PART 2 Amendments to legislation applying in relation to England and Wales and Scotland

6 Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999
1 The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 are amended as follows.
S.I. 1999/991, as amended by S.I. 1999/1662, 2000/1596, 2002/428, 2006/832, 2013/381, 2016/1145 and 2021/786; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
2 In regulation 1(3) (citation, commencement, application and interpretation)—
(a) omit the definition of “child disability payment”;
(b) after the definition of “relevant credit” insert—

““Scottish disability benefit” means, as the context requires, either of the following benefits—
(a) adult disability payment within the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022; and
(b) child disability payment within the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021;”

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3 In regulation 3(7)(b) (revision of decisions), for each occurrence of “child disability payment” substitute “Scottish disability benefit”.
4 In regulation 6(2)(e)(ii) (supersession of decisions), for each occurrence of “child disability payment” substitute “Scottish disability benefit”.
5 In regulation 7(7)(a) (date from which a decision superseded under section 10 takes effect) for each occurrence of “child disability payment” substitute “Scottish disability benefit”.