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Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025

2025 asp 2 · Enacted 23 January 2025 · Extends to Scotland

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An Act of the Scottish Parliament to modify the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 to make further provision about social security; and for connected purposes.

The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 3rd December 2024 and received Royal Assent on 23rd January 2025

Contents

  1. Part 1: Types of social security assistance
  2. 1Childhood assistance Not yet in force
  3. 2Care experience assistance
  4. Part 2: Applications for assistance Not yet in force
  5. 3Repeal of section 52B of the 2018 Act Not yet in force
  6. 4Power to make provision about late applications for assistance Not yet in force
  7. Part 3: Determinations and re-determinations of entitlement to assistance
  8. Re-determinations Not yet in force
  9. 5Re-determination and appeal deadlines in exceptional circumstances Not yet in force
  10. 6Withdrawal of request for re-determination Not yet in force
  11. 7Re-determinations after the period allowed Not yet in force
  12. New determination of entitlement during appeal Not yet in force
  13. 8New determination of entitlement during appeal Not yet in force
  14. Determinations as part of appeal
  15. 9Determinations as part of appeal
  16. Appeal against Scottish Ministers’ process decisions Not yet in force
  17. 10Appeal to First-tier Tribunal against process decisions Not yet in force
  18. Part 4: Assistance given in error Not yet in force
  19. 11Liability for assistance given in error Not yet in force
  20. 12Liability of individual’s estate Not yet in force
  21. 13Assistance given in error: reviews and appeals Not yet in force
  22. 14Assistance given in error: deductions from other assistance Not yet in force
  23. Part 5: Appointees Not yet in force
  24. 15Power to make provision in relation to appointments made by a Minister of the Crown Not yet in force
  25. 16Liability of appointees under sections 85A and 85B of the 2018 Act Not yet in force
  26. Part 6: Uprating assistance for inflation
  27. 17Duty to uprate assistance for inflation
  28. Part 7: Information for audit
  29. 18Information for audit of social security system
  30. Part 8: Recovery from compensation payments
  31. 19Recovery of value of assistance from compensation payments
  32. Part 9: Scottish Commission on Social Security
  33. 20Scrutiny of regulations by the Commission
  34. 21Removal of Commission’s status as body corporate
  35. 22Removal of Commission’s accounting and auditing duties
  36. 23Duty on Commission to publish annual report
  37. Part 10: Final Provisions
  38. 24Meaning of “2018 Act”
  39. 25Ancillary provision
  40. 26Regulation-making powers
  41. 27Commencement
  42. 28Short title