The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

[F1 Enhanced disability premium

15A.— (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the condition is that the care component of disability living allowance is, or would, but for a suspension of benefit in accordance with regulations under section 113(2) of the Benefits Act or but for an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation, be payable at the highest rate prescribed under section 72(3) of the Benefits Act in respect of—

(a) the claimant; or

(b) [F2 a member of the claimant’s family] [F2 the claimant’s partner (if any)],

who is aged less than 60.

(2) An enhanced disability premium shall not be applicable in respect of—

(a) [F3 a child or young person whose capital, if calculated in accordance with Part VIII of these Regulations in like manner as for the claimant, except as provided in regulation 106(1), would exceed £3,000;]

(b) a claimant who—

(i) is not a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage; and

(ii) is a patient within the meaning of regulation 85(4) and has been for a period of more than [F4 52] weeks; or

(c) a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage where each member is a patient within the meaning of regulation 85(4) and has been for a period of more than [F4 52] weeks.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 15A inserted (9.4.2001) by The Social Security Amendment (Enhanced Disability Premium) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2629), regs. 1(c), 5(c)(ii)

F2 Words in Sch. 1 para. 15A(1)(b) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(6)(7)(8) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/455), Sch. 2 para. 20(c)(i)

F3 Sch. 1 para. 15A(2)(a) omitted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(6)(7)(8) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/455), Sch. 2 para. 20(c)(ii)

F4 Word in Sch. 1 para. 15A(2) substituted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(f) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1195), regs. 1(f), 6(3)(a)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 para. 15A(2)(a): sum maintained (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(i) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/552), art. 24(2)(b)

C2 Sch. 1 para. 15A(2)(a): sum confirmed (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(j) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/522), art. 24(2)(b)