The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2019

Made: 9th October 2019

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 11th October 2019

Coming into force: 26th November 2019

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. 3) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 26 November 2019.

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 paragraphs (a) and (b)—

• (a) in schedule 3 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), after paragraph 23 insert—

(24) Any payment or interest on a payment made under, or in connection with, the Windrush Compensation Scheme administered by the Home Office.

, and

• (b) in schedule 4 (capital to be disregarded)—

• (i) in paragraph 21 (disregard of payments related to benefit arrears) , after sub-paragraph (2)(i) insert—

(ia) maternity allowance under section 35 of the 1992 Act,

• (ii) after paragraph 30E insert—

(30F) Any payment or interest on a payment made under, or in connection with, the Windrush Compensation Scheme administered by the Home Office .

Signed

KATE FORBES — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 2019-10-09

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c.14. Section 80 and paragraph 1 of schedule 2 were 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 amendments to 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.

[^f00003]: Regulation 23 is amended by S.S.I. 2013/48, S.S.I. 2013/287 and S.S.I. 2017/41.

[^f00004]: 2012 c.5. Section 10 was amended by section 14 of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c.7).

[^f00005]: Regulation 26 was substituted by S.S.I. 2018/69.

[^f00006]: S.I. 2014/1230. Schedule 2 was inserted by S.I. 2019/1152.

[^f00007]: Paragraph 67 was inserted by S.S.I. 2018/295.

[^f00008]: S.S.I. 2019/324.

[^f00009]: See www.gov.uk/windrush-compensation and Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Commons, April 23 2018, col. 621-622.

[^f00010]: There are amendments to paragraph 11 that are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00011]: Paragraph 68 was inserted by S.S.I. 2019/29.

[^f00012]: See www.gov.uk/windrush-compensation and Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Commons, April 23 2018, col. 621-622.

[^f00013]: S.S.I. 2012/319.

[^f00014]: See www.gov.uk/windrush-compensation and Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Commons, April 23 2018, col. 621-622.

[^f00015]: There are amendments to paragraph 21 that are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00016]: Paragraph 30E was inserted by S.S.I. 2019/29.

[^f00017]: See www.gov.uk/windrush-compensation and Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Commons, April 23 2018, col. 621-622.

Editorial notes

[^c23895471]: 1992 c.14. Section 80 and paragraph 1 of schedule 2 were 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 amendments to 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).

[^c23895591]: S.S.I. 2012/319.

[^c23895601]: See www.gov.uk/windrush-compensation and Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Commons, April 23 2018, col. 621-622.

[^c23895611]: There are amendments to paragraph 21 that are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^c23895621]: Paragraph 30E was inserted by S.S.I. 2019/29.

[^c23895631]: See www.gov.uk/windrush-compensation and Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Commons, April 23 2018, col. 621-622.

[^key-5155e3a79e094053fe811d1fd9867e95]: Reg. 1 in force at 26.11.2019, see reg. 1

[^key-a2662bff31222d0df1d454127b301c22]: Reg. 3 in force at 26.11.2019, see reg. 1

[^key-af9474623e27f90fdcba2f802656ed55]: Reg. 2 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)