Regulation 4 Amendment to the Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2013

In regulation 6 (persons eligible to apply for grant) after paragraph (9)(f) insert—

“;

(g)

universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012^f1, where in any of the assessment periods for which universal credit is payable in accordance with section 7 of that Act that precede the application for a grant—

(i)

the earned income of the individual to whom universal credit is awarded, or in the case of an award to a couple their combined earned income, does not exceed £1,260, or

(ii)

the award of universal credit includes an amount in respect of a child under section 10 of that Act, an amount in respect of housing costs under section 11 of that Act, or an amount in respect of childcare costs under section 12 of that Act.”.