
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st April 2014.
2 
The Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2013 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.
3 
In regulation 4(5) (conditions of grant) for “is” substitute “has been assessed as”.
4 
In regulation 6 (persons eligible to apply for grant) after paragraph (9)(f) insert—“;
(g) universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, where in any of the assessment periods for which universal credit is payable in accordance with section 7 of that Act that precede the application for a grant—
(i) the earned income of the individual to whom universal credit is awarded, or in the case of an award to a couple their combined earned income, does not exceed £1,260, or
(ii) the award of universal credit includes an amount in respect of a child under section 10 of that Act, an amount in respect of housing costs under section 11 of that Act, or an amount in respect of childcare costs under section 12 of that Act.”.
M J BURGESS
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh

18th February 2014