During the initial period for applications, in addition to meeting the residence and presence conditions in Part 5, an individual must be resident in one of the local authority areas specified in relation to the relevant phase of that period in paragraph 6 of Part 2 of schedule 2 on the date their application is received by the Scottish Ministers.

In this regulation and in Part 2 of schedule 2, “initial period for applications” means the period beginning with 21 March 2022 and ending with 29 August 2022.