Amendment of the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 20233

1

Regulation 9 (transitional provision – extinguishment of right to apply for Carer’s Allowance) of the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 20234 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

2

In paragraph (1), for sub-paragraph (a), substitute—

a

during the initial period for applications for carer support payment—

i

in phase 1 is resident in the local authority area of Perthshire and Kinross, City of Dundee or Western Isles,

ii

in phase 2 is resident in the local authority area of Perthshire and Kinross, City of Dundee, Western Isles, Angus, North Lanarkshire or South Lanarkshire,

iii

in phase 3 is resident in the local authority area of Perthshire and Kinross, City of Dundee, Western Isles, Angus, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Fife, City of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire or South Ayrshire, or

3

In paragraph (2), in the definition of “initial period for applications” for “30 September 2024”, substitute “3 November 2024, and references to phases of that period are to be construed in accordance with regulation 46(3) of those Regulations”.