Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Act 2020

2020 asp 18

The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 29th September 2020 and received Royal Assent on 10th November 2020

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to modify the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 in relation to the appointment of persons to act on behalf of applicants; the provision of information in connection with the determination of eligibility for assistance; the duty to inform about possible eligibility for assistance; the operation of top-up assistance; the diagnosis of terminal illness for disability assistance purposes; and the recovery of assistance given in error; and to modify the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 in relation to the eligibility of judicial office-holders to sit in the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal.