25.—(1) Where—
(a)the Scottish Ministers are either—
(i)determining an individual’s entitlement to a Scottish child payment, or
(ii)considering whether paragraph 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 or 13 requires them to make a determination of an individual’s entitlement to a Scottish child payment (without receiving an application), and
(b)they require further information in order to satisfy themselves about any matter material to the making of the determination of entitlement or (as the case may be) to their consideration of whether they are required to make a determination without receiving an application,
they may request that the individual provide them with the information within such period as they specify.
(2) If—
(a)the Scottish Ministers are either—
(i)determining the individual’s entitlement to a Scottish child payment, or
(ii)considering whether paragraph 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 or 13 requires them to make a determination of an individual’s entitlement to a Scottish child payment (without receiving an application),
(b)the individual fails to provide the requested information within the period specified under sub-paragraph (1), and
(c)it is the first time that the individual has failed to provide the Scottish Ministers with the requested information within a specified period since they began making the determination or considering the matter mentioned in head (a)(ii),
the Scottish Ministers may issue a decision to suspend the Scottish child payment to the individual in accordance with regulations 19A to 19G (suspension of entitlement).
(3) Where the Scottish Ministers issue such a decision, they must, at the same time, request that the individual provide them with the information within such further period as they specify.
(4) If the individual fails to provide information requested under sub-paragraph (1) within the period specified under sub-paragraph (1) or (3) the Scottish Ministers may, without further consideration, proceed to make the determination on the basis that the individual does not satisfy the eligibility rules in regulation 18, or (as the case may be) that the individual has no ongoing entitlement under regulation 19.]