PART 3PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO CARERS
CHAPTER 1ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
National eligibility criteria
I123National eligibility criteria
1
The Scottish Ministers may make regulations setting out national eligibility criteria.
2
National eligibility criteria are the criteria by which each local authority must assess whether it is required to provide support to carers to meet carers' identified needs.
3
Where regulations under this section are made and have not been revoked—
a
the national eligibility criteria set out in them apply in place of any local eligibility criteria published under section 22,
b
sections 21 and 22 do not apply, and
c
references in sections 9(1)(i) and (j), 15(1)(j) and (k) and 24(3) to local eligibility criteria are to be read as references to national eligibility criteria.
4
Regulations under this section may modify any enactment (including this Act).