Regulation 7 Persons eligible for reduction
In this Part, an “eligible person” means, subject to paragraph (4) and to regulation 11, a person if—
on 1st April 1992, he is solely or mainly resident in the area of a local authority;
on that date, he is liable to pay the personal community charge determined by that local authority in respect of the financial year 1992-93;
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;
on 31st March 1989, there was an entry in the valuation roll in respect of lands and heritages comprising or including that dwellinghouse; and
the condition specified in paragraph (2) or, as the case may be, paragraph (3) is fulfilled.
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—
A is the amount of the actual personal community charge of that islands council in respect of the financial year 1991-92; and
R is the product of—
the rateable value of the dwellinghouse referred to in paragraph (1)(c); and
the ARP specified in relation to that islands council.
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—
B is the aggregate of—
the amount of the actual personal community charge of that regional council in respect of the financial year 1991-92; and
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;
S is the aggregate of—
the product of—
the rateable value of the dwellinghouse; and
the ARP specified in relation to that regional council; and
the product of—
the rateable value of the dwellinghouse; and
the ARP specified in relation to that district council.
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 1992-93 which he would pay apart from these Regulations.