The Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012

3.—(1) In a case of earnings from any employment or employments to which sub-paragraph (2) applies, £20. S

(2) This paragraph applies to employment—

(a) as a part time fire-fighter employed by a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 M1 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies M2 ;

[F1 (b) as a part-time fire-fighter employed by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service established under section 1A of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005;]

(c) as an auxiliary coastguard in respect of coast rescue activities;

(d) in the manning or launching of a lifeboat if the employment is part-time; and

(e) as a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 M3 .

(3) If—

(a) any of the earnings of the applicant or the applicant's partner, or both of them, are disregarded under sub-paragraph (1); and

(b) either of them has, or both of them have, other earnings,

so much of those other earnings as would not if aggregated with the earnings disregarded under sub-paragraph (1) exceed £20.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2015) by The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/46), regs. 1, 21

Marginal Citations

M1 2004 c.21.

M2 Sections 2 and 4 were amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c.28) and Schedule 7 to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c.20).

M3 S.I. 2001/1004, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.