The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021

PART 5SAmounts of disability and carer premiums

17.  The premiums referred to in regulation 35(e) and Parts 2 to 4 of this schedule are set out in the following table.S

PremiumAmount
Disabled child premium, in respect of each child or young person who is a member of the family of an applicant in respect of whom the conditions specified in paragraph 3 or 4 are satisfied.[F1£80.01]
Carer premium, where the conditions specified in paragraph 5 are satisfied[F2£45.60]
Disability premium—
(a)

where the applicant satisfies the condition in paragraph 11(a),

[F3£42.50]
(b)

where the applicant satisfies the condition in paragraph 11(b).

[F4£60.60]
Severe disability premium—
(a)

where the applicant satisfies the condition in paragraph 13(2)(a),

[F5£81.50]
(b)

where the applicant satisfies the condition in paragraph 13(2)(b)—

(i)

in a case where there is someone in receipt of a carer’s allowance, [F6carer support payment,] or who has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element described in regulation 29 of the 2013 Regulations, or if the applicant or the applicant’s partner satisfies that condition only by virtue of paragraph 13(5),

[F5£81.50]
(ii)

in a case where there is no-one in receipt of a carer’s allowance [F6carer support payment,] or an award of universal credit which includes the carer element described in regulation 29 of the 2013 Regulations.

[F7£163.00]
Enhanced disability premium.(a)[F8£32.20] in respect of each child or young person who is a member of the family of an applicant in respect of whom the conditions specified in paragraphs 3, 4 [F9, 4A, 4C or 4D] are satisfied,
(b)[F10£20.85] in respect of each person who is neither—
(i)a child or young person, nor
(ii)a member of a couple,
in respect of whom the conditions specified in paragraph 14 are satisfied,
(c)[F11£29.75] where the applicant is a member of a couple and the conditions specified in paragraph 14 are satisfied in respect of a member of that couple.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 1 para. 17 in force at 1.4.2022, see reg. 1