Regulation 9B Request to opt in to payment of Pension Age Winter Heating PaymentF1

(1)

An individual who has notified an opt-out request under regulation 9A(1) may notify the Scottish Ministers that they wish to receive any payment of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment to which they may be entitled (to be known as an “opt-in request”).

(2)

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

(3)

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

(a)

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

(b)

in respect of any payment of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment that would have been made in respect of the current or immediately preceding qualifying week, had an opt-out request not been in effect, provided that the individual has not stated that the opt-in request is to take effect for future payments only and the opt-in request is made—

(i)

no later than 31 March, or

(ii)

after 31 March where the Scottish Ministers are satisfied the individual has good reason for not making the opt-in request by that date.

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)