The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021

20.—(1) A payment made within the past 52 weeks by or on behalf of a local authority— S

(a) under section 17, 23B, 23C or 24A of the Children Act 1989(1), section 12 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968(2), section 22, 26A, 29 or 30 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995(3) or section 37, 38, 109, 110, 114 or 115 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014(4), or

(b) under any other enactment in order to meet a person’s welfare needs related to old age or disability, other than living expenses.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “living expenses” has the meaning in regulation 57(2)(b).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 20 in force at 1.4.2022, see reg. 1

(1)

1989 c.41. Section 17 was amended by paragraph 108 of schedule 2 of the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c.6), section 11(6) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c.38), paragraph 6 of schedule 3 of the 2007 Act, paragraph 1 of schedule 1 and paragraph 1 of schedule 4 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c.23), paragraph 1 of schedule 2 of the 2012 Act and S.I. 2016/413. Sections 23B and 23C were inserted by section 2 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (c.35) and amended by section 21 and paragraph 1 of schedule 4 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c.23) and S.I. 2016/413. Section 24A was inserted by section 4 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and amended by section 116 and paragraph 61 of schedule 3 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c.38) and S.I. 2016/413.

(2)

1968 c.49. Section 12 was amended by section 66 and paragraph 10 of schedule 9 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, paragraph 15 of schedule 4 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36), section 120 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c.33) and section 3 of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 5).

(3)

1995 c.36. Section 22 was amended by paragraph 6 of schedule 1 of the Tax Credits Act 1999 (c.10), paragraph 50 of schedule 3 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21), paragraph 14 of schedule 3 of the 2007 Act and S.I, 2013/137. Section 26A was inserted by section 67 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8) (“the 2014 Act”). Section 29 was amended by section 73 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8) and section 66 and 67 of the 2014 Act. Section 30 was amended by section 66 of the 2014 Act.

(4)

2014 anaw.4. Section 37 was amended by S.I. 2016/413.