The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003
These Regulations amend the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996, to include a definition for the purposes of these Regulations of the term “legal representative”, and also to specify–who may apply for advice and assistance on behalf of other persons (regulation 5);for the purposes of assessing a person’s disposable income and capital and any contribution payable, that no account is taken of the personal resources of any legal representative or other person authorised to act on their behalf (regulation 6);for the purposes of assessing a person’s disposable income and capital, that no account is taken of payments made in connection with state pension credit (regulation 7).