The Carer's Assistance (Young Carer Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2019

Further eligibility conditions S

7.—(1) An applicant is not entitled to a young carer grant if, [F1 at any point in the qualifying period or] on the day their application is made, the applicant is in receipt of a benefit named in regulation 6(3)(a) or (b) F2 ....

(2) An applicant is not entitled to a young carer grant if they have applied for a benefit named in regulation 6(3)(a) or (b) in respect of a period that includes the day their application is made, unless it has already been determined that the applicant is ineligible for that benefit in respect of that day.

[F3 (3) An applicant is not entitled to a young carer grant if they have previously received a young carer grant, unless—

(a) the day their application is made is at least one year after the day of the application in respect of which that grant was paid, or

(b) in a case where regulation 4(7) applies, the day their application is made is at least one year either before or after the application in respect of which the grant was paid.]

[F4 (4) Paragraph (5) applies if—

(a) any other person has been paid a young carer grant in respect of care of any of the persons being cared for in an application for a young carer grant, and

(b) either—

(i) that grant was paid as a result of an application made during the year immediately preceding the day the applicant makes his or her application, or

(ii) in a case where regulation 4(7) applies, that grant was paid as a result of an application made during the year immediately preceding or following the day the applicant makes his or her application.]

(5) The applicant is not entitled to a young carer grant unless—

(a) the other person who was paid a young carer grant has died, or

(b) the Scottish Ministers have concluded that a young carer grant should not have been paid to the other person.

(6) If an applicant has already received three young carer grants, they are not entitled to a further young carer grant.

[F5 (7) In paragraph (5)(a), in a case where regulation 4(7) applies, the reference to the other person who was paid a young carer grant having died is to be read as a reference to that other person having died before the day on which the applicant’s application was made.]

F6 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 7(1) inserted (19.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/302), reg. 1(2), sch. 1 para. 11(2)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 7(1) omitted (19.11.2023) by virtue of The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/302), reg. 1(2), sch. 1 para. 11(2)(b)

F3 Reg. 7(3) substituted (24.12.2020) by The Carer’s Allowance Supplement and Young Carer Grants (Residence Requirements and Procedural Provisions) (EU Exit) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/475), regs. 1, 11(3)(a)

F4 Reg. 7(4) substituted (24.12.2020) by The Carer’s Allowance Supplement and Young Carer Grants (Residence Requirements and Procedural Provisions) (EU Exit) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/475), regs. 1, 11(3)(b)

F5 Reg. 7(7) inserted (24.12.2020) by The Carer’s Allowance Supplement and Young Carer Grants (Residence Requirements and Procedural Provisions) (EU Exit) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/475), regs. 1, 11(3)(c)

F6 Reg. 7(7) omitted (1.4.2020) by virtue of The Funeral Expense Assistance and Young Carer Grants (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/99), regs. 1, 3(2)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 7 in force at 21.10.2019, see reg. 1