Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025

  1. Introduction

  2. Crown Application

  3. Overview of the Act

  4. Commentary on Provisions

    1. Part 1 – Types of Social Security Assistance

      1. Section 1: Childhood assistance

      2. Section 2: Care experience assistance

    2. Part 2 – Applications for Assistance

      1. Section 3: Repeal of section 52B of the 2018 Act

      2. Section 4: Power to make provision about late applications for assistance

    3. Part 3 – Determinations and Re-Determinations of Entitlement to Assistance

      1. Re-determinations

        1. Section 5: Re-determination and appeal deadlines in exceptional circumstances

        2. Section 6: Withdrawal of request for re-determination

        3. Section 7: Re-determinations after the period allowed

      2. New determination of entitlement during appeal

        1. Section 8: New determination of entitlement during appeal

      3. Determinations as part of appeal

        1. Section 9: Determinations as part of appeal

      4. Appeal against Scottish Ministers’ process decisions

        1. Section 10: Appeal to First-tier Tribunal against process decisions

    4. Part 4 – Assistance Given in Error

      1. Section 11: Liability for assistance given in error

      2. Section 13: Assistance given in error: reviews and appeals

      3. Section 14: Assistance given in error: deductions from other assistance

    5. Part 5 – Appointees

      1. Section 15: Power to make provision in relation to appointments made by a Minister of the Crown

      2. Section 16: Liability of appointees under sections 85A and 85B of the 2018 Act

    6. Part 6 – Uprating Assistance for Inflation

      1. Section 17: Duty to uprate assistance for inflation

    7. Part 7 – Information for Audit

      1. Section 18: Information for audit of social security system

    8. Part 8 – Recovery from Compensation Payments

      1. Section 19: Recovery of value of assistance from compensation payments

    9. Part 9 – Scottish Commission on Social Security

      1. Section 20: Scrutiny of regulations by the Commission

      2. Section 21: Removal of Commission’s status as body corporate

      3. Section 22: Removal of Commission’s accounting and auditing duties

      4. Section 23: Duty on Commission to publish annual report

    10. Part 10: Final Provisions

      1. Section 24: Meaning of “2018 Act”

      2. Section 25: Ancillary provision

      3. Section 26: Regulation-making powers

      4. Section 27: Commencement

      5. Section 28: Short title

  5. Parliamentary History