Article 5 Mandatory restatement and increase of rates of carer’s allowance and date on which changes take effect

(1)

In schedule 4 (rates of benefits) of the 1992 Act—

(a)

in the third column of entry 4 of the table in Part III (which specifies the weekly rate of carer’s allowance)^f1, for “£67.60” substitute “£69.70”, and

(b)

in the second column of entry 9 of the table in Part IV (which specifies the weekly rate of increase for qualifying child)^f2, “£11.35” remains unchanged.

(2)

The increase made by paragraph (1)(a) takes effect on 11 April 2022, subject to paragraph (3).

(3)

Where arrangements have been made by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers for carer’s allowance to be paid on a Wednesday, the increase takes effect on 13 April 2022.

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Footnotes

f1: Entry 4 was amended by S.I. 2002/1457, S.I. 2014/516 and S.S.I. 2021/169.
f2: Entry 9 was amended by S.S.I. 2019/102.