Duncan v Aberdeen County Council    Poor Law – Relief – Disability pension – Whether first one pound of pension should be
disregarded in considering application for relief – Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1934 (c 52),
s 11(1)(d).
By the Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1934, s 11(1) (which is similar to the Poor Law Act 1934,
s 1(b)(4)) it is provided that “In affording outdoor relief to any person a local authority shall
disregard … (d) the first one pound of any wounds or disability pension of which he, or any
other person whose resources the authority take into account in relieving him, is in receipt.”