{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-funds-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-funds-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2016/9780111030332",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-funds-scotland-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Residence",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a local authority may provide assistance out of its welfare fund only to or in respect of a person who—\n(a) is resident in the authority’s area;\n(b) is about to become resident in the authority’s area; or\n(c) is homeless.\n(2) A local authority may provide assistance to a person who does not fall within paragraph (1) if—\n(a) that person is stranded in the authority’s area and the assistance is a crisis grant which will assist the person to return home; or\n(b) there are exceptional circumstances justifying this.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2016/9780111030332/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:34:38.481130+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."
}