# The Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 1988, Paragraph 13: Severe Disability Premium

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The condition is that the claimant is a severely disabled person.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a claimant shall be treated as being a severely disabled person if, and only if–
(a) in the case of a single claimant or lone parent–
(i) he is in receipt of attendance allowance, and
(ii) subject to sub-paragraph (3), he has no non-dependants aged 18 or over residing with him, and
(iii) no-one is in receipt of an invalid care allowance under section 37 of the Social Security Act in respect of caring for him;
(b) in the case of a claimant who has a partner–
(i) the claimant is in receipt of attendance allowance, and
(ii) his partner is also in receipt of such an allowance or, if he is a member of a polygamous marriage, all the partners of that marriage are in receipt of such an allowance, and
(iii) subject to sub-paragraph (3), the claimant has no non-dependants aged 18 or over residing with him
and either there is someone in receipt of an invalid care allowance in respect of caring for only one of a couple or, in the case of a polygamous marriage for one or more but not all the partners of the marriage, or else there is no-one in receipt of such an allowance in respect of caring for either member of a couple or any partner of a polygamous marriage.
(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(ii) and (2)(b)(iii) no account shall be taken of either–
(a) a person receiving attendance allowance; or
(b) a boarder.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1890/schedule/1/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-community-charge-rebates-scotland-regulations-1988/schedule-1/paragraph-13
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