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Paragraph 16 Disabled child premiumI1

Northern Ireland

The condition is that a child or young person for whom the claimant or a partner of his is responsible and who is a member of the claimant’s household—

F1(za)

is a young person who is in receipt of armed forces independence payment;

(a)

is in receipt of disability living allowance or is no longer in receipt of such allowance because he is a patient, provided that the child or young person continues to be a member of the family;

F2(aa)

is in receipt of child disability payment; or

F3(ab)

is a young person who is in receipt of Scottish adult disability living allowance or who would, but for payment ceasing by virtue of regulation 23 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Scottish adult disability living allowance) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025 be so in receipt, provided that the young person continues to be a member of the family; or

(b)

is F4severely sight impaired or blind or treated as severely sight impaired or blind within the meaning of paragraph 13; F5...

F6(c)

is a child or young person in respect of whom section 141A of the Act (entitlement after death of child or qualifying young person) applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under that section, and in respect of whom a disabled child premium was included in the claimant’s applicable amount immediately before the death of that child or young person, or ceased to be included in the claimant’s applicable amount because of that child or young person’s death; F7F8...

(d)

is a young person who is in receipt of personal independence payment or who would, but for payment ceasing by virtue of regulations made under Article 91(1) of the 2015 Order (hospital in-patients) be so in receipt, provided that the young person continues to be a member of the family. F9; or

(e)

is a young person who is in receipt of adult disability payment or who would, but for payment ceasing by virtue of regulation 28 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Adult Disability Payment) of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 be so in receipt, provided that the young person continues to be a member of the family

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 4 para. 16(za) inserted (24.12.2013) by The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme (Consequential Provisions: Subordinate Legislation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3021), arts. 1, 26(6)(e)

F2

Sch. 4 para. 16(aa) inserted (26.7.2021) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance for Children and Young People) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/786), art. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(6)

F3

Sch. 4 para. 16(ab) inserted (21.3.2025) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/227), arts. 1(1), 27(6)(e)

F4

Words in Sch. 4 para. 16(b) substituted (26.11.2014) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/275), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(c)

F5

Word in Sch. 4 para. 16(b) omitted (20.6.2016) by virtue of The Personal Independence Payment (Supplementary Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/228), regs. 1, 30(7)(e)(i)

F6

Sch. 4 para. 16(c) substituted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in operation) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/135), regs. 1(2), 12(2)(b)

F7

Word in Sch. 4 para. 16(c) omitted (21.3.2022) by virtue of The Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/177), arts. 1(2), 24(7)(i)(i)

F8

Sch. 4 para. 16(d) and word added (20.6.2016) by The Personal Independence Payment (Supplementary Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/228), regs. 1, 30(7)(e)(ii)

F9

Sch. 4 para. 16(e) and word inserted (21.3.2022) by The Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/177), arts. 1(2), 24(7)(i)(ii)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 4 para. 16 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)

Notes on Schedule 4

Modifications

C1

Sch. 4 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2007) by The Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/204), regs. 1(1), 17(2)