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Payment after death - carer’s allowance
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9. (1) Section 248(2) of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in paragraph (e), by the deletion of “or carer’s allowance” in each place that it occurs, and
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(b) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (e):
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“(ea) where a person is in receipt of carer’s allowance and the relevant person in respect of whom that carer is providing full-time care and attention dies, payment of the carer’s allowance shall continue to be made for 12 weeks after the death of the relevant person,”.
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(2) This section comes into operation on 1 January 2016.
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