2014 No. 40
The Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(1), (2)(c) and (9)(b) of the Social Security Act 19901 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st April 2014.
Amendment to the Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2013
2
The Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 20132 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.
3
In regulation 4(5) (conditions of grant) for “is” substitute “has been assessed as”.
4
In regulation 6 (persons eligible to apply for grant) after paragraph (9)(f) insert—
;
g
universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 20123, where in any of the assessment periods for which universal credit is payable in accordance with section 7 of that Act that precede the application for a grant—
i
the earned income of the individual to whom universal credit is awarded, or in the case of an award to a couple their combined earned income, does not exceed £1,260, or
ii
the award of universal credit includes an amount in respect of a child under section 10 of that Act, an amount in respect of housing costs under section 11 of that Act, or an amount in respect of childcare costs under section 12 of that Act.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)