
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Child Payment Amendment Regulations 2021 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
2 
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Scottish Child Payment Regulations 2020.
3 
For regulation 15 of the principal Regulations (meaning of references to assistance being awarded) substitute—“
15. 

(1) An individual is not to be regarded as having been awarded a kind of assistance specified in regulation 14 for a day or a period if—
(a) the award was made in error (whether or not induced by the individual), or
(b) the sum awarded to the individual for the day or the period is £0.
(2) In paragraph (1)(b), the reference to “the sum awarded” means, in a case where a deduction has been made—
(a) in respect of any liability the individual has to another person, or
(b) by way of a sanction,
the sum that would have been awarded had the deduction not been made.”.
4 

(1) Regulation 21 of the principal Regulations (time of payment) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In paragraph (1) for “paragraph (2)” substitute “paragraph (2) or, where paragraph (3) applies, paragraph (4)”.
(3) In the opening words of paragraph (2) for “Payments” substitute “Except where paragraph (3) applies, payments”.
(4) After paragraph (2), insert—“
(3) This paragraph applies where the payment is to be made pursuant to a determination made in accordance with paragraph 11 of the schedule (determination following award of a Scottish child payment in respect of another child).
(4) Where paragraph (3) applies, payments are to be made so that—
(a) the first payment is made on the same day as the next Scottish child payment that is due to be made to the individual in respect of their ongoing entitlement to that payment in respect of another child (see paragraph 11(1)(a) of the schedule),
(b) that first payment is made, in arrears, in respect of the period beginning with the day on which the application is made and ending with the day referred to in sub-paragraph (a), and
(c) subsequent payments are made in respect of periods of 4 weeks, in arrears, in the last week of each successive period of 4 weeks in which the individual continues to be entitled to a Scottish child payment for at least one week by virtue of regulation 19.
(5) Where the period mentioned in paragraph (4)(b) includes a part-week, for the purpose only of that first payment the part-week is to be treated as a full week.”.
SHIRLEY-ANNE SOMERVILLE
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
14th January 2021