Regulation 11 Amendment of the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003I1

In Table B in Part 2 of the schedule (calculation of requirements) of the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003^f1, in column 2 of the entry which modifies the table in schedule 2 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, in sub-paragraph (1)(b) of the substituted paragraph 13A, after head (iib) insert—

“(iic)

in receipt of the highest rate of the care component of Scottish adult disability living allowance in accordance with regulation 6 (care component criterion: lowest, middle or highest rate care component) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025^f2 (“the 2025 Regulations”) or would be in receipt of that component at that rate had the amount of that component to which the claimant is entitled not been reduced to £0 in accordance with regulation 22 (effect of admission to a care home on ongoing entitlement to care component) or regulation 27 (entitlement beginning while in alternative accommodation) of those Regulations, where the claimant is resident in a care home,

(iid)

in receipt of short-term assistance in accordance with Part 1 of schedule 1 (short-term assistance) of the 2025 Regulations where the “earlier determination” referred to in paragraph 1(1)(a) of schedule 1 (entitlement to short-term assistance) of those Regulations awarded the highest rate of the care component of Scottish disability living allowance,”.