# The Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025, Regulation 9: Amendment of the Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Regulations 2024


For regulation 10 (amount of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment) substitute—
“Amount of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment
10. (1) The amount of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment payable to an entitled individual is decided in accordance with this regulation.
(2) Where the individual is entitled to a relevant benefit on a day in the qualifying week paragraph (4) applies.
(3) Where the individual is not entitled to a relevant benefit on a day in the qualifying week and in that week, is—
(a) under the age of 80, paragraph (5) applies,
(b) aged 80 or over, paragraph (6) applies.
(4) The amount payable is—
(a) £305.10, if the individual—
(i) has reached the age of 80 in or before the qualifying week, or
(ii) is a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage in which the other member of the couple or another member of that marriage has reached that age in or before that week,
(b) £203.40, in any other case.
(5) The amount payable is—
(a) £203.40, if the individual does not live with any other entitled individual,
(b) £101.70, if the individual—
(i) lives with any other entitled individual, or
(ii) is in residential care.
(6) The amount payable is—
(a) £305.10, if the individual does not live with any other entitled individual,
(b) £203.40, if the individual lives with any other entitled individual who has not reached the age of 80 in or before the qualifying week,
(c) £152.55, if the individual—
(i) lives with any other entitled individual who has reached the age of 80 in or before the qualifying week, or
(ii) is in residential care.
(7) Where paragraph (5) or (6) applies, the amount payable is to be decided by reference to which sub-paragraph applies on the last day of the qualifying week.
(8) In this regulation, an individual is to be treated as if they were entitled to a relevant benefit where the individual is a member of a couple or polygamous marriage and the other member of that couple or another member of that marriage is entitled to a relevant benefit.
(9) In this regulation and regulation 11A, “lives with” means, disregarding any period of temporary absence, two or more people who share accommodation as their mutual home and they are not in residential care, and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111063392/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-winter-heating-assistance-pension-age-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-9
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