{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-residence-and-presence-requirements-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2025/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2025/9780111063491",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Residence and Presence Requirements) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-residence-and-presence-requirements-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Regulations 2019",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 9 of the Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (residence requirement) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).\n(2) After paragraph (2)(ae), insert—\n“(af) a person who—\n(i) was residing in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories (the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza) or the occupied Golan Heights immediately before 13 June 2025,\n(ii) left Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories or the occupied Golan Heights in connection with the escalation of violence between Israel and Iran that began on that date,\n(iii) arrived in the United Kingdom on or before 13 December 2025, and\n(iv) satisfies one of the following criteria—\n(aa) has been granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom under or outside the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971,\n(bb) has a right of abode in the United Kingdom within the meaning given in section 2 of that Act, or\n(cc) does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with section 3ZA of that Act,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2019/193, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2020/399, S.S.I. 2020/475, S.S.I. 2021/320, S.S.I. 2022/108, S.S.I. 2022/336, S.S.I. 2023/149, S.S.I. 2023/309 and S.S.I. 2023/371."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111063491/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:28:30.193695+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}