Regulation 16B Making of applicationsF1
An application for Pension Age Winter Heating Payment is to be treated as made on the day it is received by the Scottish Ministers.
Where an individual makes an application for Pension Age Winter Heating Payment in respect of a qualifying week, that application must be made on or before 31 March in the year following that week.
Paragraph (2) does not apply where a decision is made after the qualifying week that—
an individual is entitled in respect of a day in the qualifying week to a relevant benefit, or
section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (exclusions from benefits) ceases to apply to that individual in respect of the qualifying week.
Despite paragraph (1), the Scottish Ministers may treat an application received after the date in paragraph (2) as made by that date where they consider that the individual has a good reason for not making the application by that date.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Regs. 16A, 16B inserted (11.10.2025) by The Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/282), regs. 1(1), 14 (with reg. 17)
Notes on Part 7
Textual amendments
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Pt. 7 heading substituted (11.10.2025) by The Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/282), regs. 1(1), 13 (with reg. 17)