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The Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022, Paragraph 15 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 18 August 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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15.—(1) A person appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions under regulation 57 of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013(1) to receive Personal Independence Payment on behalf of a transferring individual is to be treated on and after the date of transfer as though appointed by the Scottish Ministers to act on behalf of that transferring individual under section 85B of the 2018 Act(2).
(2) As soon as reasonably practicable after the date of transfer, the Scottish Ministers must—
(a)consider whether the conditions for making an appointment in respect of the transferring individual are met (having regard to section 85B(3) of the 2018 Act),
(b)consider whether to terminate the appointment that is treated as having been made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) and terminate it if they consider it appropriate, and
(c)if they have terminated an appointment in pursuance of head (b), appoint under section 85B of the 2018 Act another person to act on the transferring individual’s behalf if they consider it appropriate to do so.
[F1(3) The duty in sub-paragraph (2) does not apply where the Scottish Ministers have already appointed the person mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) to act on behalf of that transferring individual under section 85B of the 2018 Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 para. 15(3) inserted (20.11.2023) by The Disability Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/346), regs. 1, 4(7)
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I1Sch. 2 para. 15 in force at 21.3.2022, see reg. 1
S.I. 2013/380, amended by S.I. 2021/804.
2018 asp 9. Section 85B was inserted by section 2(4) of the Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 18).
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