Paragraph 5 I1

Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to F1(9), the amount specified for the purposes of regulation 35(d) (the carer premium), is F2£48.15.

The applicable amount is to include the carer premium specified in sub-paragraph (1) where an applicant or the applicant’s partner has regular and substantial caring responsibilities for a severely disabled person, but subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4).

In the case of a couple, the carer premium is payable in respect of each partner if they both qualify for it, but only if they are not caring for the same severely disabled person.

Where two or more persons have regular and substantial caring responsibilities for the same severely disabled person, the carer premium is only payable in respect of one of them and that is—

Where a carer premium is awarded to a person whose award of universal credit includes the carer element described in regulation 29 of the 2013 Regulations, the condition for the award of the premium is to be treated as satisfied for as long as that carer element continues to be paid (for example, following the death of the severely disabled person) F7or, if longer, the period for which the person continues to be entitled to carer support payment.

Where a carer premium is awarded to a person other than a person described in sub-paragraph (5), but—

the condition for the award of the premium is to be treated as satisfied for a period of 8 weeks from the relevant date specified in sub-paragraph (7).

Where a carer premium is awarded to a person other than a person described in sub-paragraph (5), but the person in respect of whose care the carer support payment has been awarded dies, the condition for the award of the premium is to be treated as satisfied for a period of—

The relevant date for the purposes of F11sub-paragraphs (6) and (6A) is—

Where a person who has had regular and substantial caring responsibilities for a severely disabled person ceases to have such caring responsibilities and makes an application for council tax reduction, the condition for the award of the carer premium is to be treated as satisfied for a period of 8 weeks from the date on which—

Where a person who has had regular and substantial caring responsibilities for a severely disabled person ceases to have such caring responsibilities and makes an application for council tax reduction, the condition for the award of the carer premium is to be treated as satisfied for a period of 12 weeks from the date on which the person in respect of whom the person had such caring responsibilities dies on or after 15 March 2026, where that brought the caring responsibilities to an end.