PART 1SOCIAL SECURITY

Abolition of adult dependency increases

14Maternity allowance and carer's allowance

1

The following provisions of the Contributions and Benefits Act are omitted on the day after Royal Assent (in this section referred to as “the relevant date”)—

a

section 82 (maternity allowance: increase for adult dependants); and

b

section 90 (carer's allowance: increase for adult dependants).

2

Nothing in subsection (1) or Part 2 of Schedule 4 applies in relation to—

a

the amount of a maternity allowance payable for a maternity allowance period (within the meaning of section 35(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act) which begins before the relevant date but ends on or after that date, or

b

the amount of a carer's allowance payable to a qualifying person at any time on or after the relevant date but before the appropriate date.

3

In subsection (2)(b)—

  • “a qualifying person” means a person who—

    1. a

      has, before the relevant date, made a claim for an increase in a carer's allowance under section 90 of the Contributions and Benefits Act; and

    2. b

      immediately before that date is either entitled to the increase claimed or a beneficiary to whom section 92 of the Contributions and Benefits Act applies in respect of that increase (continuation of awards where fluctuating earnings);

  • “the appropriate date” means whichever is the earlier of—

    1. a

      6 April 2020; and

    2. b

      the date when the qualifying person ceases to be either entitled to that increase or a beneficiary to whom section 92 of the Contributions and Benefits Act applies in respect of that increase.