Couples: termination of welfare supplementary payment on death of carer
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43. After regulation 21A insert—
“Couples: termination of welfare supplementary payment on death of carer
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),
(b)regulation 10(3),
(c)regulation 14(3), or
(d)regulation 18(3).”.