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The Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1998

S.I. 1998/341 · Made 12 February 1998

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COUNCIL TAX, SCOTLAND

Made 12th February 1998

Laid before Parliament 23rd February 1998

Coming into force 1st April 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 113(1) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 14.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Order
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

2Amendment of Order

Article 5(1)(c)(ii) of the Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Order 1992f1 shall be amended by substituting “£160” for “£130”.

Signature

Calum MacDonald

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

12th February 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Under Part II of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, the amount payable as council tax for a dwelling in Scotland is reduced where a person resident in that dwelling falls to be disregarded for the purposes of discount. Schedule 1 to the 1992 Act provides for classes of persons to qualify for the purposes of discount and the Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Order 1992 makes additional provision in relation to certain of those classes.

This Order amends article 5 of the 1992 Order, which prescribes conditions which must be fulfilled if an apprentice is to be disregarded for the purposes of discount. The amendment increases from £130 to £160 per week the maximum remuneration which an apprentice can earn and still be disregarded.