Scottish Welfare Fund: statutory guidance February 2018
This guidance on the Scottish Welfare Fund aims to provide a framework for decision-makers to promote consistency in decision making.
Footnotes
1. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015
2. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016
3. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s1
4. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s5
5. The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulation 2016 s6(2)
6. The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulation 2016 s6(3)
7. The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2(2)
8. The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulation 2016 s6.4
9. The qualifying individual must have been in prison, or a care institution, for (a) a period of at least 3 months, any part of which falls within the 9 months preceding the date of application or (b) two or more separate periods within that 9 month period.
10. http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/08/5260
11. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s1
12. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015
13. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.4
14. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s7
15. http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/12/2912/1
16. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.12
17. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/02/23134246/0
18. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s3 - 16
19. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s16
20. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s13
22. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2(4)
23. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.10
24. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s 10
25. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s4, s5 and s11
26. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2
27. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.8
28. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.11
29. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6.(2)
30. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2(1)
31. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.10
32. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.3 and s.5
33. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.5
34. 1995 c.18.
35. 1992 c.4.
36. 2007 c.5.
37. 2012 c.5.
38. 2002 c.16.
39. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.8 and s.9
40. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s.4(3)
41. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.3 and s.3
42. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(4)(a)
43. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(4)(b)
44. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(4)(c)
45. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(4)(d)
46. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(4)(e)
47. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(5)(a)
48. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.3 and 5
49. 1995 c.18.
50. 1992 c.4.
51. 2007 c.5.
52. 2012 c.5.
53. 2002 c.16.
54. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(5)
55. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(5)(a)
56. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.8
57. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.13(3)
58. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.14
59. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.15
60. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s.7 – s13
61. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.11
62. See the Scottish Government's separate advice note "Scottish Welfare Fund: Assistance with Housing Costs: 18-21 year olds", available from end April 2017)
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