The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

Interpretation

3.  In this Part of the schedule—

“date of transfer” means the date when a transferring individual’s entitlement to Carer Support Payment begins by virtue of a determination made under paragraph 5(1),

“relevant individual” means an individual—

(a)

who has an award of Carer’s Allowance who appears to the Scottish Ministers to be likely to be eligible for Carer Support Payment, and

(b)

who is—

(i)

ordinarily resident in Scotland, or

(ii)

someone to whom regulation 6(3) (residence and presence conditions) or 11(2) (persons residing outside the United Kingdom to whom a relevant EU regulation applies) applies,

“sufficient” means a link to Scotland that is sufficiently close that regulation 6(3) or 11(2) would be incompatible with the applicable agreement mentioned in that regulation, if the relevant individual were not entitled to Carer Support Payment,

“transfer notice” means the notice required by paragraph 4, and

“transferring individual” means an individual on whom the Scottish Ministers have served a notice of intention to transfer in accordance with paragraph 4.