{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006-scheme-of-assistance-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006-scheme-of-assistance-regulations-2008/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2008/406",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (Scheme of Assistance) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006-scheme-of-assistance-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Types of assistance which must be provided",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where assistance is provided under subsection 1(b) of section 73 of the 2006 Act in connection with work in a house.\n(2) Where the work is–\n(a) work to which paragraph (3) applies; and\n(b) essential to the needs of the disabled person,\nassistance must be provided by way of a grant.\n(3) This paragraph applies to structural work or work that involves other permanent changes to the house but excluding–\n(a) work to extend any structure to create additional living accommodation; or\n(b) work to create living accommodation in a separate building from the current living accommodation.\n(4) Where the work is not work to which paragraph (3) applies but–\n(a) it is work to adapt a house for the purpose set out in paragraph (e) of section 71(2) of the 2006 Act,\n(b) the adaptation achieved by the work is essential to the needs of the disabled person, and\n(c) the assistance is not being provided by way of a grant,\nthe assistance must include advice and information to assist the applicant to fund the work.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/406/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:04:17.070788+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."
}