# The Personal Community Charge (Relief) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 1990, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) 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;
“the Benefit Regulations” means the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989;
“the Relief Regulations” means the Personal Community Charge (Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 1990;
“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;
“community charge rebate” means the rebate in that form in section 28 of the Social Security Act 1986;
“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.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a person who is liable to pay the personal community charge in respect of a financial year includes—
(a) a person who is jointly and severally liable for that charge by virtue of section 8(7) of the 1987 Act; and
(b) a person who is liable only for a part of that personal community charge.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1714/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/personal-community-charge-relief-no-2-scotland-regulations-1990/regulation-2
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