{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standard-community-charge-scotland-regulations-1989/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2437",
  "legislation_title": "The Standard Community Charge (Scotland) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standard-community-charge-scotland-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Determination of different classes of premises",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, a regional or islands council may determine—\n(a) in relation to their area, classes of premises additional to those specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations; and\n(b) different such classes of premises in relation to different parts of their area.\n(2) A regional or islands council are required, when determining any class of premises under paragraph (1) above, to classify premises only by reference to one or more of the following factors:—\n(a) the period during which the premises have not been the sole or main residence of any person;\n(b) the nature of the use to which the premises were, are, or are intended to be, put; and\n(c) the circumstances (other than financial circumstances) of any person liable to pay the standard community charge.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2437/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:30:26.263474+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}