Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 9)

SCHEDULE 5 S DISABILITY ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS

PART 1 S ELIGIBILITY

CHAPTER 1 S ELIGIBILITY IS TO DEPEND ON HAVING, OR HAVING HAD, A DISABILITY

2 (1) The regulations may be framed so that, despite the criterion described in paragraph 1(1) not being fulfilled in respect of a given period, an individual may nevertheless be eligible in respect of that period. S

(2) Where the regulations allow an individual to be eligible in respect of a period in relation to which the criterion described in paragraph 1(1) is not fulfilled, they must be framed so that the individual's eligibility depends on the individual having had, during some other period, a physical or mental impairment of the kind described in paragraph 1(1)(a).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 5 para. 2 in force at 8.10.2020 by S.S.I. 2020/295, reg. 2(c)