PART 2GIVING OF ASSISTANCE BY SCOTTISH MINISTERS

CHAPTER 4FURTHER PROVISION ABOUT DETERMINING ENTITLEMENT

Obtaining information to make determination

57Lifting of duty to notify change of circumstances

(1)

A duty to notify the Scottish Ministers about a change of circumstances placed on a person under section 56 ceases to apply when—

(a)

it is lifted under subsection (2), or

(b)

it stops being the case that a change in any of the circumstances to which the duty relates can affect someone's entitlement to be given assistance under section 24.

(2)

The Scottish Ministers may lift a duty placed on a person under section 56 by informing the person that the duty is lifted.

(3)

Under subsection (2), the Scottish Ministers may lift a duty as it relates to some or all of the changes in circumstances which the person has a duty to notify them about.