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These draft Regulations supersede the draft of the same title which was laid before the Scottish Parliament and published on 28th January 2022 (ISBN 978-0-11-105328-7). They are being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those draft Regulations.

Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 96(2) of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Social Security

Made 2022

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 28(2), 30(2), 31(2), 32(2), 34(2), 79 and 95 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018^f1 and section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988^f2 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 97(2) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers have informed the Scottish Commission on Social Security of their proposals, notified the Scottish Parliament that they have done so and made their proposals publicly available by such means as they consider appropriate.

In accordance with section 13(2) of the Social Security Act 1988, they have consulted with the Welsh Ministers^f3.

In accordance with section 96(2) of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

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Footnotes

f1: 2018 asp 9. The powers to make these Regulations are exercised together by virtue of section 33(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10). The Regulations are subject to the affirmative procedure by virtue of section 33(3) of that Act.
f2: 1988 c. 7. Section 13 was substituted by section 185(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43) and amended by section 27(5) of the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11) (“the 2016 Act”). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) as read with section 32 of the 2016 Act.
f3: Functions conferred or imposed on the National Assembly for Wales immediately before the first appointment of a First Minister under section 46 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) by an enactment contained in an Act were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30(2)(c) of Schedule 11 to that Act.