Regulation 8 Applications for Carer Support Payment

(1)

This paragraph applies where—

(a)

an individual—

(i)

made an application for Carer Support Payment before 15 March 2026 which was not determined before that date, and

(ii)

does not satisfy the eligibility requirements set out in Part 3 of the 2023 Regulations on any day before 15 March 2026,

(b)

it is likely that the Scottish Ministers would determine that the individual is entitled to Carer Support on a date on or after 15 March 2026 (“the later date”), and

(c)

that later date is no more than 13 weeks after the day on which their application is treated as made in accordance with regulation 18(1) (when an application is to be treated as made and beginning of entitlement to assistance) of the 2023 Regulations.

(2)

Where paragraph (1) applies, the Scottish Ministers—

(a)

may treat the application for Carer Support Payment as an application for Carer Support, and,

(b)

may make a determination of the individual’s entitlement to Carer Support to begin on the first day of the award week in which the later date mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) falls.