Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 9)

PART 2 S GIVING OF ASSISTANCE BY SCOTTISH MINISTERS

CHAPTER 4 S FURTHER PROVISION ABOUT DETERMINING ENTITLEMENT

Presumption about when information is received S

62 Presumption for purposes of sections 41, 48 and 61 S

(1) Subsection (2) applies in relation to the references in sections 41, 48 and 61 to someone being informed of something by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with a provision of this Act.

(2) Where, in order to fulfil their duty to inform an individual of something, the Scottish Ministers send information—

(a) through the postal service to the last known address the Scottish Ministers have for the individual, or

(b) by email to the email address most recently provided to the Scottish Ministers by the individual for the purposes of this Act,

the individual is to be taken to have received the information 48 hours after it is sent by the Scottish Ministers unless the contrary is shown.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 62 in force at 22.10.2018 by S.S.I. 2018/298, reg. 2(1)(j) (with reg. 3) (as amended (10.12.2019) by S.S.I. 2019/406, regs. 1, 2(2))