# The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002, Paragraph 4


(1) For the purposes of regulation 6(6)(a), this paragraph is satisfied if any of the requirements specified in sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) are met.
(2) A claimant is, or in the case of partners either partner is, or both partners are, entitled to an allowance under section 70 of the 1992 Act (carer’s allowance) or carer support payment.
(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), where an additional amount has been awarded under regulation 6(6)(a) but
(a) the person in respect of whose care the allowance or payment has been awarded dies; or
(b) the person in respect of whom the additional amount was awarded ceases to be entitled or ceases to be treated as entitled to the allowance or payment,
this paragraph shall be treated as satisfied for a period of 8 weeks from the relevant date specified in sub-paragraph (4).
(4) The relevant date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) is —
(a) the Sunday following the death of the person in respect of whose care the allowance or payment has been awarded (or beginning with the date of death if the death occurred on a Sunday);
(b) where sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, the date on which the person who has been entitled to the allowance or payment ceases to be entitled to that allowance or payment.
(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(a), where the relevant additional amount has been awarded as a result of the claimant or the claimant’s partner being entitled to carer support payment, and the death occurred on or after 15th March 2026, the reference to “8 weeks” is to be read as “12 weeks”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/schedule/I/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-regulations-2002/schedule-I/paragraph-4
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