# The Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025, Paragraph 4: Reduction of Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance where short-term assistance has been paid


Where an individual has received short-term assistance for a period and a determination is subsequently made that the individual is entitled to Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance for the same period, any payment of Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance to be made as a result of the subsequent determination for that period—
(a) where the individual is to be paid Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance at the same rate as or a lower rate than any short-term assistance and any Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance already paid to that individual for that period, is to be reduced to £0, and
(b) in any other case, is to be reduced by any short-term assistance and any Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance already paid to that individual for that period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111061145/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-disability-assistance-scottish-adult-disability-living-allowance-regulations-2025/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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