Regulation 12 Amount and form of young carer grantsI1

Scotland

(1)

F1Subject to paragraph (1A), a young carer grant is to be given as a payment of F2£405.10.

F3(1A)

Where the application for a young carer grant relates to a qualifying period which ended before the date on which the Carer’s Allowance Supplement and Young Carer Grants (Residence Requirements and Procedural Provisions) (EU Exit) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 came into force, the amount of young carer grant to be given is the amount specified in paragraph (1) as it had effect on the day on which the application was made.

(2)

A young carer grant is to be given as money (subject to paragraph (3)).

(3)

If—

(a)

the Scottish Ministers offer to give an applicant some or all of the value of a young carer grant in a form other than money, and

(b)

the applicant agrees to be given the grant in that form,

the grant is to be given in that form, unless the applicant withdraws agreement before the grant is given.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 12(1) substituted (24.12.2020) by The Carer’s Allowance Supplement and Young Carer Grants (Residence Requirements and Procedural Provisions) (EU Exit) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/475), regs. 1, 11(5)(a)
F2: Sum in reg. 12(1) substituted (1.4.2026) by The Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/170), regs. 1(2), 6 (with sch. para. 4)
F3: Reg. 12(1A) inserted (24.12.2020) by The Carer’s Allowance Supplement and Young Carer Grants (Residence Requirements and Procedural Provisions) (EU Exit) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/475), regs. 1, 11(5)(b)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 12 in force at 21.10.2019, see reg. 1