Regulation 9A Request to opt out of payment of Pension Age Winter Heating PaymentF1

(1)

An individual who may otherwise be entitled to receive Pension Age Winter Heating Payment may notify the Scottish Ministers that they do not wish to receive the payment (to be known as an “opt-out request”).

(2)

An opt-out request is to be notified to the Scottish Ministers in such form as they may require.

(3)

Once notified, an opt-out request will have effect—

(a)

in respect of the next payment of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment that would otherwise fall to be made after the Scottish Ministers receive the opt-out request, and

(b)

on an ongoing basis in respect of subsequent payments unless the individual notifies in accordance with regulation 9B(1) their wish to opt in to payment.

(4)

Where an opt-out request is in effect the amount of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment to be paid to the individual is £0 instead of an amount set out in regulation 10 (amount of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 3A inserted (11.10.2025) by The Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/282), regs. 1(1), 8 (with reg. 17)