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6.—(1) The condition is that the applicant is a severely disabled person.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), an applicant is to be treated as being a severely disabled person if, and only if—

(a)in the case of a single applicant, a lone parent or an applicant who is treated as having no partner in consequence of sub-paragraph (3)—

[F1(i)he is in receipt of—

(aa)attendance allowance;

[F2(aaa)pension age disability payment;]

(bb)the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the SSCBA;

(cc)the daily living component of personal independence payment paid at either rate prescribed in accordance with Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

(dd)the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5 of the DAWAP Regulations; or

(ee)an AFIP; and]

(ii)subject to sub-paragraph (6), he has no non-dependants aged 18 or over normally residing with him or with whom he is normally residing; and

(iii)no person is entitled to, and in receipt of, a carer’s allowance [F3under section 70 of the SSCBA [F4or carer support payment] or has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element under regulation 29 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013] in respect of caring for him;

(b)in the case of an applicant who has a partner—

[F5(i)the applicant is in receipt of—

(aa)attendance allowance;

[F6(aaa)pension age disability payment;]

(bb)the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the SSCBA;

(cc)the daily living component of personal independence payment paid at either rate prescribed in accordance with Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

(dd)the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5 of the DAWAP Regulations; or

(ee)an AFIP;]

(ii)his partner is also in receipt of such an allowance [F7or payment] or, if he is a member of a polygamous marriage, each other member of that marriage is in receipt of such an allowance [F7or payment]; and

(iii)subject to sub-paragraph (6), the applicant has no non-dependants aged 18 or over normally residing with him or with whom he is normally residing,

and either a person is entitled to and in receipt of a carer’s allowance [F8or carer support payment] [F9or has an award of universal credit that includes the carer element] in respect of caring for only one of the couple or, if he is a member of a polygamous marriage, for one or more but not all the members of the marriage, or as the case may be, no person is entitled to and in receipt of such an allowance [F10or payment] [F11or has such an award of universal credit] in respect of caring for either member of a couple or any of the members of the marriage.

(3) Where an applicant has a partner who does not satisfy the condition in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii), and that partner is blind [F12or severely sight-impaired] or is treated as [F13such] within the meaning of sub-paragraph (4), that partner is to be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) as if he were not a partner of the applicant.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), a person is blind [F14or severely sight-impaired] if he is registered F15... [F16 as severely sight-impaired in a register kept by a local authority in England under section 77(1) of the Care Act 2014 (registers of sight-impaired adults)] F17..., in Scotland, has been certified as blind and in consequence he is registered in a register maintained by or on behalf of a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994(1) [F18or is registered as severely sight-impaired in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014].

(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4), a person who has ceased to be registered as blind [F19or severely sight-impaired] on regaining his eyesight is nevertheless to be treated as [F20such] and as satisfying the additional condition set out in that sub-paragraph for a period of 28 weeks following the date on which he ceased to be so registered.

(6) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(ii) and (2)(b)(iii) no account is to be taken of—

[F21(a)a person receiving—

(i)attendance allowance;

[F22(ia)pension age disability payment;]

(ii)the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the SSCBA;

(iii)the daily living component of personal independence payment paid at either rate prescribed in accordance with Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

(iv)the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5 of the DAWAP Regulations; or

(v)an AFIP; or]

(b)a person who is blind or is treated as blind within the meaning of sub-paragraphs (4) and (5).

(7) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b) a person is to be treated—

(a)as being in receipt of attendance allowance, or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the SSCBA, if he would, but for his being a patient for a period exceeding 28 days, be so in receipt;

(b)as being in receipt of the daily living component of personal independence payment paid at the rate prescribed in accordance with Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 if he would, but for his being a patient for a period exceeding 28 days, be so entitled and in receipt notwithstanding section 86 of that Act and regulations made thereunder;

[F23(ba)as being in receipt of the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5 of the DAWAP Regulations, if they would, but for payment ceasing by virtue of regulation 28 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Adult Disability Payment) of those Regulations, be so in receipt;]

(c)as being in receipt of an AFIP, if he would, but for any suspension of payment in accordance with any terms of the armed and reserve forces compensation scheme which allow for a suspension because a person is undergoing medical treatment in a hospital or similar institution;

(d)as being entitled to and in receipt of a carer’s allowance [F24or carer support payment] [F25or having an award of universal credit which includes the carer element] if he would, but for the person for whom he was caring being a patient in hospital for a period exceeding 28 days, be so entitled and in receipt [F26or have such an award of universal credit];

[F27(e)as being in receipt of pension age disability payment if he would, but for payment ceasing by virtue of regulation 20 of the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024, be so in receipt.]

(8) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii) and (2)(b)—

(a)no account is to be taken of an award of carer’s allowance [F28or carer support payment] to the extent that payment of such an award is back-dated for a period before the date on which the award is first paid; and

(b)a reference to a person being in receipt of a carer’s allowance [F29or as having an award of universal credit which includes the carer element] is to include reference to a person who would have been in receipt of that allowance [F30or had such an award of universal credit] but for the application of a restriction under section 6B or 7 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (loss of benefit)(2).

Textual Amendments

F8Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(2) inserted (11.2.2025 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/39), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(a)(iv)(aa)

F24Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(7)(d) inserted (11.2.2025 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/39), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(c)(i)

F28Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(8)(a) inserted (11.2.2025 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/39), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(d)

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 27.11.2012, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

1994 c. 39; section 2 was amended by paragraph 232 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 39).

(2)

2001 c. 11; section 6B was amended by sections 9, 24 and 58 of, and paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 2 and Part 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24); sections 31, 113, 118, 119, 121 and 147 of, and paragraphs 56 and 58 of Schedule 2, paragraphs 15 and 16 of Schedule 3, Parts 1 and 12 of Schedule 14, to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5) – of which only those made by section 113 (to subsection (1)(b)) are in force. Section 7 was amended by section 14 of, and Part 3 of Schedule 3 to, the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16); sections 28 and 49 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 3 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5); sections 9, 24 and 58 of, and paragraphs 9 and 11 of Schedule 2, Part 1 of Schedule 4 and Part 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24) (of which those made by sections 9, 31 and Schedule 7 are not yet in force); article 3 of S.I. 2011/2298; sections 31, 118, 119 and 147 of, and paragraphs 56 and 59 of Schedule 2, paragraphs 15 and 17 of Schedule 3 and Part 1 of Schedule 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012. (c. 5), none of which are yet in force.

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