2021 No. 337
The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2021
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
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 19921 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 24 September 2021.
Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 20122
1
Regulation 16(5) of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (persons not entitled to council tax reduction: persons treated as not being in Great Britain)2 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
In sub-paragraph (e)—
a
at the end of head (ii), omit “or”,
b
after head (iii) insert—
or
iv
granted under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme3;
3
After sub-paragraph (i) insert—
j
a person granted leave in accordance with the rules referred to in sub-paragraph (e), where such leave is granted by virtue of—
i
the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy; or
ii
the previous scheme for locally-employed staff in Afghanistan (sometimes referred to as the ex-gratia scheme)4;
k
a person in Great Britain not coming within sub-paragraph (e)(iv) or (j) who left Afghanistan in connection with the collapse of the Afghan government that took place on 15 August 2021.
Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 20123
1
Regulation 16(5) of the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (persons not entitled to council tax reduction: persons treated as not being in Great Britain)5 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
In sub-paragraph (e)—
a
at the end of head (ii), omit “or”,
b
after head (iii) insert—
or
iv
granted under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme;
3
After sub-paragraph (i) insert—
j
a person granted leave in accordance with the rules referred to in sub-paragraph (e), where such leave is granted by virtue of—
i
the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy; or
ii
the previous scheme for locally-employed staff in Afghanistan (sometimes referred to as the ex-gratia scheme);
k
a person in Great Britain not coming within sub-paragraph (e)(iv) or (j) who left Afghanistan in connection with the collapse of the Afghan government that took place on 15 August 2021.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)