# The Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Regulations 2024, Regulation 7: Relevant benefit condition


(1) The condition is that the individual is—
(a) entitled to a relevant benefit on a day in the qualifying week, or
(b) able to demonstrate entitlement, in respect of a day in the qualifying week, to a benefit payable in the country in which the person is habitually resident that is equivalent to a relevant benefit, where regulation 8(b) applies.
(2) The reference in paragraph (1) to being entitled to a relevant benefit, or a benefit that is equivalent to a relevant benefit, includes where the person 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 the benefit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2024/9780111060940/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-winter-heating-assistance-pension-age-scotland-regulations-2024/regulation-7
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