The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Loss of Carer Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

[F1 Couples: termination of welfare supplementary payment on death of carer N.I.

21B.— (1) This regulation applies where—

(a) A and B are a couple,

(b) B is in receipt of welfare supplementary payment by virtue of A providing care for the caree, and

(c) A dies.

(2) Welfare supplementary payment must cease to be paid at the expiry of 8 weeks beginning with the Sunday following the death (or beginning with the date of the death if the death occurred on a Sunday).

(3) The period of payment must not exceed the time limit set out in—

(a) regulation 6(3) F2 ...,

(b) regulation 10(3) F2 ...,

(c) regulation 14(3) F2 ..., or

(d) regulation 18(3) F2 ....]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 21B inserted (6.2.2017) by The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/28), regs. 1(2), 43

F2 Words in reg. 21B(3) omitted (1.3.2023) by virtue of The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Extension) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/25), regs. 1(3), 5(3)