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Regulation 9 Individuals not entitled to Pension Age Winter Heating PaymentF1I1

Scotland

An individual is not entitled to Pension Age Winter Heating Payment where they are—

(a)

an individual who is receiving free in-patient treatment throughout the qualifying week and has been receiving that treatment for the 52 weeks immediately preceding the qualifying week,

(b)

an individual who is detained in legal custody under a sentence imposed by a court throughout the qualifying week,

(c)

an individual who is entitled to a relevant benefit throughout the qualifying week and is in residential care,

(d)

one member of a couple or polygamous marriage who is entitled to a relevant benefit throughout the qualifying week where Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, or a winter fuel payment under legislation mentioned in regulation 4(1)(a) or (b), has been paid in respect of the qualifying week to the other member of that couple or another member of that marriage, respectively.

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Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 9 substituted (11.10.2025) by The Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/282), regs. 1(1), 7 (with reg. 17)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 9 in force at 20.11.2024, see reg. 1