# The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023, Regulation 19: Applications made within 13 weeks of a qualifying disability benefit decision


(1) Where an individual makes an application for Carer Support Payment in respect of a cared for person within 13 weeks of a relevant qualifying disability benefit decision, the Scottish Ministers may determine that entitlement to Carer Support Payment begins on the first day of the award week in which, as a result of that relevant qualifying disability benefit decision, entitlement to that benefit begins, provided the individual satisfied the eligibility requirements set out in Part 3 of these Regulations on that date.
(2) Where the individual does not satisfy the eligibility requirements set out in Part 3 of these Regulations on the date on which the relevant qualifying disability benefit decision falls, the Scottish Ministers may determine that entitlement to Carer Support Payment begins on a later date, provided the individual satisfies those eligibility requirements on that later date.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation, “relevant qualifying disability benefit decision” means a decision—
(a) made by the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, or the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland—
(i) on a claim or an application, or
(ii) on revision, determination of entitlement, or supersession, or
(b) on appeal whether by the First-tier Tribunal, the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland, the Upper Tribunal, the court, the Northern Ireland Appeal Tribunal or the Northern Ireland Social Security and Child Support Commissioner,
awarding a qualifying disability benefit to the cared for person mentioned in paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2023/9780111058091/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-carers-assistance-carer-support-payment-scotland-regulations-2023/regulation-19
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