{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-scotland-act-2018-disability-and-carer-benefits-consequential-amendments-order-2026/article-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/679",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability and Carer Benefits) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-scotland-act-2018-disability-and-carer-benefits-consequential-amendments-order-2026",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "text": "(1) The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement, application and interpretation)—\n(a) for “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”;\n(b) in the definition of “Scottish disability or carer benefit” after sub-paragraph (d) insert—\n“(e) carer support payment within the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 in circumstances where regulation 42(1) of those Regulations applies;”.\n(3) In regulation 3(7)(b) (revision of decisions), for each occurrence of “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”.\n(4) In regulation 6(2)(e)(ii) (supersession of decisions), for each occurrence of “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”.\n(5) In regulation 7(7)(a) (date from which a decision superseded under Article 11 takes effect), for each occurrence of “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1999 No. 162; relevant amending instruments are S.R. 2000 No. 215, S.R 2002 No. 67, S.R. 2006 No. 168, S.I. 2021/786, 2022/177, 2024/919 and 2025/227."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2023/302."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/679/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:59:25.955213+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."
}