# The Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2026, Paragraph 1: Interpretation


(1) In this Schedule—
“income-based jobseeker’s allowance” means an income-based jobseeker’s allowance under section 1 of the Jobseekers Act 1995;
“income-related employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007, entitlement to which is based on section 1(2)(b) of that Act;
“income support” means income support under Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
“state pension credit” means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002;
“universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
(2) A person (“P”) in receipt of a benefit mentioned in any of paragraphs 3 to 6, or treated as entitled to a benefit mentioned in paragraph 7(3)(a), is not to be treated as “responsible” for a child for the purposes of this Schedule unless P is treated as responsible for the child in accordance with the rules of the benefit in question.
(3) Where a person (“P”) is in receipt of, or treated as entitled to, income support, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance, a child is not to be treated as normally living with P for the purposes of this Schedule unless P and the child are members of the same household, determined in accordance with the rules of the benefit in question.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348281293/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-warm-home-discount-scotland-regulations-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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