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19. In regulation 15 (illness or disability) of the Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations 1996(1)—
(a)in paragraph (3)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (b) for “either of the allowances” substitute “a disability benefit”’;
(ii)for “the allowance” substitute “the disability benefit”;
(b)for paragraph (4) substitute—
“(4) Subject to paragraph (4A), where the Secretary of State considers that a person who has made an application in respect of special expenses falling within paragraph (1) or his dependant may be entitled to a disability benefit—
(a)if that applicant or his dependant has at the date of that application, or within a period of six weeks beginning with the giving or sending to that person of notification of the possibility of entitlement to a disability benefit, applied for a disability benefit, the application made by that applicant shall not be determined until a decision has been made by the Secretary of State on the eligibility for that disability benefit of that applicant or that dependant;
(b)if that applicant or his dependant has failed to apply for a disability benefit within the six week period specified in sub-paragraph (a), the Secretary of State shall determine the application for a departure direction made by that applicant on the basis that that applicant has income equivalent to the highest rate prescribed in respect of that disability benefit by or under those sections.”;
(c)for paragraph (4A)(2) substitute—
“(4A) Paragraphs (3) and (4) do not apply where the dependant of an applicant is adjudged eligible for a disability benefit and in all the circumstances of the case the Secretary of State considers that the costs being met by the applicant in respect of the items listed in paragraph (1) shall constitute special expenses for the purposes of paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 4B to the Act without the deductions in paragraph (3) being made.”; and
(d)after paragraph (6)(c) insert—
“(d)“disability benefit” means disability living allowance under section 71 of the Contributions and Benefits Act, personal independence payment under Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 or attendance allowance under section 64 of the Contributions and Benefits Act.”.
These Regulations were revoked with savings by S.I. 2001/156, as amended by S.I. 2003/347.
Paragraph (4A) was inserted by S.I. 1998/58.
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