Explanatory note

Under Part II of, and Schedule 11 to, the Local Government Act 1992 “the Act”), the council tax and the council water charge become payable in Scotland with effect from 1st April 1993. The amounts payable may be reduced where a person resident in a dwelling falls to be disregarded for the purposes of discount. Schedule 1 to the Act provides for classes of persons to qualify for the purposes of discount. This Order makes further provisions in relation to certain of those classes.

Article 3 provides for a person to qualify for discount on a particular day if he is in military detention and certain conditions are fulfilled.

Article 4 provides that, for a person to qualify for discount within the class of the severely mentally impaired, he must be entitled to one of the benefits listed in the article.

Articles 5 to 8 provide appropriate definitions of persons who will qualify for discount by virtue of being “apprentices”, “students”, “student nurses” or “youth training trainees”.

Article 9 specifies the information to be contained in certificates supplied to students and student nurses and prescribes the educational establishments which are to be responsible for providing such certificates.

Article 10 provides a definition of “hostel” for the purposes of paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Act (person with sole or main residence in a hostel in Scotland to qualify for discount).