# The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2025, Article 6: Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987


(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 6 (date of claim)—
(a) in paragraph (20)(c)—
(i) omit the “or” after paragraph (iv);
(ii) after paragraph (v), insert—
“, or
(vi) regulation 22 (effect of admission to a care home on ongoing entitlement to care component) or, as the case may be, regulation 23 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Scottish adult disability living allowance) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025 because the claimant is, respectively, a resident of a care home or undergoing treatment in a hospital.”;
(b) in paragraph (38)(b)—
(i) omit the “or” after paragraph (ii);
(ii) after paragraph (iii), insert—
“; or
(iv) Scottish adult disability living allowance within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/227/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-scotland-act-2018-disability-assistance-consequential-amendments-order-2025/article-6
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