The Scottish Child Payment Regulations 2020

PART 4 S Transitory provision

Definitions – initial period S

24.—(1) Regulations 25, 26, and 27 apply in respect of the initial application period and the initial payment period.

(2) For the purposes of this Part—

(a) the “initial application period” means the period beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force and ending on the day which falls 14 weeks after that day, and

(b) the “initial payment period” means the period beginning with the day immediately after the end of the initial application period and ending on the day which falls 4 weeks after that day.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 24 in force at 9.11.2020, see reg. 2

When an application is treated as made – initial period S

25.  Any application for a Scottish child payment which is received by the Scottish Ministers during the initial application period is to be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as having been made on the day immediately after the expiry of that period.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 25 in force at 9.11.2020, see reg. 2

Time of payment – initial period S

26.  Where an individual's first payment period (see regulation 21(2)(a)) would fall wholly or partly in the initial payment period, regulation 21(2) does not apply and instead—

(a) the first payment to the individual is to be made in arrears on such date within the initial payment period as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate,

(b) subsequent payments to the individual are to be made in the last week of each successive period of 4 weeks in which the individual continues to be entitled to a Scottish child payment for at least one week by virtue of regulation 19.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 26 in force at 9.11.2020, see reg. 2

Duty to notify – initial period S

27.—(1) The Scottish Ministers may place a duty to notify them about a change in circumstances on a person to whom sub-paragraph (3) or (4) applies.

(2) The Scottish Ministers place a duty under paragraph (1) by informing the person—

(a) of the changes in circumstances which the person has a duty to notify them about,

(b) of the way in which the person is to notify them, and

(c) that failing to notify them about a change in any of those circumstances in that way, so that an individual's entitlement to a Scottish child payment is determined on the basis of information that is false or misleading, may be an offence under section 72 of the 2018 Act.

(3) This sub-paragraph applies to an individual in respect of whom an application for a Scottish child payment is made during the initial application period.

(4) This sub-paragraph applies to a person acting on behalf of an individual to whom sub-paragraph (3) applies in relation to any application for a Scottish child payment during the initial period.

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 27 in force at 9.11.2020, see reg. 2