Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 9)

PART 4 S FURTHER PROVISION IN CONNECTION WITH PARTS 2 AND 3

Inalienability of assistance S

83 No assignation or charge S

(1) Any assignation of or charge on, or agreement to assign or charge, an individual's entitlement to assistance under or by virtue of this Act is void.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the Scottish Ministers from giving the assistance to which an individual is entitled to another person if the individual (or a person acting on the individual's behalf) has agreed to that.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 83 in force at 3.9.2018 by S.S.I. 2018/250, reg. 2(1) (with reg. 3)