Regulation 5 Amendment of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996

The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

In regulation 16 (payment of fees and outlays from property recovered or preserved) after paragraph (2)(cd) insert—

“(ce)

to pension age disability payment given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024^f2 or short-term assistance given in accordance with Part 1 of the schedule (short-term assistance) of those Regulations,”.

In schedule 2 (assessment of disposable capital and disposable income) after paragraph 5(d) (aze) insert—

“(azf)

pension age disability payment given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024^f3 (“the 2024 Regulations”),

(azg)

short-term assistance given in accordance with Part 1 of the schedule of the 2024 Regulations,”.