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SCHEDULE 3E+W+SApplicable amounts

PART 3E+W+SPremiums

4.  Except as provided in paragraph 5, the premiums specified in Part 4 of this Schedule shall, for the purposes of regulations 22[F1(1)](d) and 23[F1(1)](e), be applicable to a claimant who satisfies the condition specified in paragraphs 8 to 17 in respect of that premium.E+W+S

Textual Amendments

5.  Subject to paragraph 6, where a claimant satisfies the conditions in respect of more than one premium in this Part of this Schedule, only one premium shall be applicable to him and, if they are different amounts, the higher or highest amount shall apply.E+W+S

[F26.  - The following premiums, namely—E+W+S

(a)a severe disability premium to which paragraph 14 applies;

(b)an enhanced disability premium to which paragraph 15 applies;

(c)a disabled child premium to which paragraph 16 applies; and

(d)a carer premium to which paragraph 17 applies,

may be applicable in addition to any other premium which may apply under this     Schedule.]

Textual Amendments

7.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, once a premium is applicable to a claimant under this Part, a person shall be treated as being in receipt of any benefit for—E+W+S

(a)in the case of a benefit to which the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 M1 applies, any period during which, apart from the provisions of those Regulations, he would be in receipt of that benefit; F3...

(b)any period spent by a person in undertaking a course of training or instruction provided or approved by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the 1973 Act, or by [F4Skills Development Scotland,] Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise under section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 M2 or for any period during which he is in receipt of a training allowance [F5and]

[F6(c)in the case of carer support payment, any period during which, apart from regulation 16 of the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023, he would be in receipt of that benefit.]

(2) For the purposes of the carer premium under paragraph 17, a person shall be treated as being in receipt of carer's allowance by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a) [F7or carer support payment by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(c)] only if and for so long as the person in respect of whose care the allowance [F8or payment] has been claimed remains in receipt of attendance allowance, [F9the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the Act[F10, the care component of child disability payment at the highest or middle rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the DACYP Regulations][F11, ] the daily living component of personal independence payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with section 78(3) of the 2012 Act[F12, the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022] [F13or armed forces independence payment.]]

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

Bereavement premiumE+W+S

F148.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Pensioner Premium for persons under 75E+W+S

F159.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Pensioner Premium for persons 75 and overE+W+S

F1610.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Higher Pensioner PremiumE+W+S

F1711.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Disability PremiumE+W+S

12.  The condition is that—

(a)where the claimant is a single claimant or a lone parent, [F18has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit] and the additional condition specified in paragraph 13 is satisfied; or

(b)where the claimant has a partner, either—

(i)the claimant [F18has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit] and the additional condition specified in paragraph 13(1)(a) or (b) is satisfied by him; or

(ii)his partner [F18has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit] and the additional condition specified in paragraph 13(1)(a) is satisfied by his partner.

Textual Amendments

F19Additional Condition for the...[F20Disability Premium] E+W+S

13.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) and paragraph 7, the additional condition referred to in paragraphs 11 and 12 is that either—

(a)the claimant or, as the case may be, his partner—

(i)is in receipt of one or more of the following benefits: attendance allowance, disability living allowance[F21, child disability payment], [F22personal independence payment, [F23adult disability payment,]][F24 armed forces independence payment,] the disability element or the severe disability element of working tax credit as specified in regulation 20(1)(b) and (f) of the Working Tax Credit Regulations, mobility supplement, long-term incapacity benefit under Part 2 of the Act or severe disablement allowance under Part 3 of the Act but, in the case of long-term incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance only where it is paid in respect of him; or

(ii)was in receipt of long-term incapacity benefit under Part 2 of the Act when entitlement to that benefit ceased on account of the payment of a retirement pension under that Act [F25or a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014] and the claimant has since remained continuously entitled to housing benefit and, if the long-term incapacity benefit was payable to his partner, the partner is still a member of the family; or

F26(iii)F27...was in receipt of attendance allowance or disability living allowance but payment of benefit has been suspended in accordance with regulations made under section 113(2) of the Act or otherwise abated as a consequence of the claimant or his partner becoming a patient within the meaning of [F28regulation 28(11)(e) (treatment of child care charges)]; or

[F26(iiia)was in receipt of personal independence payment that is no longer payable by virtue of regulations made under section 86(1) (hospital in-patients) of the 2012 Act.]

[F29(iiib)was in receipt of adult disability payment that is no longer payable by virtue of regulation 28 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Adult Disability Payment) of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022;]

(iv)is provided by the Secretary of State with an invalid carriage or other vehicle under section 5(2) of the National Health Service Act 1977 M3 (other services) or, in Scotland by the Scottish Ministers, under section 46 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 M4 (provision of services) or receives payments by way of grant from the Secretary of State under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1977 (additional provisions as to vehicles) or, in Scotland by the Scottish Ministers, under section 46 of the Act of 1978; or

[F30(v)is certified as severely sight impaired or blind by a consultant ophthalmologist; or]

(b)the claimant—

(i)is, or is treated as, incapable of work in accordance with the provisions of, and regulations made under, Part 12A of the Act (incapacity for work); and

(ii)has been incapable, or has been treated as incapable, of work for a continuous period of not less than—

(aa)in the case of a claimant who is terminally ill within the meaning of section 30B(4) of the Act M5, 196 days;

(bb)in any other case, 364 days.

[F31(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(v), a person who has ceased to be certified as severely sight impaired or blind on regaining his eyesight shall nevertheless be treated as severely sight impaired or blind, as the case may be, and as satisfying the additional condition set out in that sub-paragraph for a period of 28 weeks following the date on which he ceased to be so certified]

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), once F32... the disability premium is applicable to a claimant by virtue of his satisfying the additional condition specified in that provision, if he then ceases, for a period of 8 weeks or less, to be treated as incapable of work or to be incapable of work he shall, on again becoming so incapable of work, immediately thereafter be treated as satisfying the condition in sub-paragraph (1)(b).

F33(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), once the disability premium is applicable to a claimant by virtue of his satisfying the additional condition specified in that provision, he shall continue to be treated as satisfying that condition for any period spent by him in undertaking a course of training provided under section 2 of the 1973 Act M6 or for any period during which he is in receipt of a training allowance.

(6) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), where any two or more periods of incapacity are separated by a break of not more than 56 days, those periods shall be treated as one continuous period.

(7) For the purposes of this paragraph, a reference to a person who is or was in receipt of long-term incapacity benefit includes a person who is or was in receipt of short-term incapacity benefit at a rate equal to the long-term rate by virtue of section 30B(4)(a) of the Act (short-term incapacity benefit for a person who is terminally ill), or who would be or would have been in receipt of short-term incapacity benefit at such a rate but for the fact that the rate of short-term incapacity benefit already payable to him is or was equal to or greater than the long-term rate.

(8) In the case of a claimant who is a welfare to work beneficiary [F34(a person to whom regulation 13A(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995 applies, and who again becomes incapable of work for the purposes of Part 12A of the Act)]—

(a)the reference to a period of 8 weeks in sub-paragraph (3); and

(b)the reference to a period of 56 days in sub-paragraph (6),

shall in each case be treated as a reference to a period of [F35104 weeks].

[F36(9) The claimant is not entitled to the disability premium if the claimant has, or is treated as having, limited capability for work F37...]

Textual Amendments

F25Words in Sch. 3 para. 13(1)(a)(ii) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1985), arts. 1(2)(b), 28(4)

F26Sch. 3 para. 13(1)(a)(iii) substituted (1.4.2014 for specified purposes, 7.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/213), regs. 1(3), 3(6)(a)

F27Words in Sch. 3 para. 13(1)(a)(iii) omitted by virtue of S.I. 2005/2502, reg. 2(15)(a)(i) (as amended) (3.4.2006) by virtue of The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 27(15)(b)(i) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

F28Words in Sch. 3 para. 13(1)(a)(iii) substituted by S.I. 2005/2502, reg. 2(15)(a)(ii) (as amended) (3.4.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 27(15)(b)(ii) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

F30Sch. 3 para. 13(1)(a)(v) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments (No.2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2888), regs. 1(1), 3(5)(aa)(c)(i)

F31Sch. 3 para. 13(ii) substituted for Sch. 3 (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments (No.2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2888), regs. 1(1), 3(5)(bb)(c)(i)

F37Words in Sch. 3 para. 13(9) omitted by SI 2008/1082 reg. 23(b) (as amended) (27.10.2008) by virtue of The Employment and Support Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2428), regs. 1(2), 31(a)

Marginal Citations

M31977 c. 49; section 5(2) was amended subsection (2A) added by the Public Health Laboratory Services Act 1979 (c. 23), section 1, and subsection (2B) added by section 9 of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48).

M5Section 30B was inserted by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994(c. 18), section 2.

Severe Disability PremiumE+W+S

14.—(1) The condition is that the claimant is a severely disabled person.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a claimant shall be treated as being a severely disabled person if, and only if—

(a)in the case of a single claimant, a lone parent or a claimant who is treated as having no partner in consequence of sub-paragraph (3)—

(i)he is in receipt of attendance allowance, [F38the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the Act[F39, the care component of child disability payment at the highest or middle rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the DACYP Regulations][F40, ]the daily living component of personal independence payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with section 78(3) of the 2012 Act[F41, the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022] [F42or armed forces independence payment]]; and

(ii)subject to sub-paragraph (4), he has no non-dependants aged 18 or over normally residing with him or with whom he is normally residing; and

(iii)no person is entitled to, and in receipt of, a carer's allowance under section 70 of the Act [F43or carer support payment] [F44or has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element] in respect of caring for him;

(b)in the case of a claimant who has a partner—

(i)the claimant is in receipt of attendance allowance, [F45the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the Act[F46, the care component of child disability payment at the highest or middle rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the DACYP Regulations][F47, ]the daily living component of personal independence payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with section 78(3) of the 2012 Act[F48, the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022] [F49or armed forces independence payment]]; and

(ii)his partner is also in receipt of such an allowance [F50or payment] or, if he is a member of a polygamous marriage, all the partners of that marriage are in receipt of such an allowance [F50or payment]; and

(iii)subject to sub-paragraph (4), the claimant has no non-dependants aged 18 or over normally residing with him or with whom he is normally residing,

and either a person is [F51entitled to and in receipt of] a carer's allowance [F52or carer support payment] [F44or has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element] in respect of caring for only one of a couple or, in the case of a polygamous marriage, for one or more but not all the partners of the marriage, or as the case may be, no person is entitled to and in receipt of such an allowance [F53or payment] [F54or has such an award of universal credit] in respect of caring for either member of a couple or any partner of a polygamous marriage.

(3) Where a claimant has a partner who does not satisfy the condition in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii), and that partner is [F55severely sight impaired or blind or treated as severely sight impaired or blind] within the meaning of paragraph 13(1)(a)(v) and (2), that partner shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) as if he were not a partner of the claimant.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(ii) and (2)(b)(iii) no account shall be taken of—

(a)a person receiving attendance allowance, [F56the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the Act[F57, the care component of child disability payment at the highest or middle rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the DACYP Regulations][F58, ]the daily living component of personal independence payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with section 78(3) of the 2012 Act[F59, the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022] [F60or armed forces independence payment]]; or

(b)a person who is [F61severely sight impaired or blind or treated as severely sight impaired or blind] within the meaning of paragraph 13(1)(a)(v) and (2).

(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b) a person shall be treated—

(a)as being in receipt of attendance allowance, or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the Act, if he would, but for his being a patient for a period exceeding 28 days, be so in receipt;

(b)as being entitled to and in receipt of a carer's allowance [F62or carer support payment] [F63or having an award of universal credit which includes the carer element] if he would, but for the person for whom he was caring being a patient in hospital for a period exceeding 28 days, be so entitled [F64or have such an award of universal credit] and in receipt.

[F65(c)as being in receipt of the daily living component of personal independence payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with section 78 of the 2012 Act, if he would, but for [F66payment ceasing by virtue of] regulations made under section 86(1) (hospital in-patients) of the 2012 Act, be so in receipt.]

[F67(d)as being in receipt of the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022, if he would, but for payment ceasing by virtue of regulation 28 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Adult Disability Payment) of those Regulations, be so in receipt]

(6) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii) and (2)(b), no account shall be taken of an award of carer's allowance [F68, carer support payment] [F69or universal credit which includes the carer element] to the extent that payment of such an award is backdated for a period before [F70the date on which the award is first paid].

(7) In sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii) and (b), references to a person being in receipt of a carer's allowance [F71or as having an award of universal credit which includes the carer element] shall include references to a person who would have been in receipt of that allowance [F72or had such an award of universal credit] but for the application of a restriction under section [F736B or] 7 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 M7 (loss of benefit provisions).

Textual Amendments

F44Words in Sch. 3 para. 14(2)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1754), regs. 1(1), 17(2)(b)(i)

F54Words in Sch. 3 para. 14(2)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1754), regs. 1(1), 17(2)(b)(ii)

F55Words in Sch. 3 para. 14(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments (No.2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2888), regs. 1(1), 3(5)(aa)(c)(ii)

F61Words in Sch. 3 para. 14(4)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments (No.2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2888), regs. 1(1), 3(5)(bb)(c)(ii)

F63Words in Sch. 3 para. 14(5)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1754), regs. 1(1), 17(2)(c)(i)

F64Words in Sch. 3 para. 14(5)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1754), regs. 1(1), 17(2)(c)(ii)

F66Words in Sch. 3 para. 14(5)(c) inserted (1.4.2014 for specified purposes, 7.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/213), regs. 1(3), 3(6)(b)

F69Words in Sch. 3 para. 14(6) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1754), regs. 1(1), 17(2)(d)

F71Words in Sch. 3 para. 14(7) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1754), regs. 1(1), 17(2)(e)(i)

F72Words in Sch. 3 para. 14(7) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1754), regs. 1(1), 17(2)(e)(ii)

Marginal Citations

M72001 c. 11; section 7 was amended by the State Pension Credit Act 2002, section 14 and Schedule 2 and by the Tax Credits Act 2002, section 60 and Schedule 6.

Enhanced disability premiumE+W+S

15.—[F74(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the condition is that—

( a)[F75the Secretary of State has decided that the claimant has, or is to be treated as having, limited capability for work-related activity; or]

(b)the care component of disability living allowance is, or would, but for a suspension of benefit in accordance with regulations made under section 113(2) of the Act or but for an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation be payable at the highest rate prescribed under section 72(3) of the Act in respect of—

(i)the claimant; or

(ii)a member of the claimant's family,

who [F76has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit]][F77; or

[F78(ba)the care component of child disability payment is payable at the highest rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the DACYP Regulations in respect of—

(i)the claimant; or

(ii)a member of the claimant’s family; or]

(c)the enhanced rate of the daily living component of personal independence payment is [F79payable, or has ceased to be payable by virtue of regulations made under section 86(1) (hospital in-patients) of the 2012 Act,] in respect of—

(i)the claimant; or

(ii)a member of the claimant’s family,

who has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit][F80; F81...

[F82(ca)the enhanced rate of the daily living component of adult disability payment is payable, or has ceased to be payable by virtue of regulation 28 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Adult Disability Payment) of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 in respect of—

(i)the claimant; or

(ii)a member of the claimant’s family,

who has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit; or]

(d)armed forces independence payment is payable in respect of (i) the claimant, or (ii) a member of the claimant’s family, who has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit,]

[F83(1A) Where the condition in sub-paragraph (1) ceases to be satisfied because of the death of a child or young person, the condition is that the claimant [F84or partner] is entitled to child benefit in respect of that person under section 145A of the Act (entitlement to child benefit after death of child or qualifying young person).]

(2) [F85An enhanced disability premium shall not be applicable in respect of] [F85The condition is not satisfied if the person to whom sub-paragraph (1) refers is]—

(a)a claimant who—

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

(ii)is a patient within the meaning of [F86regulation 28(11)(e)] and has been for a period of more than 52 weeks; or

(b)a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage where each member is a patient within the meaning of [F87regulation 28(11)(e)] and has been for a period of more than 52 weeks.

Textual Amendments

F79Words in Sch. 3 para. 15(1)(c) substituted (1.4.2014 for specified purposes, 7.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/213), regs. 1(3), 3(6)(c)

F83Sch. 3 para. 15(1A) inserted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/674), regs. 1(2), 12(2)(a)

F85Words in Sch. 3 para. 15(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/674), regs. 1(2), 12(2)(b)

F86Words in Sch. 3 para. 15(2)(a)(ii) substituted by S.I. 2005/2502, reg. 2(15)(b) (as amended) (3.4.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 27(15)(c) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

Disabled child premiumE+W+S

16.  The condition is that a child or young person for whom the claimant or a partner of his is responsible and who is a member of the claimant's household—

(a)is in receipt of disability living allowance or is no longer in receipt of such allowance because he is a patient, provided that the child or young person continues to be a member of the family; or

[F88(aa)is in receipt of child disability payment; or]

(b)is [F89severely sight impaired or blind or treated as severely sight impaired or blind] within the meaning of paragraph 13; or

[F90(c)is a child or young person in respect of whom section 145A of the Act (entitlement to child benefit after death of child or qualifying young person) applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under that section, and in respect of whom a disabled child premium was included in the claimant’s applicable amount immediately before the death of that child or young person, or ceased to be included in the claimant’s applicable amount because of that child or young person’s death][F91; or

(d)is a young person who is in receipt of personal independence payment or who would, but for [F92payment ceasing by virtue of] regulations made under section 86(1) (hospital in-patients) of the 2012 Act be so in receipt, provided that the young person continues to be a member of the family][F93; or

[F94(da)is a young person who is in receipt of adult disability payment or who would, but for payment ceasing by virtue of regulation 28 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Adult Disability Payment) of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 be so in receipt, provided that the young person continues to be a member of the family; or]

(e)is a young person who is in receipt of armed forces independence payment.]

Textual Amendments

F89Words in Sch. 3 para. 16(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments (No.2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2888), regs. 1(1), 3(5)(c)(iii)

F90Sch. 3 para. 16(c) substituted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/674), regs. 1(2), 12(3)

F92Words in Sch. 3 para. 16(d) inserted (1.4.2014 for specified purposes, 7.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/213), regs. 1(3), 3(6)(d)

Carer premiumE+W+S

17.—(1) The condition is that the claimant or his partner is, or both of them are, entitled to a carer's allowance under section 70 of the Act [F95or carer support payment].

(2) Where a carer premium is awarded but—

(a)the person in respect of whose care the carer's allowance [F96or carer support payment] has been awarded dies; or

(b)in any other case the person in respect of whom a carer premium has been awarded ceases to be entitled to a carer's allowance [F96or carer support payment],

the condition for the award of the premium shall be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the relevant date specified in sub-paragraph (3).

(3) The relevant date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) shall be—

(a)where sub-paragraph (2)(a) applies, the Sunday following the death of the person in respect of whose care a carer's allowance [F97or carer support payment] has been awarded or the date of death if the death occurred on a Sunday;

(b)in any other case, the date on which the person who has been entitled to a carer's allowance [F97or carer support payment] ceases to be entitled to that allowance [F98or payment].

(4) Where a person who has been entitled to a carer's allowance [F99or carer support payment] ceases to be entitled to that allowance [F100or payment] 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 on which—

(a)the person in respect of whose care the carer's allowance [F99or carer support payment] has been awarded dies;

(b)in any other case, the person who has been entitled to a carer's allowance [F99or carer support payment] ceased to be entitled to that allowance [F100or payment].

Textual Amendments

Persons in receipt of concessionary paymentsE+W+S

18.  For the purpose of determining whether a premium is applicable to a person under paragraphs 13 to 17, any concessionary payment made to compensate that person for the non-payment of any benefit mentioned in those paragraphs shall be treated as if it were a payment of that benefit.

Person in receipt of benefitE+W+S

19.  For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, a person shall be regarded as being in receipt of any benefit if, and only if, it is paid in respect of him and shall be so regarded only for any period in respect of which that benefit is paid.