# The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1993, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend Schedule 2 to the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1987 which sets out the rules for computing the disposable income of a person for the purposes of advice and assistance under those Regulations.
The Regulations reduce the deduction to be made where the person concerned has a spouse to the difference between the income support allowance for a couple where both members are aged not less than 18 and the income support allowance for a single person aged not less than 25.
The Regulations also reduce the deduction to be made where the person concerned has a dependent child or relative to the income support allowance appropriate to the age of the child or relative.
The amendments made by the Regulations only apply to any application for advice and assistance on or after 12th April 1993.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/819/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-amendment-no2-regulations-1993/note
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