Carer premium
14.—(1) The condition is that the applicant or the applicant’s partner is, or both of them are, entitled to a carer’s allowance under section 70 of the SSCBA.
(2) Where a carer premium is awarded but—
(a)the person in respect of whose care the carer’s 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 to a carer’s allowance,
the condition for the award of the premium is to 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 to be—
(a)where sub-paragraph (2)(a) applies, the Sunday following the death of the person in respect of whose care a carer’s allowance has been awarded or the date of death if the death occurred on a Sunday;
(b)in any other case, the date on which the person who has been entitled to a carer’s allowance ceases to be entitled to that allowance.
(4) Where a person who has been entitled to a carer’s allowance ceases to be entitled to that allowance and makes an application for a reduction, the condition for the award of the carer premium is to be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the date on which—
(a)the person in respect of whose care the carer’s allowance has been awarded dies;
(b)in any other case, the person who has been entitled to a carer’s allowance ceased to be entitled to that allowance.