# The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2025, Article 3: Amendment of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991


(1) The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation), after the definition of “the run-on period”, insert—
““Scottish adult disability living allowance” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025;”.
(3) In regulation 2 (conditions as to residence and presence in Great Britain), after paragraph (1ZB), insert—
“(1ZC) A person to whom regulation 48(1) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025 applies shall be treated for the period set out in that regulation as though he does not satisfy the condition in paragraph (1)(a)(i) of this regulation.”.
(4) In regulation 6(1) (qualifying period for care component after an interval), after “disability living allowance,” in the first place it appears, insert “or the care component of Scottish adult disability living allowance,”.
(5) In regulation 11 (qualifying period for mobility component after an interval), after “disability living allowance,” in the first place it appears, insert “or the mobility component of Scottish adult disability living allowance,”.
(6) In Schedule 1 (persons aged 65 and over)—
(a) in paragraph 3(2), after “care component” in the first place it appears, insert “, or the care component of Scottish adult disability living allowance,”;
(b) in paragraph 3(3)(a), after “attendance allowance”, insert “or to the care component of Scottish adult disability living allowance”;
(c) in paragraph 5(1), after “regulation 4(2)(a)”, insert “or the mobility component of Scottish adult disability living allowance payable at the higher rate specified in regulation 29(2)(b) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025”;
(d) in paragraph 5(3)(a), after “mobility component”, insert “or the mobility component of Scottish adult disability living allowance”;
(e) in paragraph 6(1), after “regulation 4(2)”, insert “or the mobility component of Scottish adult disability living allowance payable at the lower rate specified in regulation 29(2)(a) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025”;
(f) in paragraph 7(1), after “mobility component”, insert “or the mobility component of Scottish adult disability living allowance”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/227/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-scotland-act-2018-disability-assistance-consequential-amendments-order-2025/article-3
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