The Carer’s Allowance Supplement and Young Carer Grants (Residence Requirements and Procedural Provisions) (EU Exit) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 No. 475

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introductory

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART 2 Carer’s allowance supplement for individuals resident outside Scotland

   1. 3. Amendment of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

   2. 4. Meaning of determination of entitlement to a carer’s allowance supplement

   3. 5. Determination of entitlement to a carer’s allowance supplement for individuals resident outside Scotland

   4. 6. Timing of applications for a determination of entitlement to a carer’s allowance supplement for individuals resident outside Scotland

   5. 7. Determination of entitlement to a carer’s allowance supplement without application for individuals resident outside Scotland

   6. 8. Determination following official error - underpayments

   7. 9. Determination following error – overpayments

   8. 10. Procedure

4. PART 3 Young carer grants

   1. 11. Amendment of eligibility conditions

5. Signature

6. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      Amendment of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

      1. 1. Section 81 (carer’s allowance supplement) of the Social Security (Scotland)...

      2. 2. After subsection (1) insert— (1A) A qualifying individual is an...

      3. 3. In subsection (2), for “A qualifying individual is” substitute “This...

      4. 4. After subsection (2) insert— (2A) This subsection applies to an...

      5. 5. After subsection (8) insert— (9) An individual met the eligibility...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Procedural Matters: Carer’s Allowance Supplement

      1. PART 1 Application and determination of applications

         1. 1. Form of application

         2. 2. Withdrawal of application

         3. 3. Notice of determination

      2. PART 2 Re-determination of entitlement

         1. 4. Right to request re-determination and periods allowed

         2. 5. Late request for re-determination

         3. 6. Duty to re-determine and period allowed

         4. 7. Notice of re-determination

         5. 8. Notice where re-determination not made timeously

      3. PART 3 Appeals

         1. 9. Right to appeal to First-tier Tribunal against determination

         2. 10. Initiating an appeal

         3. 11. Deadline for appealing

         4. 12. First-tier Tribunal’s power to determine entitlement

         5. 13. Appeal to First-tier Tribunal against process decisions

         6. 14. Presumption for purposes of paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 10

         7. 15. Amendment of the Social Security Appeals (Expenses and Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

      4. PART 4 Further provision about determining entitlement

         1. 16. Obtaining information to make a determination

         2. 17. Duty to inform about possible eligibility

         3. 18. Appointment of a person to act on behalf of an individual

      5. PART 5 Coronavirus – relaxation of deadlines

         1. 19. Re-determination and appeal deadlines

7. Explanatory Note