Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Act 2020 Explanatory Notes

1. Introduction

2. Overview

   1. Part 1: Social Security Administration

      1. Section 1: Appointment of person to act on behalf of child

      2. Section 2: Appointment of person to act on behalf of individual

      3. Section 3: Determination of entitlement to assistance: non-disclosure of information

      4. Section 4: Offences - Top up assistance

      5. Section 5: Investigations - Top up assistance

      6. Section 6: Transitional provision in consequence of section 5

      7. Section 7: Uprating for inflation

      8. Section 8: Transitional provision in consequence of section 7

      9. Section 9: Duty to inform about possible eligibility

      10. Section 10: Transitional provision in consequence of section 9

      11. Section 11: Persons who can give diagnosis - Diagnosing terminal illness for disability assistance purposes

      12. Section 12: Suspension of assistance

      13. Section 13: Power to set value of assistance as nil in certain circumstances

      14. Section 14: Assistance given in error: First-tier Tribunal’s jurisdiction

   2. Part 2: Tribunal Membership

      1. Section 15: Authorisation of judiciary to sit in Scottish Tribunals

      2. Section 16: Consequential modifications

   3. Part 3: Final Provisions

3. Parliamentary History