Overview Part 2 (Giving of Assistance by Scottish Ministers) The duty to give assistance
35.A duty is placed on the Scottish Ministers, by section 24, to give a person whatever assistance of a kind described in Chapter 2 of Part 2 the person is entitled to. Entitlement to assistance under section 24 flows from a determination of entitlement. The ways in which a determination of entitlement may be made are set out in section 25.
36.Section 26 allows an individual to request that a determination of their entitlement be cancelled. There may be situations where it is to an individual’s disadvantage to receive assistance, for example because entitlement to one form of assistance prevents the person from receiving another form.