Amendment of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Consolidation and Amendment) Regulations 1996
35.—(1) The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Consolidation and Amendment) Regulations 1996 M1 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a)after the definition of “child” insert—
““contributory employment and support allowance” means a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance);”;
(b)after the definition of “employment tribunal” insert—
““income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance);”.
(3) In regulation 4(a) (applications for advice and assistance) after “income support” insert “, an income-related employment and support allowance”.
(4) In regulation 16 (2) (payment of fees and outlays from property recovered or preserved)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a)(v) after “129 of the 1992 Act” insert “, an income-related employment and support allowance”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (c) after “Schedule 7 to the 1992 Act” insert “, contributory employment and support allowance”.
(5) In Schedule 2 (assessment of disposable capital and disposable income) after paragraph 5(j) insert—
“(k)contributory employment and support allowance.”.
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 1996/2447. Paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 was inserted by S.S.I 2003/421.