The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2018

Made: 26th June 2018

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 28th June 2018

Coming into force: 27th October 2018

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 80 and 113(1) and paragraph 1 of schedule 2 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 27th October 2018.

Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012

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Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012

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The Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 are amended in accordance with regulations 6 and 7.

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In regulation 27(1)(j) (meaning of “income”)—

• (a) omit “and” where it occurs after head (xix); and

• (b) after head (xx) insert—

; and (xxi) carer's allowance supplement made under section 81 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

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In paragraph 21(2) of schedule 4 (capital disregards)—

• (a) omit “or” where it occurs after head (o); and

• (b) after head (p) insert—

; or (q) carer's allowance supplement made under section 81 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

Signed

DEREK MACKAY — A member of the Scottish Government — 2018-06-26

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c.14; section 80 was amended by paragraph 176 of schedule 13 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39). There are other amendments to section 80 and section 113(1) that are not relevant to these regulations. The functions of the Secretary of State, in so far as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2012/303; relevant amending instrument is S.S.I. 2017/326.

[^f00003]: 2018 asp 9.

[^f00004]: Paragraph 11(1) is amended by S.S.I. 2017/326.

[^f00005]: S.S.I. 2012/319; regulation 27(1)(j) is amended by S.I. 2014/3255 and S.S.I. 2013/142, S.S.I. 2013/218, S.S.I. 2016/81 and S.S.I. 2017/326.

[^f00006]: 2018 asp 9.

Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012

Editorial notes

[^c23320071]: 1992 c.14; section 80 was amended by paragraph 176 of schedule 13 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39). There are other amendments to section 80 and section 113(1) that are not relevant to these regulations. The functions of the Secretary of State, in so far as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

[^c23320111]: S.S.I. 2012/319; regulation 27(1)(j) is amended by S.I. 2014/3255 and S.S.I. 2013/142, S.S.I. 2013/218, S.S.I. 2016/81 and S.S.I. 2017/326.

[^c23320121]: 2018 asp 9.

[^key-3bf3ade29e3661489d1e036659f33597]: Regs. 2-4 revoked (1.4.2022) by The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/249), reg. 1, sch. 6 (with regs. 2, 97-101)