Regulation 3 Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021

(1)

The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 4 (interpretation) after the definition of “Income Support regulations” insert—

““infected blood payment scheme” means a scheme established by or with the approval of the Scottish Ministers, the Secretary of State, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Welsh Ministers or the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, or a trust established with funds provided by the Secretary of State, for making compensation, support or ex gratia payments to or in respect of persons who—

(a)

have been infected as a result of being treated with blood, blood products or tissue,

(b)

have been infected as a result of another person being treated with blood, blood products or tissue, or

(c)

have been affected by another person being infected as described in sub-paragraph (a) or (b),”.

(3)

In regulation 75 (special schemes for compensation etc)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(a)(i) delete “or infected from contaminated blood products”,

(b)

in paragraph (1A)^f2—

(i)

at the end of sub-paragraph (f) omit “, or”,

(ii)

at the end of sub-paragraph (g) insert—

“,

(h)

any payment made under or by an infected blood payment scheme, or

(i)

any payment made from the estate of a deceased person where—

(i)

the payment derives from a payment made under or by an infected blood payment scheme, and

(ii)

the payment it derives from was made to the estate of the deceased person as a result of that person having been infected through treatment with blood, blood products or tissue, or through another person being so infected”,

(c)

in sub-paragraph (3) omit “or infected” in both places where it appears.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.S.I. 2021/249 which was relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2023/268 and S.S.I. 2024/35.
f2: Paragraph (1A) was inserted by S.S.I. 2023/268 and amended by S.S.I. 2024/35.