# The Social Security (Residence and Presence Requirements) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026, Regulation 7: Amendment of the Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Regulations 2019


(1) Regulation 9 of the Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (residence requirement) is amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph (2)(af), insert—
“(ag) a person who has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted under or outside the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971, a right of abode in the United Kingdom within the meaning given in section 2 of that Act or does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with section 3ZA of that Act and—
(i) was residing in a country or territory outside of the United Kingdom,
(ii) left that country or territory when His Majesty’s Government provided public information to advise British nationals to leave that country or territory immediately or arranged the evacuation of British nationals from that country or territory, and
(iii) arrived in the United Kingdom in the first 26 weeks beginning on the date on which—
(aa) the public information is issued, or
(bb) the evacuation is started,
(ah) a person who, as part of a safe and legal humanitarian immigration route, has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 or leave on a discretionary basis outside of those rules,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2026/9780111064979/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-residence-and-presence-requirements-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-7
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