The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012

Enhanced disability premium

7.—(1) The condition is that—

(a) 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 SSCBA or but for an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation, be payable at the highest rate prescribed under section 73(2) of that Act; or

(b) (as the case may be) the daily living component of personal independence payment is, or would, but for a suspension of payment in accordance with regulations under section 86 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, be payable at the enhanced rate under section 78(2) of that Act,

in respect of a child or young person who is a member of the applicant’s family.

(2) 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 applicant or partner is entitled to child benefit in respect of that person under section 145A of the SSCBA(1) (entitlement after death of child or qualifying young person).

(1)

1992 (c. 4); section 145A was inserted by the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21); subsections (1) and (4) were subsequently amended by section 1 of, and paragraphs 1 and 12 of Schedule 1 to, the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6); subsections (2) and (5) were amended, and subsection (6) inserted, by section 254 of, and paragraph 48 of Schedule 24 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33).