#2026/679UK consequential amendments for Scottish disability and carer benefits
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This order updates UK social security rules so they properly recognise Scotland’s carer support payment alongside Scottish disability benefits. It mainly fixes cross-references and wording in existing claims, payments, decisions, and appeals regulations. The practical effect is administrative. Benefit authorities, advisers, and claimants dealing with overlapping UK and Scottish benefits should see carer support payment treated consistently where Scottish disability benefits are already referenced. No broad new benefit entitlement is created by this order.
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Key Changes
- Replaces references to “Scottish disability benefit” with “Scottish disability or carer benefit” in selected UK social security regulations.
- Adds Scotland’s carer support payment to the list of recognised qualifying benefits in claims and payments rules.
- Updates decisions and appeals rules so carer support payment is handled consistently with Scottish disability benefits.
Obligations
What this law requires
From 16 July 2026, benefit authorities administering claim-date rules under the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 must treat carer support payment as part of the amended category of “Scottish disability or carer benefit” where regulation 6 refers to qualifying benefits.
From 16 July 2026, decision-makers and appeal bodies applying the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 must use the amended term “Scottish disability or carer benefit” and include carer support payment within that definition.