The Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2022
These Regulations make consequential and transitional provision in connection with the introduction of a new form of disability assistance, known as adult disability payment, under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (“the 2018 Act”). The adult disability payment is provided for by the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (“the Adult Disability Payment Regulations”), along with an associated form of short-term assistance under section 36 of the 2018 Act that is payable in certain circumstances when an individual’s award of adult disability payment is under review within the meaning of schedule 10 of that Act.