{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-charges-exemption-and-reduction-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/72",
  "legislation_title": "The Water and Sewerage Charges (Exemption and Reduction) (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-charges-exemption-and-reduction-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations–\n“the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992;\n“the 2005 Regulations” means the Council Tax (Discount for Unoccupied Dwellings) (Scotland) Regulations 2005;\n“charges scheme” means a charges scheme made under section 29A of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 for a relevant year;\n“council tax” has the same meaning as in Part II of the 1992 Act;\n“council tax benefit” has the same meaning as in Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;\n“dwelling” has the same meaning as in Part II of the 1992 Act;\n“relevant year” means the financial year 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 or 2009–10;\n“sewerage charges” means charges payable under a charges scheme in respect of the provision of sewerage services to a dwelling in a relevant year; and\n“water charges” means charges payable under a charges scheme in respect of the provision of water supply services to a dwelling in a relevant year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 14, as relevantly amended by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 176 and S.S.I. 2005/51, regulation 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2005/51."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 29A was inserted by section 21(1) of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 131 as it applies to council tax benefit was substituted by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraph 4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/72/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:21:25.424949+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."
}