Regulation 4 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(2) (payment of fees and outlays from property recovered or preserved) after sub-paragraph (cb) insert—

“(cc)

to adult disability payment given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022^f2 or short-term assistance given in accordance with Part 1 of schedule 2 (short-term assistance) of those Regulations,”.

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

“(azc)

adult disability payment given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (“the 2022 Regulations”),

(azd)

short-term assistance given in accordance with Part 1 of schedule 2 of the 2022 Regulations,”.