Regulation 19 Persons eligible for relief
In this Part, an “eligible person” means, subject to regulation 23, a person if–
on 1st April 1989, he was solely or mainly resident in the area of the local authority at the address of the dwellinghouse specified in the register as having been his sole or main residence on that date;
on that date, he was liable to pay the personal community charge determined by that local authority in respect of the financial year 1989-90;
on that date, he satisfied one of the three conditions set out in paragraph (2);
an application is made by him or on his behalf or, as the case may be, by his executors to the relevant levying authority on or before 1st October 1990 (or such later date as that authority may allow) for community charge relief under this Part; and
he, or the person applying on his behalf or, as the case may be, his executors has or have signed a declaration to the effect that he is not or was not a former ratepayer or the spouse of a former ratepayer of the dwellinghouse referred to in subparagraph (a) above.
The three conditions mentioned in parargaph (1)(c) are that the person–
if a man, attained the age of 65 on or before 1st April 1989; or
if a woman, attained the age of 60 on or before that date; or
personally satisfied the additional condition set out in paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 1988f1.
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