The Principal Act is amended -

(a) in section 182, by substituting the following for paragraph (a):

"(a) only one carer's allowance or a payment under section 186A, as the case may be, shall be payable to a carer, and only one carer's allowance or payment under section 186A, as the case may be, shall be payable in any week in respect of the full-time care and attention being provided to a relevant person, and",

(b) in section 184(1), by substituting "carer's allowance or a payment under section 186A" for "carer's allowance",

(c) in section 185 -

(i) by substituting "carer's allowance or a payment under section 186A" for "carer's allowance" where it occurs, and

(ii) in subsection (2), by substituting "the allowance or payment, as the case may be" for "the allowance",

(d) in section 186(2)(a), by substituting "carer's allowance or a payment under section 186A" for "carer's allowance",

(e) by inserting the following section after section 186 but in Chapter 8:

"186A. Payment of carer's allowance in certain circumstances.