Regulation 4 Amendment of the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992

after the definition of “partner” insert—

• ““pension age disability payment” means disability assistance for older people given in accordance with the Pension Age Disability Payment Regulations,

• “Pension Age Disability Payment Regulations” means the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024^f2,”,

in the definition of “short-term assistance” after “Adult Disability Payment Regulations”, insert “or Part 1 of the schedule of the Pension Age Disability Payment Regulations”.

in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(i) after “severe disablement allowance” insert “, pension age disability payment”,

after sub-paragraph (2)(b)(vii) insert—

“(viii)

would be in receipt of pension age disability payment had the amount to which the individual is entitled not been reduced to £0 in accordance with regulation 19 (effect of admission to a care home) or regulation 24 (entitlement beginning while in alternative accommodation) of the Pension Age Disability Payment Regulations due to the individual being resident in a care home for more than 28 days; or”,

after sub-paragraph (3) insert—

“(4)

In sub-paragraph (2)(b)(viii), “care home” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Pension Age Disability Payment Regulations.”.

at the end of sub-paragraph (f) omit “or”,

after (g) insert—

“(h)

pension age disability payment or short-term assistance under Part 1 of the schedule of the Pension Age Disability Payment Regulations”.