SCHEDULE 5DISABILITY ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS
PART 2ASSISTANCE TO BE GIVEN
CHAPTER 1VALUE
Nature and extent of disability
I113
The regulations may make the value of the disability assistance that is to be given to an individual depend on the nature and extent of―
a
the individual's impairment,
b
the needs of the individual in consequence of the impairment.
Age
I214
The regulations may make the value of the disability assistance that is to be given to an individual depend on the individual's age.
F1Power to set value of assistance as nil
14A
1
Provision may be made in the regulations for the value of the disability assistance that is to be given to an individual in respect of a period to be £0, but—
a
such provision must be framed so as to apply by reference to at least one of the following matters—
i
the individual being resident and present in a particular place during the period,
ii
the individual being in receipt of another type of assistance (whether under this Act or another enactment) during the period, and
b
the Scottish Ministers may only make such provision where they consider that it would be in the interests of the individuals to whom it applies to be entitled to disability assistance with a value of £0 in respect of a period rather than not being entitled to disability assistance at all.
2
Nothing in sub-paragraph (1)(a) is to be taken to preclude provision being framed so as to apply by reference to further matters in addition to those mentioned there.
Sch. 5 para. 14A inserted (26.7.2021) by Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 18), ss. 13(3)(a), 18(2)(3); S.S.I. 2021/232, reg. 2(g)