# The Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989, Regulation 16: Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations


In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (applicable amounts)–
(a) for paragraph 9 there shall be substituted the following paragraphs–
“Pensioner premium for persons under 75
9 The condition is that the claimant–
(a) is a single claimant or lone parent aged not less than 60 but less than 75; or
(b) has a partner and is, or his partner is, aged not less than 60 but less than 75.
Pensioner premium for persons 75 and over
9A The condition is that the claimant–
(a) is a single claimant or lone parent aged not less than 75 but less than 80; or
(b) has a partner and is, or his partner is, aged not less than 75 but less than 80.”;
(b) in paragraph 12–
(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii) for the words “solely on account of the maximum age for its payment being reached” there shall be substituted the words “either on account of the maximum age for this payment being reached or the payment of a retirement pension under the Social Security Act”,
(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(iii) the words “except where paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c)(ii) or (d)(ii) of regulation 9 (patients) applies,” shall be inserted before the words “was in receipt of”;
(iii) after sub-paragraph (4) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph–
“(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), once the disability premium is applicable to a claimant by virtue of his satisfying the additional condition specified in that provision, he shall continue to be treated as satisfying that condition for any period spent by him in undertaking a course of training provided under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973.”;
(c) in paragraph 16–
(i) for sub-paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs–
“
(2) Pensioner premium for persons under 75–
(a) where the claimant satisfies the condition in paragraph 9(a);
(2)(a) £11.20;
(b) where the claimant satisfies the condition in paragraph 9(b);
(b) £17.05;
(2A) Pensioner premium for persons 75 and over–
(a) where the claimant satisfies the condition in paragraph 9A(a);
(2A) (a) £13.70;
(b) where the claimant satisfies the condition in paragraph 9A(b);;
(b) £20.55;
”
(ii) in sub-paragraph (3) for “£13.70” and “£19.50” there shall be substituted “£16.20” and “£23.00” respectively.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/361/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-community-charge-rebates-scotland-amendment-regulations-1989/regulation-16
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