Draft Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 and policy note

Draft regulations and accompanying policy note setting out the rules and eligibility criteria for Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Regulations 2024.


Footnotes

1. 2018 asp 9 (“the 2018 Act”). Schedule 4 of the 2018 Act makes provision about the exercise of powers under section 30. Section 41 was amended by paragraph 2 of schedule 7 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 7). The powers to make these regulations are exercised together by virtue of section 33(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10). The Regulations are subject to the affirmative procedure by virtue of section 33(3) of that Act.

2. S.S.I. 2024/351.

3. the up-rated values are subject to parliamentary approval of the Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2025

Contact

Email: winterbenefitspolicy@gov.scot

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