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“Respite care grant.
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168A.—(1) A grant (in this section referred to as a ‘respite care grant’) of £200, or such higher amount as may be prescribed, shall be paid to a relevant carer each year in respect of the cost of respite care.
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(2) In this section a ‘relevant carer’ means a person who is—
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(a) a carer who is entitled to or in receipt of carer's allowance under this Chapter,
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(b) a prescribed relative within the meaning of section 163 and in respect of whom an allowance is payable under section 167, or
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(c) providing full-time care to a person who is in receipt of an increase of disablement pension under section 57 in respect of the need for constant attendance.
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(3) Regulations made under this section shall prescribe—
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(a) the date in each year on which a respite care grant shall become payable to a relevant carer, and
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(b) the evidence to be submitted by a relevant carer to whom subsection (-5)9c) applies, to show that the carer is on that date providing the care referred to in that paragraph.”.
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