# The Community Charge Benefits (General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1990, Regulation 11: Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations


In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (applicable amounts) —
(a) in paragraph 4 for the reference “8 to 15” there shall be substituted the reference “8 to 15A”;
(b) in paragraph 6(2) for the words “The disabled child premium to which paragraph 15 applies” there shall be substituted the words “The disabled child premium and the carer premium to which paragraphs 15 and 15A respectively apply”;
(c) paragraph 7 the words “Subject to sub-para-graph (2),” shall be inserted at the beginning and after sub-paragraph (1)there shall be added the following sub-paragraph —
“(2) For the purposes of the carer premium under paragraph 15A, a person shall be treated as being in receipt of invalid care allowance by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a) only if and for so long as the person in respect of whose care the allowance has been claimed remains in receipt of attendance allowance.”;
(d) after paragraph 15 there shall be inserted the following paragraph —
“Carer premium
15A (1) The condition is that the claimant or his partner is, or both of them are, in receipt of invalid care allowance under section 37 of the Social Security Act.
(2) If a claimant or his partner, or both of them, would be in receipt of invalid care allowance but for the provisions of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979, where —
(a) the claim for that allowance was made on or after the 1st October 1990, and
(b) the person or persons in respect of whose care the allowance has been claimed remains or remain in receipt of attendance allowance,
he or his partner, or both of them, as the case may be, shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) as being in receipt of invalid care allowance.”;
(e) in paragraph 17 at the end the following sub-paragraph shall be added —
“
(8) Carer premium
(8) £10
in respect of each person who satisfies the condition specified in paragraph 15A.
”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1773/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-charge-benefits-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1990/regulation-11
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