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Regulatory Reform (Carer's Allowance) Order 2002

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 16 Cited in Amendments 12 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2002/1457
Year2002
except for the purposes of Article 2, on 28th October 2002; andfor the purposes of exercising powers to make subordinate legislation to come into force on or after 1st April 2003 (being powers or subordinate legislation which apart from Article 2 would refer to invalid care allowance) , on 1st September 2002; andfor all other purposes, on 1st April 2003.(2) In this Order—(1) Invalid care allowance shall be known as carer’s allowance.(2) The Schedule to this Order (which makes provision consequential on paragraph (1) ) shall have effect.(1) In section 70 of the 1992 Act (which provides for invalid care allowance) , after subsection (1) there is inserted—
  • “(1A) A person who was entitled to an allowance under this section immediately before the death of the severely disabled person referred to in subsection (1) shall continue to be entitled to it, even though he is no longer engaged in caring for a severely disabled person (and the requirements of subsection (1) (a) and (c) are not satisfied) , until—
  • (a) the end of the week in which he ceases to satisfy any other requirement as to entitlement to the allowance; or
  • (b) the expiry of the period of eight weeks beginning with the Sunday following the death (or beginning with the date of death if the death occurred on Sunday) ,
    • whichever occurs first.
the end of the week in which he ceases to satisfy any other requirement as to entitlement to the allowance; orthe expiry of the period of eight weeks beginning with the Sunday following the death (or beginning with the date of death if the death occurred on Sunday) ,(2) Subsections (5) and (6) of that section are hereby repealed.
  • Notwithstanding the repeal of subsection (6) of section 70 of the 1992 Act, a person who had attained the age of 65 and was entitled to an allowance under that section immediately before 28th October 2002 shall continue to be so entitled, notwithstanding that he is not caring for a severely disabled person or no longer satisfies the requirements of subsection (1) (a) or (b) of that section, for as long as he continues to satisfy the other requirements for entitlement to the allowance specified in or under that section.
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