Article 7 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(3) (interpretation), in the definition of “Scottish disability benefit”—

(a)

for “either” substitute “any”;

(b)

at the end of sub-paragraph (a) omit “and”;

(c)

after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“; or

(c)

pension age disability payment within the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024;”.

(3)

In paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 3B (date on which change of circumstances takes effect where claimant entitled to state pension credit)—

(a)

at the end of paragraphs (iii) and (iv), omit “or”;

(b)

after paragraph (iv), insert—

“(v)

the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate under the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022^f2;

(vi)

pension age disability payment within the meaning of the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024; or”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1999/991; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/3019, 2013/443, 2013/591 and 2022/177.
f2: S.S.I. 2022/54.