Regulation 20 Value and form of a Scottish child payment
Scotland
The value of a Scottish child payment in respect of a child is F1£28.20 per week.
A Scottish child payment may only be given as money, except as provided for by paragraph (3).
Where an individual has a liability to the Scottish Ministers under section 63 of the 2018 Act (liability for assistance given in error), or under paragraph 29 of the schedule of these Regulations, the individual's Scottish child payment may be given (in whole or in part) by way of deduction, at a reasonable level, from that liability either—
with the agreement of the individual, or
without the individual's agreement, where the individual has unreasonably refused to agree to the assistance being given in that form.
For the purpose of sub-paragraph (3), “reasonable level” means a level that is reasonable having regard to the financial circumstances of the individual.
For each week in the period of 12 weeks ending with the death of the child, the amount of Scottish child payment that is to be given to the individual is the weekly rate, multiplied by two.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sum in reg. 20(1) substituted (1.4.2026) by The Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/170), regs. 1(2), 8 (with sch. para. 6)
Modifications
- C1
Reg. 20(5) inserted (14.11.2022) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/336), regs. 1(1), 4(6)(b) (with reg. 5) (with savings in S.S.I. 2022/302, reg. 3)