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The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017

S.S.I. 2017/41 · Made 21 February 2017 · Extends to Scotland

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Council Tax

Made 21st February 2017

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 23rd February 2017

Coming into force 1st April 2017

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 80 and 113(1) and (2) and paragraph 1 of schedule 2 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

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1992 c.14. Section 80 was amended by paragraph 176 of schedule 13 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39). There are other amendments to section 80 and section 113(1) that are not relevant to these Regulations. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

Contents

  1. Part 1: General
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. Part 2: Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012 Repealed
  4. 2General Repealed
  5. 3Amendment of regulation 2 Repealed
  6. 4Amendment of regulation 23 Repealed
  7. 5Amendment of regulation 41 Repealed
  8. 6Amendment of regulation 45 Repealed
  9. 7Amendment of regulation 48 Repealed
  10. 8Amendment of regulation 67 Repealed
  11. 9Amendment of regulation 86 Repealed
  12. 10Amendment of schedule 1 Repealed
  13. 11Amendment of schedule 2 Repealed
  14. 12Amendment of schedule 4 Repealed
  15. 13Amendment of schedule 5 Repealed
  16. Part 3: Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012
  17. 14General
  18. 15Amendment of regulation 2
  19. 16Amendment of regulation 48
  20. 17Amendment of regulation 66
  21. 18Amendment of schedule 1
  22. 19Amendment of schedule 4
  23. 20Amendment of schedule 5
  24. Signature
  25. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.

2GeneralF1

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3Amendment of regulation 2F1

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4Amendment of regulation 23F1

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5Amendment of regulation 41F1

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6Amendment of regulation 45F1

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7Amendment of regulation 48F1

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8Amendment of regulation 67F1

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9Amendment of regulation 86F1

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10Amendment of schedule 1F1

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11Amendment of schedule 2F1

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12Amendment of schedule 4F1

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13Amendment of schedule 5F1

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14GeneralI1

The Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012f1 are amended as follows.

15Amendment of regulation 2I1

In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1) after the definition of “independent hospital” insert—

  • ““infected blood payment scheme” means a scheme established by, or under arrangements made with, the Scottish Ministers, the Secretary of State, the Welsh Ministers or the Department of Health in Northern Ireland for making ex gratia payments to or in respect of persons who have acquired HIV or hepatitis C as a result of treatment with blood or blood products within the national health service;”.

16Amendment of regulation 48I1

In regulation 48 (non-dependant deductions)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a), for “£11.80” substitute “£11.90”; and

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b), for “£3.90” substitute “£3.95”;

(b)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a), for “£195.00” substitute “£200.00”; and

(ii)

for sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), substitute—

“(b)

not less than £200.00 but less than £346.00, the deduction to be made is £7.85 x 1/7; and

(c)

not less than £346.00 but less than £430.00, the deduction to be made is £9.95 x 1/7.”; and

(c)

in paragraph (9)(b), after “Foundation,” insert “another infected blood payment scheme,”.

17Amendment of regulation 66I1

In regulation 66 (evidence and information), in paragraph (3)(a) after “Foundation” insert “, another infected blood payment scheme”.

18Amendment of schedule 1I1

In schedule 1 (applicable amount)—

(a)

in paragraph 2 (personal allowances)—

(i)

for “£155.60”, substitute “£159.35”;

(ii)

for “£168.70”, substitute “£172.55”;

(iii)

for “£237.55” in both places where it occurs, substitute “£243.25”;

(iv)

for “£252.30” in both places where it occurs, substitute “£258.15”;

(v)

for “£81.95”, substitute “£83.90”; and

(vi)

for “£83.60”, substitute “£85.60”; and

(b)

in paragraph 13 (amount of disability premium)—

(i)

for “£61.85” in both places where it occurs, substitute “£62.45”;

(ii)

for “£123.70”, substitute “£124.90”;

(iii)

for “£24.43”, substitute “£24.78”;

(iv)

for “£60.06”, substitute “£60.90”; and

(v)

for “£34.60”, substitute “£34.95”.

19Amendment of schedule 4I1

In schedule 4 (capital disregards), in paragraph 16—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “Foundation” insert “, another infected blood payment scheme”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (7), after “Foundation” insert “, another infected blood payment scheme”; and

(c)

in sub-paragraph (8), after “Foundation” insert “, any other infected blood payment scheme”.

20Amendment of schedule 5I1

In schedule 5 (amount of alternative maximum council tax reduction)—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “£191.00” in both places where it occurs, substitute “£196.00”; and

(ii)

for “£249.00”, substitute “£255.00”; and

(b)

in paragraph 2(b), after “Foundation,” insert “another infected blood payment scheme,”.

Signature

DEREK MACKAY

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

21st February 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (“the 2012 Regulations”) in the following respects.

The 2012 Regulations presently make provision in relation to the manner of dealing with payments received by, or in respect of, a person who acquired HIV or hepatitis C as a result of treatment with blood or blood products within the national health service. These Regulations make amendments to reflect that such payments may in future be made out of schemes additional to those specifically listed in the 2012 Regulations (regulations 3, 5 to 7, 8(c), 9, 11(b), 12 and 13).

Regulation 4 adjusts the child premium taken into account in the case of recipients of universal credit.

Regulations 8(a) and (b), 10 and 11(a) uprate figures used to calculate the amount of council tax reduction that an applicant is entitled to receive.

Regulations 15 to 20 amend the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 in the same manner as the 2012 Regulations are amended by regulations 3 and 5 to 13.