The Social Security (Carer Premium Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Income support and housing benefit: carer premium run-on

2.  In paragraph 14ZA (carer premium) of Schedule 2 (applicable amounts) to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) and paragraph 14ZA (Carer Premium) of Schedule 2 (applicable amounts) to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2) –

(a) for sub-paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs –

“(3) Where a carer premium is awarded but –

(a) the person in respect of whose care the invalid care allowance has been awarded dies, or

(b) in any other case the person in respect of whom a carer premium has been awarded ceases to be entitled or ceases to be treated as entitled to an invalid care allowance,

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

(3A) The relevant date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) shall be –

(a) the Sunday following the death of the person in respect of whose care an invalid care allowance has been awarded or the date of death if the death occurred on a Sunday;

(b) where sub-paragraph (2) applies, the date on which the person in respect of whose care the invalid care allowance has been awarded ceased to be in receipt of the allowances referred to in head (b) of that sub-paragraph;

(c) in any other case, the date on which the person who has been entitled to an invalid care allowance ceases to be entitled to that allowance.”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (4) for heads (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following heads –

“(a) the person in respect of whose care the invalid care allowance has been awarded dies;

(b) where sub-paragraph (2) applies, the person in respect of whose care the invalid care allowance has been awarded ceased to be in receipt of the allowances referred to in head (b) of that sub-paragraph;

(c) in any other case, that person was last entitled to invalid care allowance.”.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 459; paragraph 14ZA was inserted by regulation 6(d) of S.R. 1990 No. 346 and sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) were substituted by regulation 4(2)(b)(iii) of S.R. 2000 No. 74

(2)

S.R. 1987 No. 461; paragraph 14ZA was inserted by regulation 9(d) of S.R. 1990 No. 345 and sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) were substituted by regulation 4(4)(b)(iii) of S.R. 2000 No. 74