# The Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1997, Article 2: Amendment of principal Order


In article 4 of the principal Order–
(a) in paragraph (1)–
(i) after the word “question”, there shall be added “(a)”; and
(ii) after the word “below”, there shall be added the following:–
“;
(b) meets the requirements in paragraph (3) below; or
(c) is a qualifying person for the purposes of paragraph (4) below”;
(b) at the end of paragraph (2), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph:–
“(k) incapacity benefit under section 40 or 41 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.”; and
(c) the following paragraphs shall be added after paragraph (2):–
“(3) The requirements in this paragraph are–
(a) that the person in question has reached pensionable age as defined for the purposes of Parts I to VI of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; and
(b) that, had he not reached pensionable age, he would have been entitled to one of the benefits listed in paragraph (2) above.
(4) A qualifying person is a person whose partner is in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in a case where, by virtue of that person’s incapacity for work, the applicable amount for the purposes of regulation 83 or 84 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 includes a premium which falls to be determined under head (d) or (g) of paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 1 to those Regulations.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/586/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-discounts-scotland-amendment-order-1997/article-2
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