Regulation 9 National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003I1

Scotland

(1)

The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)

after the definition of “personal pension scheme”, insert—

““qualifying young person” has the meaning given in section 10(5) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;”; and

(b)

in the definition of “single person”, at the end insert “, except that in regulation 4(2)(bc) it is to be construed in accordance with section 1(2)(a) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012”.

(3)

In regulation 4(2) (description of persons entitled to full remission and payment), after sub-paragraph (ba) insert—

“(bb)
a child or qualifying young person for whom a person referred to in sub-paragraph (ba) is responsible (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and regulations made under that Part);

(bc)
a member of a couple, the other member of which is the recipient of an award of universal credit as a single person;”.

(4)

In column 2 of Table B in Schedule 1 (calculation of requirements), in the modifications of Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f2, in the substitute paragraph 13A(1) of Schedule 2—

(a)

omit “or” immediately after sub-paragraph (1)(b)(i); and

(b)

at the end, insert—

“(iii)
in receipt of the enhanced rate of daily living component of a personal independence payment prescribed in accordance with section 78(3)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012; or

(iv)
in receipt of an armed forces independence payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011.”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 9 in force at 11.6.2013, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: S.S.I. 2003/460; relevant amending instruments are S.S.I. 2005/179, 2008/390 and 2013/137.
f2: S.I. 1987/1967.