New Clause 34: Scotland Bill (Programme) (No.2)
New Clause 34— Power to create other new benefits
‘(1) The Scotland Act 1998 is amended as follows.
(2) In Section F1 of Part 2 of Schedule 5, in the Exceptions, after exception 9 (see section [Welfare foods] above) insert—
Exception 10Schemes which provide assistance for social security purposes to or in respect of individuals by way of benefits and which—
(a) are supported from sums paid out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund,
(b) do not fall within exceptions 1 to 9, and
(c) are not connected with reserved matters (other than matters reserved only by virtue of this Section).