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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 5, Revocation and Saving Provision) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 11 September 2019.
(2) In these Regulations “the 2018 Act” means the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.
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The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2018 Act is 11 September 2019—
(a) section 34 (funeral expense assistance),
(b) section 70 (liability of deceased’s estate), and
(c) schedule 8 (provision about the exercise of the power to make funeral expense assistance regulations).
3 
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 28 (carer’s assistance) and schedule 2 (provision about the exercise of the power to make carer’s assistance regulations) of the 2018 Act is 14 October 2019.
4 
The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 77 and 78 (uprating for inflation) of the 2018 Act is 30 October 2019.
5 
Section 98 of the 2018 Act (temporary disapplication of further procedure for regulations about assistance) is revoked.
6 
Nothing in regulation 4 brings sections 77 and 78 into force for any purpose within exception 1 in Section F1 (benefits for disability and industrial injury) in Part 2 of schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998.
SHIRLEY-ANNE SOMERVILLE
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
26th August 2019