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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-winter-heating-assistance-pension-age-scotland-regulations-2024/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-winter-heating-assistance-pension-age-scotland-regulations-2024/note.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2024/9780111060940",
  "legislation_title": "The Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-winter-heating-assistance-pension-age-scotland-regulations-2024",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations provide for winter heating assistance for eligible individuals who have reached state pension age.\nPart 2 provides an overview of entitlement to Pension Age Winter Heating Payment and makes provision for individuals who are not entitled by virtue of receiving other benefits.\nPart 3 provides for the eligibility rules in relation to age, entitlement to a relevant benefit and residence and for individuals who are not entitled in particular circumstances.\nPart 4 provides for the amount of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment depending on the age of the individual and who they live with.\nPart 5 provides for making determinations of entitlement without receiving an application and for determinations in respect of underpayments and overpayments.\nPart 6 provides for the period for making a re-determination request and carrying out the re-determination.\nPart 7 provides for the form of payment and payment to appropriate persons.\nPart 8 provides for the expiry, on 1 April 2025, of provisions giving entitlement to Pension Age Winter Heating Payment to individuals habitually resident in one of the countries listed in the schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2024/9780111060940/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:29:04.072198+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."
}