The Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefits (Miscellaneous) Amendment Regulations 1991

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the 1987 Regulations

15.  In Schedule 2 to the 1987 Regulations (applicable amounts)(1)

(a) in paragraph 1 for the amount “£31.15” there shall be substituted the amount “£31.40”;

(b) for the Table in paragraph 2 (allowances with respect to a child or young person) there shall be substituted the Table in the Schedule to these Regulations;

(c) in paragraph 3 (family premium) for the amount “£7.95” there shall be substituted the amount “£8.70”;

(d) in paragraph 14ZA (carer premium)(2) after sub-paragraph (2) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs–

“(3) Where a carer premium is awarded but the person in respect of whom it is awarded either ceases to be in receipt of invalid care allowance or ceases to be treated as being in receipt of invalid care allowance, the condition for the award of the premium shall be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the date on which that person ceased to be in receipt of, or ceased to be treated as being in receipt of, invalid care allowance.

(4) Where a person who has been receiving, or who has been treated as receiving invalid care allowance, ceases to be in receipt of, or ceases to be treated as being in receipt of, that allowance and makes a claim for housing benefit, the condition for the award of the carer premium shall be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the date the person was last in receipt of, or was last treated as being in receipt of, invalid care allowance.”;

(e) in paragraph 14A(3) for the words “paragraphs 12 to 14” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs 12 to 14ZA”.

(1)

Relevant amending instrument S.I. 1991/503.

(2)

Paragraph 14ZA was inserted in Schedule 2 to the 1987 Regulations by S.I. 1990/1775.

(3)

Paragraph 14A was inserted in Schedule 2 by S.I. 1988/1971.