# The Scottish Child Payment Regulations 2020, Regulation 27: Duty to notify – initial period


(1) The Scottish Ministers may place a duty to notify them about a change in circumstances on a person to whom sub-paragraph (3) or (4) applies.
(2) The Scottish Ministers place a duty under paragraph (1) by informing the person—
(a) of the changes in circumstances which the person has a duty to notify them about,
(b) of the way in which the person is to notify them, and
(c) that failing to notify them about a change in any of those circumstances in that way, so that an individual’s entitlement to a Scottish child payment is determined on the basis of information that is false or misleading, may be an offence under section 72 of the 2018 Act.
(3) This sub-paragraph applies to an individual in respect of whom an application for a Scottish child payment is made during the initial application period.
(4) This sub-paragraph applies to a person acting on behalf of an individual to whom sub-paragraph (3) applies in relation to any application for a Scottish child payment during the initial period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2020/9780111046395/regulation/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-child-payment-regulations-2020/regulation-27
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