Scottish Welfare Fund: statutory guidance – March 2021
An update to the Scottish Welfare Fund statutory guidance, previously published in May 2019, to correct any inaccuracies or anachronisms which have occurred since the previous publication. This guidance was updated in April 2024 to remove two sections ‘Family Reunion Crisis Grant’ and ‘Covid-19 Self-Isolation Support Grants’.
Footnotes
1 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015
2 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016
3 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s1
4 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s5
5 The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulation 2016 reg.6(2)
6 The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulation 2016 reg.6(3)
7 The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2(2)
8 The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulation 2016 reg.6(4)
9 The qualifying individual must have been in prison, or a care institution, for (a) a period of at least 3 months, any part of which falls within the 9 months preceding the date of application or (b) two or more separate periods within that 9 month period.
10 http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/08/5260
11 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s1
12 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015
13 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.4
14 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.7
16 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.12
18 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.3 - 16
19 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.16
20 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.13
21 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2(4)
22 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.10
23 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s10
24 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.4, reg.5 and reg.11
25 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2
26 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.8
27 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.11
28 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6.(2)
29 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2(1)
30 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.10
31 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.3 and reg.5
32 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.5
33 2012 c.5
34 1995 c.18
35 1992 c.4
36 2007 c.5
37 2002 c.16
38 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.8 and reg.9
39 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 reg.4(3)
40 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.3 and reg.3
41 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(4)(a)
42 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(4)(b)
43 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(4)(c)
44 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(4)(d)
45 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(4)(e)
46 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(5)(a)
47 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.3 and 5
48 2012 c.5
49 1995 c.18
50 1992 c.4
51 2007 c.5
52 2002 c.16
53 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(5)
54 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(5)(a)
55 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.8
56 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.13(3)
57 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.14
58 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.15
59 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s.7 – s13
60 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.11
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