Article 3 Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999

(1)

The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1 (citation, commencement, application and interpretation), in paragraph (3)—

(a)

for “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”;

(b)

in the definition of “Scottish disability or carer benefit”—

(i)

omit the “or” after sub-paragraph (c);

(ii)

after sub-paragraph (d) insert

“; or

(e)

carer support payment within the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023;”.

(3)

In regulation 3(7)(b) (revision of decisions), for each occurrence of “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”.

(4)

In regulation 6(2)(e)(ii) (supersession of decisions), for each occurrence of “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”.

(5)

In regulation 7(7)(a) (date from which a decision superseded under section 10 takes effect), for each occurrence of “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1999/991; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2000/1596, 2002/428, 2006/832, 2021/786, 2022/177, 2024/919 and 2025/227.