22C.—(1) This regulation applies where a person (A) who is entitled to welfare supplementary payment under Part 2 or 4 forms a couple with another person (B).
(2) The amount of welfare supplementary payment to which A is entitled will change if case 1 or case 2 applies, otherwise it will not change solely as a consequence of A forming a couple with B.
(3) Case 1 applies if—
(a)at the time when A forms a couple with B, B is entitled to welfare supplementary payment under Part 3 or 5, and
(b)either A or B are or become entitled to an income-related benefit.
(4) Case 2 applies if B is or becomes entitled to an income-related benefit.
(5) Where case 1 or 2 applies, the amount of welfare supplementary payment to which A is entitled is reduced to the amount of welfare supplementary payment to which A would have been entitled under Part 3 if A had satisfied the conditions for payment on loss of carer premium on transition from disability living allowance to personal independence payment.
(6) In this regulation “income-related benefit” means—
(a)income-based jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995,
(b)income-related employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007,
(c)income support under section 122 of the Contributions and Benefits Act,
(d)state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 22C inserted (6.2.2017) by The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/28), regs. 1(2), 47