The Social Security Information-sharing (Scotland) Regulations 2021

Use of information supplied by the Scottish Ministers

4.—(1) Information held by the Scottish Ministers for the purpose of a social security function may be supplied by Ministers under section 85(5) of the 2018 Act (specification of functions) to—

(a) a supplier of vehicles described in regulation 2(2)(a) for use for the purposes of the function of that person specified in paragraph (2),

(b) a local authority for use for the purposes of the functions of the local authority specified in paragraph (3).

(2) The specified function referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is the provision of a vehicle.

(3) The specified functions referred to in paragraph (1)(b) are—

(a) the assessment of liability to pay local taxes used to fund local authority expenditure,

(b) the administration under section 134(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(1) (arrangements for housing benefit) of housing benefit provided by virtue of a scheme under section 123(1)(d) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(2) (income-related benefit),

(c) the administration of the national travel concession scheme provided for by the National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Older and Disabled Persons (Scotland) Order 2006(3),

(d) the administration of a travel concession scheme established under section 93 of the Transport Act 1985(4) (travel concession schemes),

(e) determining whether a person falls within the description of person prescribed for the purposes of section 21(2) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970(5) (issue of badges for display on motor vehicles to disabled persons falling within prescribed descriptions) by regulation 4(2)(ad) of the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Regulations 2000(6) (descriptions of disabled persons),

(f) determining whether to provide occasional financial or other assistance for the purpose described in section 2(1)(a) or (b) of the Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015(7) (use of welfare funds: assistance for short term need and community care),

(g) determining—

(i) whether to make discretionary housing payments under regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001(8) (provision of additional financial assistance towards meeting housing costs),

(ii) the amount of any such payments.

(1)

1992 c.5. Section 134 was substituted by paragraph 1(2) of schedule 12 of the Housing Act 1996 (c.52).

(2)

1992 c.4.

(3)

S.S.I. 2006/107.

(4)

1985 c.67. Section 93, as it applies to Scotland, was amended by paragraph 141 of schedule 13 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), S.I. 1996//974, section 44(1) of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1) and section 49(2) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17).

(5)

1970 c.44.

(6)

S.S.I. 2000/59. Sub-paragraph (ad) was inserted by S.S.I. 2021/73.

(7)

2015 asp 5.

(8)

S.I. 2001/1167. Regulation 2(1) was amended by S.I. 2013/1139 and S.I. 2013/458.