Regulation 2 Amendment of Regulations

In paragraph 3(c) of the Schedule to the Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Regulations 1992^f1, after “6(1)(b)” there shall be added “or (c)”.

After paragraph 3 of that Schedule, there shall be added the following paragraph:—

“Visiting Forces

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(1)

A person shall be disregarded for the purposes of discount on a particular day if on that day he has a relevant association with a visiting force.

(2)

A visiting force, in relation to a particular day, is any body, contingent or detachment of the forces of a country to which any provision in Part I of the Visiting Forces Act 1952^f2 applies on that day.

(3)

A person has, on a particular day, a relevant association with a visiting force if he has on that day such an association within the meaning of that Part.”.