Regulation 2 Amendment of the Scotland Act 2016 (Transitional) Regulations 2017

(1)

The Scotland Act 2016 (Transitional) Regulations 2017^f1 are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2)

In regulation 4 (duration of modification of the Scotland Act 1998: benefits for disability and industrial injury)—

(a)

after paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)
Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply where sections 1, 2, 21 or 22 of, or Schedule 1 to, the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018^f2 come into force for purposes related to disability assistance.”, and

(b)

in paragraph (3), before sub-paragraph (a), insert—

“(za)
“disability assistance” has the meaning given in section 31(1) of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;”.

(3)

In regulation 7(b) (duration of modification of the Scotland Act 1998: benefits for maternity, funeral and heating expenses) for “2020” substitute “2022”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2017/444.
f2: 2018 asp. 9.