Amendment of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021 7

1

Regulation 5 of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 202115 (residence and presence conditions) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (10A)—

a

at the end of sub-paragraph (f), omit “or”, and

b

after sub-paragraph (g), insert—

, or

h

has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted under or outside the immigration rules, has a right of abode in the United Kingdom within the meaning given in section 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 or does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with section 3ZA of that Act, where the individual—

i

was residing in Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights or Lebanon immediately before 7 October 2023, and

ii

left Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights or Lebanon in connection with the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel on 7 October 2023 or the violence which rapidly escalated in the region following the attack