# The Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024, Paragraph 4: Reduction of Pension Age Disability Payment where short-term assistance is paid

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Where an individual has received short-term assistance for a period and a determination is subsequently made that the individual is entitled to Pension Age Disability Payment for the same period, any payment of Pension Age Disability Payment to be made as a result of the subsequent determination for that period—
(a) where the individual is to be paid Pension Age Disability Payment at the same rate as or a lower rate than any short-term assistance and any Pension Age Disability Payment already paid to that individual for that period, is to be reduced to £0, and
(b) in any other case, is to be reduced by any short-term assistance and any Pension Age Disability Payment already paid to that individual for that period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2024/166/schedule/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disability-assistance-for-older-people-scotland-regulations-2024/schedule/paragraph-4
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