The Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Regulations 2019
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2019/193 |
| Year | 2019 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Regulations 2019.(2) These Regulations come into force on 12 August 2019, except regulation 21 and schedule 2 which come into force on 31 March 2020.(3) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.In these Regulations— For the purposes of these Regulations, an individual is regarded as the partner of another individual if those two individuals would be regarded as a couple for the purposes of Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (see section 39 of that Act
the child is a dependant of the individual,normally lives with the child,is under 20 years of age, andis a dependant of another individual,the child is treated in law as the child of the individual by virtue of an order under section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 effected under the law of Scotland, oreffected under the law of another country or jurisdiction and recognised by the law of Scotland,the child is placed with the individual by an adoption agency,the individual is a guardian of the child appointed by deed, will or by a court,the individual is a kinship carer for the child.a local authority acting in its capacity as an adoption service provider under section 1 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 an adoption service provided as mentioned in paragraph 8(1) (b) of schedule 12 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 an adoption agency within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 an adoption agency within the meaning of article 3 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 paragraph (2) applies, orin that week person B is a kinship carer for person A.child tax credit, child benefit or state pension credit in respect of the week in question (or for a period that includes that week) , oran assessment period that includes the week in question, oran assessment period that ended immediately before the assessment period mentioned in paragraph (aa) started, andperson A is recognised to be a child for whom person B has responsibility in terms of that award of assistance.(3) It is immaterial for the purpose of this regulation that the award of assistance to person B referred to paragraph (2) does not include any amount in respect of person A due to a rule that restricts the number of dependants in respect of whom person B can be given that type of assistance.(1) An individual described in regulation 7 F51, regulation 7A or regulation 8 is entitled to be paid benefit in accordance with the provisions of Part 5 of these Regulations.an individual described in regulation 7 is not entitled to be paid benefit where their partner described in regulation 7A is being paid benefit,an individual described in regulation 7A is not entitled to be paid benefit where their partner described in regulation 7 is being paid benefit.(2) An individual is not entitled to be paid benefit under these Regulations in respect of any week in which they received, or are due to receive, benefit under the 2005 Regulations.(3) A person who is entitled to benefit under these Regulations only by virtue of payment of a kind of assistance mentioned in regulation 10(1) (h) does not cease to be so entitled until expiry of 8 weeks beginning with the day after the last day of the most recent completed assessment period for that kind of assistance.is ordinarily resident in Scotland,is 18 years of age or older, andis, or is the partner or dependant of an individual who is, in receipt of a kind of assistance mentioned in regulation 10,
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