4.—(1) A person is entitled to welfare supplementary payment under this Part if the person meets—
(a)the IS entitlement condition,
(b)the disability-related premium entitlement condition,
(c)the PIP refusal condition, and
(d)the termination of disability-related premium condition.
(2) The IS entitlement condition is that the person is in receipt of income support on the transition date.
(3) The disability-related premium entitlement condition is that the person is in receipt of disability-related premium on the transition date.
(4) In this Part disability-related premium means—
(a)disability premium under paragraph 11,
(b)severe disability premium under paragraph 13, or
(c)enhanced disability premium under paragraph 13A,
of Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 M1.
(5) 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 disability-related premium.
(6) The termination of disability-related premium condition is that, in consequence of the PIP refusal condition, the decision of the Department to award disability-related premium is superseded by a decision to not award disability-related premium.
Marginal Citations
M1S.R.1987 No. 459; relevant amending instruments are S.R. 1988 No. 146, S.R. 1992 No. 6, S.R. 1993 No. 218, S.R. 1993 No. 373, S.R. 1994 No. 327, S.R. 1994 No. 474, S.R. 2000 No. 74, S.R. 2000 No. 367, S.R. 2002 No. 80, S.R. 2002 No. 323, S.R. 2003 No. 191, S.R. 2003 No. 195, S.R. 2003 No. 413, S.R. 2007 No. 154, S.R. 2010 No. 103, S.R. 2011 No. 135, S.R. 2011 No. 291, S.R. 2011 No. 357, S.I. 2013/3021 and S.R. 2014 No. 275