{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-scotland-act-2018-carers-assistance-consequential-modifications-order-2026/article-38",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348277302",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Carer’s Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-scotland-act-2018-carers-assistance-consequential-modifications-order-2026",
  "path": "article/38",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "text": "(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement, interpretation and application), in the definition of “carer support payment”, for “carer’s assistance” substitute “the carer support payment component of carer support”.\n(3) In Schedule 1 (applicable amounts)—\n(a) in paragraph 17 (carer premium)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1), for “and (4)” substitute “, (4) and (5)”;\n(ii) in the words before sub-paragraph (3)(a), for “Where” substitute “Subject to sub-paragraph (5), where”;\n(iii) in the words before sub-paragraph (4)(a), for “Where” substitute “Subject to sub-paragraph (5), where”;\n(iv) after sub-paragraph (4), insert—\n“(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (3)(a) and (4)(a), where the relevant premium has been awarded as a result of the claimant or the claimant’s partner being entitled to carer support payment, and the death occurred on or after 15th March 2026, the references to “eight weeks” are to be read as “12 weeks”.”;\n(b) in paragraph 20J (carer premium)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1), for “and (4)” substitute “, (4) and (5)”;\n(ii) in the words before sub-paragraph (3)(a), for “Where” substitute “Subject to sub-paragraph (5), where”;\n(iii) in the words before sub-paragraph (4)(a), for “Where” substitute “Subject to sub-paragraph (5), where”;\n(iv) after sub-paragraph (4), insert—\n“(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (3)(a) and (4)(a), where the relevant premium has been awarded as a result of the claimant or the claimant’s partner being entitled to carer support payment, and the death occurred on or after 15th March 2026, the references to “eight weeks” and “8 weeks” respectively, are to be read as “12 weeks”.”.\n(4) In Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), after paragraph 74, insert—\n“75 Any Scottish carer supplement given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023.\n76 Any carer additional person payment given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023.”.\n(5) In Schedule 7 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 12(1)—\n(a) in head (a), for “or 73” substitute “, 73, 75 or 76”;\n(b) after head (f), insert—\n“(g) carer support payment, but only that amount that is in excess of the amount the claimant would receive if they had an entitlement to carer’s allowance under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending instruments are S.R. 2000 Nos. 74, 350 and 366, S.R. 2002 Nos. 295, 322 and 323, S.R. 2003 Nos. 154 and 417, S.R. 2019 No. 195, S.I. 2021/886 and S.I. 2023/1218."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348277302/article/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:38:19.394417+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}