# The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, Paragraph 4: Persons caring for another person


A person who is regularly and substantially engaged in caring for another person if—
(a) the person doing the caring is in receipt of an invalid care allowance under section 37 of the principal Act;
(b) the person being cared for is in receipt of attendance allowance under section 35 of that Act; or
(c) the person being cared for has claimed attendance allowance under that section but only for the period up to the date of determination of that claim, or the period of 26 weeks from the date of that claim, whichever date is the earlier.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1987/459/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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