Regulation 2 Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012

(1)

Regulation 16(5) of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (persons not entitled to council tax reduction: persons treated as not being in Great Britain)^f1 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In sub-paragraph (e)—

(a)

at the end of head (ii), omit “or”,

(b)

after head (iii) insert—

“or

(iv)
granted under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme^f2;”.

(3)

After sub-paragraph (i) insert—

“(j)
a person granted leave in accordance with the rules referred to in sub-paragraph (e), where such leave is granted by virtue of—

(i)
the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy; or

(ii)
the previous scheme for locally-employed staff in Afghanistan (sometimes referred to as the ex-gratia scheme)^f3;

(k)
a person in Great Britain not coming within sub-paragraph (e)(iv) or (j) who left Afghanistan in connection with the collapse of the Afghan government that took place on 15 August 2021.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.S.I. 2012/303, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2015/46.
f2: The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme was announced by the United Kingdom Government on 18 August 2021: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme.
f3: See Part 7 of the rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77); the relevant rules are rules 276BA1 – 276BS2.