PART 2GIVING OF ASSISTANCE BY SCOTTISH MINISTERS
CHAPTER 4FURTHER PROVISION ABOUT DETERMINING ENTITLEMENT
Obtaining information to make determination
I156Duty to notify change of circumstances
1
The Scottish Ministers may place a duty to notify them about a change in circumstances on a person to whom subsection (3), (4) or (5) applies.
2
The Scottish Ministers place a duty under subsection (1) on a person by informing the person—
a
of the changes in circumstances which the person has a duty to notify them about,
b
of the way in which the person is to notify them, and
c
that failing to notify them about a change in any of those circumstances in that way may be an offence under section 72.
3
This subsection applies to an individual who is to be given assistance under section 24 under a determination made on the basis that the individual has ongoing entitlement to the type of assistance in question.
4
This subsection applies to a person acting on behalf of an individual to whom subsection (3) applies in relation to any application for the assistance or the determination of the individual's entitlement.
5
This subsection applies to a person to whom payments are to be made under section 24 by way of assistance to another person under a determination made on the basis that that other person has ongoing entitlement to the type of assistance in question.