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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-community-charge-reduction-for-1991-92-scotland-regulations-1991/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/855",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Community Charge (Reduction for 1991-92) (Scotland) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-community-charge-reduction-for-1991-92-scotland-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Persons eligible for reduction",
  "text": "(1) In this Part, an “eligible person” means, subject to paragraph (4) and to regulation a person if—\n(a) on 1st April 1991, he is solely or mainly resident in the area of a local authority;\n(b) on that date, he is liable to pay the personal community charge determined by that local authority in respect of the financial year 1991—92;\n(c) on that date, he is the only person who is solely or mainly resident at the address of the dwellinghouse specified in the register as being his sole or main residence on that date who is liable to pay the personal community charge on that date; and\n(d) the condition specified in paragraph (2) or, as the case may be, paragraph (3), is fulfilled.\n(2) In the case where the dwellinghouse referred to in paragraph (1)(c) is situated in the area of an islands council, the condition specified is that A is greater than R plus £52 where—\n(a) A is the amount of the actual personal community charge of that islands council in respect of the financial year 1991—92; and\n(b) R is the product of—\n(i) the rateable value of the dwellinghouse referred to in paragraph (1)(c); and\n(ii) the ARP specified in relation to that islands council.\n(3) In the case where the dwellinghouse referred to in paragraph (1)(c) is situated in the area of a regional council, the condition specified is that B is greater than S plus £52 where—\n(a) B is the aggregate of—\n(i) the amount of the actual personal community charge of that regional council in respect of the financial year 1991—92; and\n(ii) the amount of the actual personal community charge of the district council in whose area the dwellinghouse is situated in respect of that financial year;\n(b) S is the aggregate of—\n(1) the product of—\n(a) the rateable value of the dwellinghouse; and\n(b) the ARP specified in relation to that regional council; and\n(ii) the product of—\n(a) the rateable value of the dwellinghouse; and\n(b) the ARP specified in relation to that district council.\n(4) A person who satisfies the conditions of being an eligible person under paragraph (1) and also under regulation 19(1), shall only be an eligible person under this Part if this would result in a greater reduction than under Part IV in the amount of the personal community charge in respect of the financial year 1991—92 which he would pay apart from these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/855/regulation/7",
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  "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."
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