Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1987 Act” means the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987;

• “the Rebate Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 1988^f1;

• “the Benefit Regulations” means the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989^f2;

• “the Relief Regulations” means the Personal Community Charge (Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 1990^f3;

• “benefit week” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Benefit Regulations;

• “community charge benefit” means a benefit under section 31A of the Social Security Act 1986^f4;

• “community charge rebate” means the rebate in that form in section 28 of the Social Security Act 1986^f5;

• “eligible person” means a person eligible for relief under these Regulations and shall be construed in accordance with regulation 4 below;

• “financial year” means the period of 12 months beginning on 1st April;

• “member of a couple” means a member of a married couple or an unmarried couple where the expressions “married couple” and “unmarried couple” have the meanings assigned to them by section 20(11) of the Social Security Act 1986;

• “regional personal community charge” means the personal community charge imposed by a regional council, and “islands personal community charge” and “district personal community charge” have the corresponding meanings;

• “relevant local authority” means the local authority to which an application is made under regulation 4(1)(e) below for a reduction in liability in respect of the personal community charge for the financial year 1989-90; and

• “week” means any complete period of 7 consecutive days commencing on a Monday and ending on a Sunday.

Any reference in these Regulations to a person who is liable to pay the personal community charge in respect of a financial year includes—