{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-scotland-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-scotland-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2016/81",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-scotland-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Amendment of references to the Independent Living Fund (2006) and the Scottish Welfare Fund",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) after the definition of “housing benefit” insert\n““ILF Scotland” means the company limited by guarantee under the name ILF Scotland, registered under number SC 500075;”;\n(b) omit the definition of “the Independent Living Fund (2006)”; and\n(c) after the definition of “war widower’s pension” insert—\n““welfare fund” means any fund maintained by a local authority in terms of section 1 of the Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015;”.\n(2) For “the Independent Living Fund (2006)” substitute “ILF Scotland” in each of—\n(a) regulation 48(9)(b) (payments to be disregarded for non-dependant deductions);\n(b) paragraph 16(1)(b) and (6) of Schedule 4 (payments to be disregarded in calculating capital); and\n(c) paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 5 (payments to be disregarded in calculating income for the purpose of regulation 56).\n(3) For regulation 5(8)(c)(ii)(bb) (delay in occupation of a dwelling) substitute—\n“(bb) to a welfare fund for a payment;”.\n(4) For regulation 27(1)(j)(xi)(aa) (payments that are income) substitute—\n“(aa) from a welfare fund;”.\n(5) For “under the Independent Living Fund (2006)” in each of regulation 66(3)(b) and (c) (payments that need not be evidenced) substitute “by ILF Scotland”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 17 in force at 1.4.2016 in accordance with, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "There are amendments to regulation 2 that are not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/81/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:25:05.497479+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}