The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

Amendment of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996

2.—(1) The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 16(2) (payment of fees and outlays from property recovered or preserved), after sub-paragraph (a)(xvii), insert—

“(xviii) by way of carer’s allowance supplement under section 81 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018(2);

(xix) by way of an allowance known as a care experienced students bursary paid under regulation 3(1) of the Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022(3).”.

(3) In schedule 2 (assessment of disposable capital and disposable income), after paragraph 5(d)(m), insert—

“(n) carer’s allowance supplement under section 81 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;

(o) allowance known as care experienced students bursary paid under regulation 3(1) of the Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022.”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/2447. Paragraph 5(d) of schedule 2 was added by S.S.I. 2003/163. Other relevant amending instruments are S.S.I. 2020/424, S.S.I. 2021/333 and S.S.I. 2023/11.

(2)

2018 asp 9.

(3)

S.S.I. 2022/157, to which there are no relevant amending instruments.