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PART 1 SSocial security administration

Top up of reserved benefitsS

6Transitional provision in consequence of section 5S

(1)Anything done under section 75 or 76 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (“the 2018 Act”) is to be treated as having been done under section 84A or 84B, respectively, of that Act.

(2)And any reference to section 75 or 76 of the 2018 Act in any enactment or other document is to be read accordingly.

(3)The Scottish Ministers may publish a code of practice under section 84B of the 2018 Act without consulting in accordance with section 84B(3) of that Act, provided the only differences from the code last published under section 76 of that Act are to reflect the renumbering effected by section 5 of this Act.