(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1987 by–

(1)

omitting Schedule 2, paragraph 4 of the 1987 Regulations to enable a child’s resources to be separately assessed and no longer taken to include sums payable for his maintenance (regulation 4);

(2)

amending Schedule 2, paragraph 5 of the 1987 Regulations to allow account to be taken of resources of which an applicant has deprived himself for whatever reason (regulation 5);

(3)

allowing an additional disregard of capital on a sliding scale in respect of persons of pensionable age where their disposable income (excluding investment income) is below the free income limit (regulation 6);

(4)

allowing a disregard in respect of capital payments made in relation to the incident which has led to the litigation (eg disaster fund payments) (regulation 7).