Scottish Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 29
Social Care
The Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018
Made 31st January 2018
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 2nd February 2018
Coming into force 1st April 2018

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15 and 22(1) of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
2013 asp 1.

Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018 and come into force on 1st April 2018.

Amendment of the Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 2014
2. (1) The Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 are amended as follows:—
S.S.I. 2014/25 as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2014/65.
(a) in regulation 3A(2)(a) for the words “3(4) of the Act” substitute “24 of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016”; and
2016 asp 9.
(b) regulation 3A(2)(b) is revoked.
AILEEN CAMPBELL
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
31st January 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision about direct payments under the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013.
Regulation 2 amends the principal Regulations so that a local authority may not carry out a means test or require a direct payment user to make a contribution where the direct payment relates to support to a carer under section 24 of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016. “Carer” for the purposes of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 includes both adult carers and young carers, within the meaning of that Act.