Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 9)

SCHEDULE 3 COLD-SPELL HEATING ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS

PART 1 ELIGIBILITY

CHAPTER 2 FURTHER CRITERIA

Age

4 The regulations may make an individual’s eligibility depend on the age of either or both—

(a) the individual, and

(b) anyone else who lives in the individual’s home.

Financial circumstances

5 The regulations may make an individual’s eligibility depend on the individual’s financial circumstances.

Receipt of, or eligibility for, other types of State assistance

6 The regulations may make an individual’s eligibility depend on either or both the individual and anyone else who lives in the individual’s home—

(a) being, or not being, in receipt of another type of assistance (whether under this Act or another enactment),

(b) being, or not being, eligible or entitled to receive such assistance.

Application within specified period

7 The regulations may provide that an individual ceases to be eligible in respect of a given period unless, by a deadline specified in the regulations—

(a) the individual has applied for cold-spell heating assistance in respect of the period, or

(b) the Scottish Ministers have become required to make a determination of the individual’s entitlement to cold-spell heating assistance in respect of the period by regulations under section 52.