Regulation 3 Amendment of the Income Support Regulations

Schedule 2 paragraph 13 to the Income Support Regulations (severe disability premium) M1 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.

In sub-paragraph (2)(a) for the words “or a lone parent” there shall be substituted the words “ , a lone parent or a claimant who is treated as having no partner in consequence of sub-paragraph (2A) ”.

After sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph

“(2A)

Where a claimant has a partner who does not satisfy the condition in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii), and that partner is blind or is treated as blind within the meaning of paragraph 12(1)(a)(iii) and (2), that partner shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) as if he were not a partner of the claimant.”.

In sub-paragraph (3) after head (c) the word “or” and the following head shall be added—

“(d)

a person who is blind or is treated as blind within the meaning of paragraph 12(1)(a)(iii) and (2).”.