# The Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2026, Paragraph 7: Eligibility based on receipt of loan payments under Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017, etc.


(1) A person to, or in respect of whom, loan payments under the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017 (the “2017 Regulations”) are made is within the core group if Condition A or B is satisfied.
(2) Condition A is that the loan payments are made by virtue of the person being treated as entitled to state pension credit for the purposes of the 2017 Regulations.
(3) Condition B is that—
(a) the loan payments are made by virtue of the person being treated as entitled to income support, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance for the purposes of the 2017 Regulations; and
(b) either—
(i) the person is responsible for a child under the age of 5 who normally lives with the person; or
(ii) if the person had been entitled to income support, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance, the income support or the allowance would have included any of the premiums mentioned in paragraph 4(3) or, as the case may be, 5(3) or 6(3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348281293/schedule/1/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-warm-home-discount-scotland-regulations-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-7
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