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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring section 18 of the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025 (“the Act”) into force on 15 December 2025 only for the purpose of public consultation in accordance with section 87B(6) of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (“the 2018 Act”).

Section 18 of the Act inserts new sections 87B, 87C, 87D and 87E into the 2018 Act to give the Scottish Ministers powers to require individuals to provide information in order to audit the social security system as a whole.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 23 January 2025. Sections 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 of the Act came into force on the day after Royal Assent in accordance with section 27(1) of the Act.