Regulation 15 Amendment of the Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2013I1

Scotland

(1)

Regulation 6 (person eligible to apply for a grant) of the Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2013^f1 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

In paragraph (6)(a)—

(a)

omit “or” at the end of head (i),

(b)

after head (iib) insert—

“(iic)

is or lives with a partner who is 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 or the higher rate of the mobility component of Scottish adult disability living allowance in accordance with regulation 8 (mobility requirements: higher rate mobility component) of those Regulations, or”.

(3)

In paragraphs (6)(b) and 8(b), after “disability living allowance” insert “, Scottish adult disability living allowance”.

(4)

In paragraph (9), after sub-paragraph (db) insert—

“(dc)

Scottish adult disability living allowance given in accordance with the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025^f3;”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 15 in force at 21.3.2025, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: S.S.I. 2013/148, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2013/253, S.S.I. 2021/73, S.S.I. 2022/31, and S.S.I. 2024/141.
f2: S.S.I. 2025/XXX.
f3: S.S.I. 2025/XXX.