PART 6 AMENDMENTS TO WELFARE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF LOSS OF CARER PAYMENTS

Welfare supplementary payment (under Part 3 or 5) where a couple separates

48.  After regulation 22C insert—

“Welfare supplementary payment (under Part 3 or 5) where a couple separates

22D.— (1) This regulation applies where—

(a) A and B were a couple,

(b) on or after 20 July 2016, A and B ceased to be a couple, and

(c) immediately before that, A was entitled to welfare supplementary payment under regulation 8 or regulation 16.

(2) After they cease to be a couple, only the person by virtue of whom—

(a) the carer premium entitlement condition was satisfied under regulation 8, or

(b) the additional amount (carer) entitlement condition was satisfied under regulation 16,

as the case may be, is entitled to welfare supplementary payment (under the Part to which A was originally entitled to welfare supplementary payment).”.