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33.—(1) A person is entitled to welfare supplementary payment under this Part if the person meets—
(a)the SPC entitlement condition,
(b)the severe disability component entitlement condition,
(c)the PIP refusal condition, and
(d)the termination of severe disability component condition.
(2) The SPC entitlement condition is that the person is in receipt of state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(1) on the transition date.
(3) The severe disability component entitlement condition is that the person is in receipt of severe disability component on the transition date.
(4) In this Part severe disability component means the additional amount (in respect of the appropriate minimum guarantee) prescribed under regulation 6(4) of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(2) for persons treated as severely disabled persons.
(5) In paragraph (4) the appropriate minimum guarantee has the same meaning as in section 2(3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.
(6) The PIP refusal condition is that following a transitional assessment determination, the person is refused personal independence payment, or the component of personal independence payment, that is a condition for entitlement to severe disability component.
(7) The termination of severe disability component condition is that, in consequence of the PIP refusal condition, the decision of the Department to award severe disability component is superseded by a decision to not award severe disability component.
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