Regulation 10 Amendment of the Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

After regulation 11 (determination of entitlement to Pension Age Winter Heating Payment without receiving an application) insert—

“Determination of entitlement to Pension Age Winter Heating Payment without receiving an application following previous award for the same qualifying week

11A.

(1)

The Scottish Ministers must, without receiving an application, make a determination of an individual’s entitlement to Pension Age Winter Heating Payment where—

(a)

they have previously made a determination of the individual’s entitlement to Pension Age Winter Heating Payment in respect of a qualifying week,

(b)

that determination awarded the individual an amount of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment specified in—

(i)

regulation 10(5)(b)(i),

(ii)

regulation 10(6)(b),

(iii)

regulation 10(6)(c)(i), and

(c)

it appears to the Scottish Ministers from information available to them that a decision has been made after that qualifying week to award a relevant benefit to that individual in respect of that week.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply where, on the last day of the qualifying week, the individual lived with the other entitled individual as a couple or as members of a polygamous marriage.”.