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November 2019
£300 for Young Carers
Young carers in Scotland aged 16, 17 or 18 can now apply for a
new yearly payment of £300 if they are caring for someone, on a
disability benefit, for an average of 16 hours most weeks.
Young Carer Grant is a new benefit delivered by Social Security
Scotland and is now open for applications. Young people can apply
if they are at school, in further education or training, employment
or unemployed.
Social Security Scotland Chief Executive, David Wallace said: “With
more responsibilities and less free time, many young carers don’t
get the same opportunities as their friends, and this new payment
is for them to spend as they choose. Many young carers don’t
identify as a carer– they just do what they do because it’s their
family or someone they care for who needs regular support. As with
all our benefits, we want to ensure that everyone who is entitled to
a payment is encouraged to apply. We will work with partners to
ensure we reach as many of these young carers as possible.”
Visit mygov.scot/benefits/young-carer or call 0800 182 2222
Spend Local
This area is home to many
fantastic businesses of all sizes
and kinds. So we’re encouraging
everyone to Spend Local, to do
their bit for the local economy
by supporting the many great
businesses on their doorstep.
Around 65p from every pound spent locally stays local - so
by picking up that coffee, stopping off for lunch or buying that
gift you can do your bit to support the local community and its
businesses.
Certainly, in the villages that The Advertizer delivers to, we have a
number of excellent shops to choose from. And often you’ll find
a gift just that little bit more unusual than the choice in the large
outlets.
If you already shop locally you’ll be aware of what’s out there. But
if you are an online shopper, then why not pop in over the next
few weeks and have a look and see what you can get in your local
shops. You’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Purchase of Goods: Your Rights as a Consumer by Dallas McMillan, Solicitors
Any product purchased from a retailer must be:-
(a) of “satisfactory quality” when you receive it.
Standard required: what a reasonable person considers
satisfactory. Required standard varies (eg between new/secondhand
purchases).
(b) “fit for purpose”: ie purpose product normally bought for, and
for specific purpose stated to retailer before purchase.
(c) as described to you before product purchased.
The retailer cannot restrict these statutory rights.
If product fails on any of the above three counts, you have these
remedies against the retailer (not the manufacturer):-
1) Within 30 days of purchase.
You can reject product and obtain a full refund.
• 30 days starts from later of date of purchase/date of delivery.
• No right of rejection of digital content downloaded.
• You are entitled to refund of costs of returning rejected product.
• The purchase receipt/invoice will likely help, but is not essential.
2) Between 30 days and 6 months of purchase.
You cannot reject the product before first giving the retailer one
chance to repair or replace it.
• Retailer will have final say on decision to repair or replace
product.
• Fault presumed to have existed at time of purchase, unless retailer
can prove otherwise.
• If retailer’s attempt to repair/replace is unsuccessful, you can
then reject and claim full refund (or choose to retain product and
claim partial refund instead). If rejected, retailer must refund fully
(except with cars, where deduction can be made for fair use after
first 30 days of ownership).
3) After 6 months from purchase.
• Onus instead on you to prove fault existed at purchase (often
difficult).
• Retailer given chance to repair/replace product before rejection
allowed.
• On later refund, retailer can deduct for fair use.
Our next blog will discuss alternative remedies (if retailer cannot/will not help) and additional consumer rights.
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