# The Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024, Regulation 50: Transitory provision – initial period for applications


(1) During the initial period for applications, in addition to meeting the residence and presence conditions in Part 5, an individual must be resident in one of the local authority areas specified in relation to the relevant phase of that period in paragraph 6 of Part 2 of the schedule on the date their application is received by the Scottish Ministers.
(2) In this regulation and in Part 2 of the schedule, “initial period for applications” means the period beginning with 21 October 2024 and ending with 21 April 2025.
(3) The initial period for applications comprises two phases—
(a) phase 1, beginning with 21 October 2024 and ending with 23 March 2025, and
(b) phase 2, beginning with 24 March 2025 and ending with 21 April 2025.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2024/9780111059852/regulation/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-disability-assistance-for-older-people-scotland-regulations-2024/regulation-50
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