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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.