{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-scotland-amendment-regulations-2022/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-scotland-amendment-regulations-2022/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2022/52",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-scotland-amendment-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "General amendments",
  "text": "In regulation 16(6) (persons not entitled to council tax reduction: persons treated as not being in Great Britain)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (f)—\n(i) at the end of head (ii) omit “or”,\n(ii) after head (iii) insert—\n“or\n(iv) granted under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme,”,\n(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (i) omit “or”,\n(c) after sub-paragraph (j) insert—\n“(k) a person granted leave in accordance with the rules referred to in sub-paragraph (f), where such leave is granted by virtue of—\n(i) the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, or\n(ii) the previous scheme for locally-employed staff in Afghanistan (sometimes referred to as the ex-gratia scheme), or\n(l) a person in Great Britain not coming within sub-paragraph (f)(iv) or (k) who left Afghanistan in connection with the collapse of the Afghan government that took place on 15 August 2021.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme was announced by the United Kingdom Government on 18 August 2021 and formally opened on 6 January 2022: Afghan citizens’ resettlement scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Information on the UK Government’s Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy is published on the UK Government website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy-information-and-guidance."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/52/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:51:23.701971+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."
}