# The Personal Community Charge (Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 1990, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations–
“the 1987 Act” means the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987;
“APCC” and “ARP” mean, respectively, in relation to a local authority,
(a) the assumed personal community charge in respect of the financial year 1989-90, and
(b) the assumed rate poundage in respect of the financial year 1988-89,
specified in relation to that local authority in the report referred to in regulation 5;
“apportionment note” has the same meaning as in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 1987 Act;
“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;
“domestic subjects” shall be construed in accordance with section 2(3) of the 1987 Act;
“dwellinghouse” means–
(a) any domestic subjects; and
(b) any part of part residential subjects which are used residentially;
“eligible person” means, in relation to Part II, III or IV of these Regulations, an eligible person within the meaning of that Part as defined respectively in regulation 7(1), 13(1) or 19(1);
“former ratepayer” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3(1);
“part residential subjects” shall have the same meaning as in section 26(1) of the 1987 Act and references to the residential or non residential use of those subjects shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to that Act;
“prescribed financial years” means the financial years 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92;
“rateable value” in relation to a dwellinghouse shall be construed in accordance with regulation 4;
“rating authority” shall be construed in accordance with section 109(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;
“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 meaning;
“register” means a Community Charges Register established under section 13 of the 1987 Act;
“set personal community charge” means, in respect of any financial year, the amount of the personal community charge determined or deemed to be determined or redeter mined by a local authority in respect of that financial year under section 9 of or paragraphs 3 or 5 of Schedule 3 to the 1987 Act; and
“spouse of a former ratepayer” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3(3).
(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.
(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations–
(a) to a numbered Part or a numbered regulation is a reference to the Part or, as the case may be, the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations; and
(b) to a numbered paragraph in a regulation is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/421/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/personal-community-charge-relief-scotland-regulations-1990/regulation-2
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