) and has been for a period of more than 52 weeks.