The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/1066
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 5th May 1995.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1987 .

Section 2

These Regulations shall apply only in relation to any case where an application for advice and assistance is made on or after 5th May 1995.

Section 3

After regulation 6 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted—

Resources of cohabitees

(6A) A man and a woman who are not married to each other and who are living together in the same household as husband and wife shall be treated for the purposes of section 42 of the Act as if they were spouses of each other.

Section 4

In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (assessment of disposable capital and disposable income) in paragraph 8(a)(ii) there shall be omitted the words “to the National Insurance Fund”.