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Paragraph 14 Disabled child premium

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(1)

Subject to paragraphs 16 and 17, the condition is that a child or young person for whom the relevant person or a partner of his is responsible and who is a member of the relevant person’s household—

(a)

has no capital or capital which, if determined in accordance with Chapter IX of Part II (capital) in like manner as for the relevant person except as provided in regulation 32(5) (modifications in respect of children and young persons), would not exceed £5,000; and

(b)

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; or

(c)

is blind or treated as blind within the meaning of paragraph 12.

(2)

In paragraph (1), “patient” means a person (other than a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a youth custody institution) who is regarded as receiving free in-patient treatment within the meaning of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975f1.

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Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1975/555; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1977/1693, 1987/1683 and 1995/829.