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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-carers-assistance-miscellaneous-and-consequential-amendments-revocation-transitional-and-saving-provisions-scotland-regulations-2025/schedule-1/paragraph-10",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2025/9780111063552",
  "legislation_title": "The Carer’s Assistance (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments, Revocation, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-carers-assistance-miscellaneous-and-consequential-amendments-revocation-transitional-and-saving-provisions-scotland-regulations-2025",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021",
  "text": "(1) The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021 are amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (5).\n(2) In regulation 4(1) (interpretation) in the definition of “carer support payment” for “carer’s assistance” substitute “the Carer Support Payment component of Carer Support”.\n(3) In schedule 1 (applicable amount)—\n(a) in paragraph 5(1) for “(8)” substitute “(9)”,\n(b) in paragraph 5(4)(c) after “16” insert “(2)”,\n(c) in paragraph 5(5) at the end insert “or, if longer, the period for which the person continues to be entitled to carer support payment”,\n(d) in paragraph 5(6)(a) omit “carer support payment”,\n(e) after paragraph 5(6) insert—\n“(6A) Where a carer premium is awarded to a person other than a person described in sub-paragraph (5), but the person in respect of whose care the carer support payment has been awarded dies, the condition for the award of the premium is to be treated as satisfied for a period of—\n(a) 8 weeks from the relevant date specified in sub-paragraph (7) where that person died on or before 14 March 2026,\n(b) 12 weeks from the relevant date specified in sub-paragraph (7) where that person died on or after 15 March 2026.”,\n(f) in paragraph 5(7)—\n(i) in the opening words for “sub-paragraph (6)” substitute “sub-paragraphs (6) and (6A)”,\n(ii) in head (a) after “(6)(a)” insert “or (6A)”,\n(g) in paragraph 5(8)(a) before “the person” insert “except where sub-paragraph (9) applies,”,\n(h) after paragraph 5(8) insert—\n“(9) Where a person who has had regular and substantial caring responsibilities for a severely disabled person ceases to have such caring responsibilities and makes an application for council tax reduction, the condition for the award of the carer premium is to be treated as satisfied for a period of 12 weeks from the date on which the person in respect of whom the person had such caring responsibilities dies on or after 15 March 2026, where that brought the caring responsibilities to an end.”,\n(i) in paragraph 6(2)(b) for “5(5) and (6)” substitute “5(5), (6) and (6A)”.\n(4) In paragraph 6(1)(a) of schedule 3 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings) for “5(5) or (6)” substitute “5(5), (6) or (6A)”.\n(5) In paragraph 24 of schedule 4 (capital to be disregarded) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—\n“,\n(d) the Carer Additional Person Payment component of Carer Support given by virtue of regulations under section 28 and schedule 2 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018,\n(e) the Scottish Carer Supplement component of Carer Support given by virtue of regulations under section 28 and schedule 2 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2021/249, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2023/258 and S.S.I. 2025/24."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111063552/schedule/1/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:28:29.918751+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."
}