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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-charges-deductions-from-income-support-scotland-amendment-regulations-1990/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/113",
  "legislation_title": "Community Charges (Deductions from Income Support) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-charges-deductions-from-income-support-scotland-amendment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Community Charges (Deductions from Income Support) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 (“the principal regulations”) in the following respects–\n1 Regulation 2 adds the definitions “married couple”, “polygamous marriage” and “unmarried couple” to regulation 1 (interpretation) of the principal regulations;\n2 Regulation 5 amends regulation 5 of the principal regulations which deals with appeals to make it clear that where a decision of a Tribunal of Commissioners is not unanimous, the decision shall be that of the majority and it allows for refusal of leave to be dealt with by the tribunal chairman or a Commissioner;\n3 Regulation 10 amends Schedule 2, paragraph 13 of the principal regulations which is in that part which deals with oral hearings to provide for the attendance of a regional or full-time chairman of appeal tribunals at oral hearings of social security appeal tribunals as of right; amends paragraph 25 which deals with directions to provide that applications for directions from a Commissioner must be given in writing, stating the grounds for the application; allows a Commissioner of his own motion to postpone or adjourn an oral hearing and for nominated officers to set aside any witness summons made by a nominated officer.\nThe remaining amendments to the principal regulations are of a minor drafting nature or consequential to the amendments set out above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/113/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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