Amendment of the Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2013
15.—(1) Regulation 6 (person eligible to apply for a grant) of the Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2013(1) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In paragraph (6)(a)—
(a)omit “or” at the end of head (ii),
(b)after head (ii) insert—
“(iia)is or lives with a partner who is in receipt of the highest rate of the care component of child disability payment in accordance with regulation 11 (care component criterion: lowest, middle or highest rate care component) of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021(2) or the higher rate of the mobility component of child disability payment in accordance with regulation 13 (mobility requirements: higher rate mobility component) of those Regulations, or”.
(3) In paragraph (6)(b), after “personal independence payment” insert “, child disability payment”.
(4) In paragraph (8)(b), after “personal independence payment” insert “, child disability payment”.
(5) In paragraph (9), after sub-paragraph (d) insert—
“(da)child disability payment given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021(3),”.