Scotland statutory deadlines
When does the period allowed for ADP redetermination end?
Regulation 54(2) provides 56 days beginning with the applicable receipt, late-acceptance or tribunal form-validity event. Under section 43(2), Scottish Ministers must aim to determine within that period. This is not an individual filing deadline.
- Period
- 56 calendar days beginning with the applicable regulation 54(2) event
- Trigger
- actual regulation 54(2) receipt, late-acceptance or form-validity decision
- Rule
- Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 reg 54(2); 2018 Act ss 43-46
Current official statutory text and chamber guidance reviewed,2026. The ordinary current regime must apply. The supported event and result window is 2024 through 2028.
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When does the period allowed for ADP redetermination end?
Regulation 54(2) provides 56 days beginning with the applicable receipt, late-acceptance or tribunal form-validity event. Under section 43(2), Scottish Ministers must aim to determine within that period. This is not an individual filing deadline.
Responsible actor. Scottish Ministers.
Identify actual regulation 54(2) receipt, late-acceptance or form-validity decision.
Establish a valid ADP request and the actual regulation 54(2) branch. A late request uses its actual good-reason decision. A form dispute uses the tribunal’s actual form-validity decision.
Confirm the actual source event, exact branch, current regime and completion route. Only the established ordinary period is calculated.
Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 reg 54(2); 2018 Act ss 43-46How does this provision count time?
- Count the applicable event day as day one. The ordinary period ends 55 calendar days later. An earlier invalid or unaccepted request does not replace the specified event.
- Confirm the actual statutory or tribunal completion route and its cutoff.
Count the applicable event day as day one. The ordinary period ends 55 calendar days later. An earlier invalid or unaccepted request does not replace the specified event.
Count calendar days. No automatic weekend, holiday or discretionary extension is inferred. Check the actual completion route and cutoff; earlier action may be necessary.
Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 reg 54(2); 2018 Act ss 43-46What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Fictional facts. actual regulation 54(2) receipt, late-acceptance or form-validity decision is established as Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Selected branch. Scottish Ministers received a valid request within the ordinary period branch applies. All ordinary source conditions and the actual completion route are established.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Fictional facts. actual regulation 54(2) receipt, late-acceptance or form-validity decision is established as Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Selected branch. Scottish Ministers received a valid request within the ordinary period branch applies. All ordinary source conditions and the actual completion route are established. Count the event day as day one. Count 56 calendar days. No automatic weekend or holiday extension applies. The ordinary endpoint is Monday, December 7, 2026. End of the period allowed for ADP redetermination. Section 43(2) requires the Ministers to aim to determine within that period. Failure triggers sections 45 and 46; this is not an individual filing deadline. | Monday, December 7, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Fictional facts. actual regulation 54(2) receipt, late-acceptance or form-validity decision is established as Sunday, October 4, 2026. Selected branch. Scottish Ministers received a valid request within the ordinary period branch applies. All ordinary source conditions and the actual completion route are established. Count the event day as day one. Count 56 calendar days. No automatic weekend or holiday extension applies. The ordinary endpoint is Saturday, November 28, 2026. End of the period allowed for ADP redetermination. Section 43(2) requires the Ministers to aim to determine within that period. Failure triggers sections 45 and 46; this is not an individual filing deadline. | Saturday, November 28, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | Fictional facts. actual regulation 54(2) receipt, late-acceptance or form-validity decision is established as Tuesday, December 15, 2026. Selected branch. Scottish Ministers received a valid request within the ordinary period branch applies. All ordinary source conditions and the actual completion route are established. Count the event day as day one. Count 56 calendar days. No automatic weekend or holiday extension applies. The ordinary endpoint is Monday, February 8, 2027. End of the period allowed for ADP redetermination. Section 43(2) requires the Ministers to aim to determine within that period. Failure triggers sections 45 and 46; this is not an individual filing deadline. | Monday, February 8, 2027 |
Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.
Try these dates in the calculatorWhich conditions and exceptions apply?
- Source condition 1
- This is the ADP period allowed for redetermination under regulation 54(2), after a valid section 41 request.
- Source condition 2
- The selected receipt, late-acceptance or tribunal form-validity event actually applies. I established its actual date.
- Source condition 3
- A late request requires the actual good-reason decision. A form-validity dispute requires the actual First-tier Tribunal decision, rather than the earlier invalid request.
- Source condition 4
- Section 43(2) requires the Ministers to aim to determine within this period. This calculation does not represent an individual filing deadline.
- Source condition 5
- The ordinary current period applies. No different statutory period, direction, extension, suspension or late permission changes this calculation.
- Confirm the actual source event, exact branch, current regime and completion route. Only the established ordinary period is calculated.
- Related procedures have different actors, events and periods. This result does not replace a different appeal, review, notice-form or application requirement.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When does the period allowed for ADP redetermination end?
Which date applies after late acceptance?
Use the actual Scottish Ministers or tribunal decision that the individual had good reason for not requesting redetermination sooner.
Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 reg 54(2); 2018 Act ss 43-46What if the required form was disputed?
Use the actual First-tier Tribunal decision that the required-form condition was satisfied, under regulation 54(2)(c).
Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 reg 54(2); 2018 Act ss 43-46Does an appeal period start automatically on day 56?
No. Sections 45 and 46 govern failure and appeal rights. The ordinary 31-day appeal period uses actual section 45 notification of those rights.
Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 reg 54(2); 2018 Act ss 43-46Official sources and review
Provisions used (2)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 reg 54(2); 2018 Act ss 43-46 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018, required form, notification, redetermination, appeal and late exceptions | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |