Paragraph 2

Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

sch. 9 para. 11(b)(i) words in sch. 9 para. 11(b) renumbered as sch. 9 para. 11(b)(i) by Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025 s. 14(5)(a)(i)
Sch. 9 para. 8A inserted by Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025 s. 4(9)
sch. 9 para. 11(b)(ii) inserted by Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025 s. 14(5)(a)(ii)
sch. 9 para. 12(3) words inserted by Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025 s. 14(5)(b)

(1)

The regulations may be framed so that, despite the conditions described in paragraph 1 not being met in relation to a given period, an individual may nevertheless be eligible in respect of that period.

(2)

Where the regulations allow an individual to be eligible in respect of a period in relation to which the conditions described in paragraph 1 are not met, they must be framed so that the individual's eligibility depends on the individual needing assistance to meet housing costs in a connection with a property that is not owned (wholly or partly) by the individual.

(3)

For the purpose of sub-paragraph (2), an individual is not an owner of property if, in relation to the property, the individual is party to a shared ownership agreement within the meaning of section 83(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.

(4)

If provision of the kind described in this paragraph is made, the regulations are to set out, for the purpose of determining entitlement to housing assistance—

(a)

a definition of “housing costs”,

(b)

the circumstances in which an individual is to be regarded as needing assistance to meet housing costs.