The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2020

10.  In regulation 27(1)(j) (social security benefits not to be treated as income) M1 —

(a) in head (xi) (crisis payments), after sub-head (aa), insert—

“(ab) by a local authority in exercise of the power in section 20 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (power to advance well-being) M2 and using funds provided by the Scottish Ministers,”,

(b) in head (xi), in sub-head (bb) for “sub-paragraph” substitute “ sub-head ”, and

(c) after head (xxiii) (social security benefits that are not to be treated as income: funeral expense assistance), insert—

“(xxiv) any Scottish child payment assistance paid by virtue of section 79 of that Act M3 ,

(xxv) any payment of winter heating assistance made by virtue of Regulations under section 30 of that Act M4 ,

(xxvi) universal credit,”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 10 in force at 1.2.2021, see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 In head (xi) of regulation 27(1)(j) sub-head (aa) was substituted by S.S.I. 2016/81. Head (xxiii) was inserted by S.S.I. 2018/295. There are other amendments to that regulation that are not relevant to these Regulations.

See S.S.I. 2020/351.

M2 2003 asp 1.

M3 See S.S.I. 2020/351.

M4 See S.S.I. 2020/352.