70 [Carer's allowance]
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (1992 c 4) | Legislation

[Carer's allowance]

70  [Carer's allowance]

(1)     A person shall be entitled to [a carer's allowance] for any day on which he is engaged in caring for a severely disabled person if—

(a)     he is regularly and substantially engaged in caring for that person;

(b)     he is not gainfully employed; and

(c)     the severely disabled person is either such relative of his as may be prescribed or a person of any such other description as may be prescribed.

[(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.]

(2)     In this section, “severely disabled person”

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