The Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2026
S.S.I. 2026/274 · Made 29 September 2026
SOCIAL SECURITY
Made 29th September 2026
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 1st October 2026
Coming into force 2nd November 2026
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(2) and (3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025f1.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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2025 asp 2 (“the 2025 Act”).
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
- 2Appointed Day
- Signature
- Schedule Provisions to be commenced
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and interpretation
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2026 and come into force on 2 November 2026.
In these Regulations, “the 2025 Act” means the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025.
2Appointed Day
2 November 2026 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 19 (recovery of value of assistance from compensation payments) of the 2025 Actf1 only for the purpose of enabling the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under the provisions of the 2018 Act which are to be inserted by section 19(2) of the 2025 Act and are specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule (the subject matters of which are specified in column 2 of that table).
Signature
SHIRLEY-ANNE SOMMERVILLE
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
29th September 2026
Provisions to be commenced
| Column 1 Regulation-making powers of the 2018 Act to be inserted by section 19(2) of the 2025 Act | Column 2 Subject matter |
| Section 94A(3) | Application of this Part |
| Section 94B(2) | Interpretation of this Part |
| Section 94C(9) | Application for certificate of recoverable assistance |
| Section 94M(5) | Review of certificate of recoverable assistance |
| Section 94N(7) | Reconsideration of certificate of recoverable assistance |
| Section 94T(1) | Provision of information |
| Section 94U(1) | Power to make provision for investigation |
| Section 94V(1) | Relationship between this Part and UK provisions |
| Section 94W(1) | Recovery of payments due from compensator |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring into force section 19 of the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025 on 2 November 2026 but only for the purpose of exercising the regulation-making powers in new Part 6A of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule.