Disabled Child Premium
16. 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)is in receipt of disability living allowance or is no longer in receipt of such allowance because he is a patient, provided that the child or young person continues to be a member of the family; or
(b)is blind or treated as blind within the meaning of paragraph 13; or
[F1(c)is a child or young person in respect of whom section 145A of the Act (entitlement after death of child or qualifying young person) applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under that section, and in respect of whom a disabled child premium was included in the claimant’s applicable amount immediately before the death of that child or young person, or ceased to be included in the claimant’s applicable amount because of that child or young person’s death.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 16(c) substituted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/674), regs. 1(2), 14(3)