Paragraph 9 Carer premiumI1

England and Wales

(1)

The condition is that the applicant or his partner is, or both of them are, entitled to a carer’s allowance F1or carer support payment.

(2)

Where a carer premium has been awarded but—

(a)

the person in respect of whose care the carer’s allowance or carer support payment has been awarded dies; or

(b)

the person in respect of whom the premium was awarded ceases to be entitled, or ceases to be treated as entitled, to a carer’s allowance or carer support payment,

this paragraph shall be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the relevant date specified in sub-paragraph (3).

(3)

The relevant date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) is—

(a)

in a case within sub-paragraph (2)(a) the Sunday following the death of the person in respect of whose care the carer’s allowance or carer support payment has been awarded (or beginning with the date of death if the date occurred on a Sunday);

(b)

in a case within sub-paragraph (2)(b), the date on which that person who was entitled to a carer’s allowance or carer support payment ceases to be entitled to it.

(4)

For the purposes of this paragraph, a person is to be treated as being entitled to and in receipt of a carer’s allowance or carer support payment for any period not covered by an award but in respect of which a payment is made in lieu of an award.

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F1: Words in Sch. 2 para. 9 inserted (11.2.2025 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/39), regs. 1(1), 6(7)

Paragraph 9 Carer premiumI1

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Notes on Schedule 2

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