Paragraph 9 Schedule 3

In the Notes to the Notice set out in Schedule 3, the following amendments shall be made:—

(a)

in paragraph 1.3—

(i)

in subparagraph (e), after the word “payable” there shall be inserted the words “or would be payable but for certain circumstances”;

(ii)

after subparagraph (f), there shall be inserted the following subparagraph:—

“(ff)

persons aged under 20 who are undertaking certain qualifying courses of education;”;

(iii)

in subparagraph (l), after the words “non-domestic rates” there shall be inserted the words “but which are not part residential subjects”; and

(iv)

for the last sentence of paragraph 1.3, there shall be substituted the following:

“Please contact my office if you would like further information about any of these exemptions or if you consider that you may be entitled to any of them.”

(b)

for paragraph 4.1, there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“4.1

The Act contains special provisions about a student, that is a person who is “undertaking a full-time course of education” or who is “undertaking a full-time course of nursing education”. In particular—

(a)

section 8(4) provides that a person undertaking a full-time course of education is to be regarded as being solely or mainly resident in the area of the local authority in Scotland in which he or she is resident during “term-time” for the purposes of undertaking the course until he or she “ceases to undertake the course”. There is no equivalent provision with regard to a person undertaking a full-time course of nursing education;

(b)

section 8(5) and (6A) provides that a person undertaking a full-time course of education or a full-time course of nursing education is only liable for a prescribed percentage of the personal community charge; and

(c)

section 8(6) provides that what is meant by “person undertaking a full-time course of education”, “term-time” and “ceases to undertake the course” is to be prescribed in regulations. There is a similar provision in relation to a person undertaking a full-time course of nursing education in section 8(6C).”;

(c)

in paragraph 7.3 for the words from “except premises” to the end of that paragraph, there shall be substituted the words “except such premises as may be prescribed.”; and

(d)

in paragraph 9.2 after the words “that address” there shall be inserted the words “or the sex of that person”.