The Housing Grants (Assessment of Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 2003

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART II ASSESSMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS – OWNER AND TENANT OCCUPIERS

   1. CHAPTER I: GENERAL

      1. 3. Applications to which Part II applies

   2. CHAPTER II: ASSESSMENT OF APPLICANT'S CONTRIBUTIONS

      1. 4. Assessment of applicant’s contributions

   3. CHAPTER III: INCOME – GENERAL

      1. 5. Determination of income of relevant person

      2. 6. Determination of income over the assessment period

      3. 7. Determination of income where not reasonably possible to assess over assessment period

      4. 8. Determination where a relevant person declines to provide income details

      5. 9. Cases where income is disregarded

   4. CHAPTER IV: EMPLOYED EARNERS

      1. 10. Earnings of employed earners

      2. 11. Determination of net earnings of employed earners

   5. CHAPTER V: SELF-EMPLOYED EARNERS

      1. 12. Earnings of self employed earners

      2. 13. Determination of net profit of self-employed earners

      3. 14. Deduction of tax and contributions for self-employed earners

   6. CHAPTER VI: OTHER INCOME

      1. 15. Determination of income other than earnings

      2. 16. Sums to be disregarded in the determination of other income

      3. 17. Notional income and joint income and capital

      4. 18. Determination of income from capital and investments

      5. 19. Determination of income from pensions

      6. 20. Determination of housing benefit as income

      7. 21. Determination of certain capital payments and receipts as income

      8. 22. Determination of income from rent

      9. 23. Determination of other payments as income

   7. CHAPTER VII: ALLOWABLE DEDUCTIONS

      1. 24. Determination of allowable deductions

      2. 25. Allowable deductions for mortgage or rent

      3. 26. Allowable deductions for dependent persons and disabled people

      4. 27. Circumstances where a person is to be treated as responsible for another person

4. PART III ASSESSMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS – NON-OCCUPIERS AND OTHER PREMISES

   1. 28. Interpretation

   2. 29. Applications to which Part III applies

   3. 30. Determination of added value

   4. 31. Circumstances where added value deemed to be nil

   5. 32. Calculation of applicant’s contribution

   6. 33. Reduction of applicant’s contribution

   7. 34. Applicant’s contribution not to be less than added value

5. PART IV ASSESSMENT OF CONTRIBUTION– OTHERS

   1. 35. Assessment of contributions where application falls outwith Part II and Part III

6. PART V APPLICATION

   1. 36. Application of Regulations

7. Signature

8. SCHEDULES

   1. 1

      Assessment of applicant’s contributions

   2. 2

      Sums to be disregarded in the determination of income other than earnings

9. Explanatory Note