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Regulation 5 Entitlement to Adult Disability PaymentF1I1

Scotland

(1)

For the purposes of a transfer determination, an individual may be awarded the daily living component of Adult Disability Payment at the transitional rate specified in regulation 6(1) instead of being awarded that component at the standard or the enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5(2) or (3) of the ADP Regulations.

(2)

A transfer determination is to be made on the basis that a transferring individual who had been entitled to the—

(a)

lowest rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance immediately prior to the date of transfer is entitled to the transitional rate of the daily living component of Adult Disability Payment,

(b)

middle rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance immediately prior to the date of transfer is entitled to the standard rate of the daily living component of Adult Disability Payment,

(c)

highest rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance immediately prior to the date of transfer is entitled to the enhanced rate of the daily living component of Adult Disability Payment,

(d)

lower rate of the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance immediately prior to the date of transfer is entitled to the standard rate of the mobility component of Adult Disability Payment,

(e)

higher rate of the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance immediately prior to the date of transfer is entitled to the enhanced rate of the mobility component of Adult Disability Payment.

(3)

A transferring individual mentioned in paragraph (2)(e) is to be treated as though they have obtained the maximum points for each activity listed in column 1 of the table in Part 3 of schedule 1 of the ADP Regulations.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (21.3.2025) by The Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) (Consequential Amendment, Revocation and Saving Provision) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/311), regs. 1, 22(1) (with reg. 22(2))

Commencement

I1

Reg. 5 in force at 29.8.2022, see reg. 1(1)