Regulation 47 Change in the amount of welfare supplementary payment after person forms a couple

After regulation 22B insert—

“Change in the amount of welfare supplementary payment after person forms a couple

22C.

(1)

This regulation applies where a person (A) who is entitled to welfare supplementary payment under Part 2 or 4 forms a couple with another person (B).

(2)

The amount of welfare supplementary payment to which A is entitled will change if case 1 or case 2 applies, otherwise it will not change solely as a consequence of A forming a couple with B.

(3)

Case 1 applies if—

(a)

at the time when A forms a couple with B, B is entitled to welfare supplementary payment under Part 3 or 5, and

(b)

either A or B are or become entitled to an income-related benefit.

(4)

Case 2 applies if B is or becomes entitled to an income-related benefit.

(5)

Where case 1 or 2 applies, the amount of welfare supplementary payment to which A is entitled is reduced to the amount of welfare supplementary payment to which A would have been entitled under Part 3 if A had satisfied the conditions for payment on loss of carer premium on transition from disability living allowance to personal independence payment.

(6)

In this regulation “income-related benefit” means—

(a)

income-based jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f1,

(b)

income-related employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007^f2,

(c)

income support under section 122 of the Contributions and Benefits Act^f3,

(d)

state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002^f4. ”.