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PART 5Welfare Supplementary Payment following loss of the Additional Amount (Carer) of State Pension Credit on caree’s transition from Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payment

Eligibility

16.—(1) A person is entitled to welfare supplementary payment under this Part if the following conditions are met—

(a)the additional amount (carer) entitlement condition,

(b)the PIP daily living component refusal condition, and

(c)the termination of additional amount (carer) condition.

(2) The additional amount (carer) entitlement condition is that a person is in receipt of additional amount (carer) in respect of a caree, on the transition date.

(3) In this Part, additional amount (carer) means the additional amount (in respect of the appropriate minimum guarantee) prescribed under regulation 6(6)(a) of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1), and appropriate minimum guarantee has the same meaning as in section 2(3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(2).

(4) The PIP daily living component refusal condition is that following a transitional assessment determination the caree is not awarded the daily living component of personal independence payment.

(5) The termination of additional amount (carer) condition is that in consequence of the PIP daily living component refusal condition, the decision of the Department to award additional amount (carer) is superseded by a decision of the Department to not award additional amount (carer).