In summary, these
extend the availability of the benefit to further local authority areas in a phased approach, to be available across Scotland by November 2024,
bring forward the commencement date of existing provisions, from 1 October 2024 to 23 June 2024, to extend eligibility to a specific group of students in full-time non-advanced education,
provide that where a carer is in legal detention, this may be treated as a temporary break in care where it meets the criteria in regulation 40 of the principal regulations,
provide that certain individuals who are entitled to Carer Support Payment, but who would not have been entitled to Carer’s Allowance, can have their entitlement backdated to the date that Carer Support Payment first became available, provided they were eligible at that time,
amend the effective date of a determination following a previous determination made in error,
make amendments to the schedule 2 (calculation of earnings) of the principal Regulations, and
provide that no individual who is able to apply for Carer Support Payment due to being resident in Scotland, or otherwise meeting the residence and presence conditions in the principal Regulations, may apply for Carer’s Allowance.