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The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

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Notice of intention to transfer to Carer Support Payment

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4.—(1) The Scottish Ministers are to notify each relevant individual of their intention to transfer that individual’s entitlement to carer’s assistance from an entitlement to Carer’s Allowance to an entitlement to Carer Support Payment.

(2) Notice under sub-paragraph (1) must—

(a)be given in a way that leaves the relevant individual with a record of the information which they can show to, or otherwise share with, others,

(b)inform the relevant individual that—

(i)they have been identified as a relevant individual for the purpose of transfer to Carer Support Payment,

(ii)the Scottish Ministers will make a determination without receiving an application to transfer the individual’s entitlement to Carer’s Allowance to an entitlement to Carer Support Payment within a period to be specified in the notice (the individual will be notified when the determination is made and informed about their award and start date of Carer Support Payment), and

(iii)the individual’s award of Carer’s Allowance will cease immediately before the award of Carer Support Payment begins.

(3) Where a notice under sub-paragraph (1) is given—

(a)to a transferring individual who, before a determination is made under paragraph 5(1)—

(i)ceases to be ordinarily resident in Scotland, or

(ii)cares for a cared for person who dies, or

(b)in error where the individual is neither—

(i)ordinarily resident in Scotland, nor

(ii)an individual who is habitually resident in an EEA state, Gibraltar or Switzerland and has a genuine and sufficient link to Scotland,

the duty on the Scottish Ministers in paragraph 5(1) does not apply.

(4) Where sub-paragraph (3) applies in respect of an individual and a determination under paragraph 5(1) has not been made, the Scottish Ministers are to notify the individual that the duty on the Scottish Ministers in paragraph 5(1) does not apply.

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