The Disability Assistance for Older People (Consequential Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021

11.—(1) The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).

(2) In regulation 4 (interpretation) after the definition of “payment” insert—

““pension age disability payment” means—

(a)

disability assistance for older people given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024(2), and

(b)

where short-term assistance is being given under Part 1 of the schedule (short-term assistance) of those Regulations, the “earlier determination” referred to in paragraph 1(1)(a) of that schedule is to be deemed to continue in payment for the purposes of these Regulations,”.

(3) In regulation 77 (treatment of childcare charges (applicants with no award of universal credit)) in paragraph (12)(f)—

(a) at the end of head (x) omit “or”,

(b) after head (xi) insert—

“or

(xii) pension age disability payment,”.

(4) In regulation 90 (non-dependant deductions)—

(a) in paragraph (6)(b)—

(i) at the end of head (v) omit “or”,

(ii) after head (vi) insert—

“, or

(vii) pension age disability payment.”,

(b) in paragraph (9)(a) after “attendance allowance,” insert “pension age disability payment,”.

(5) In schedule 1 (applicable amount)—

(a) in paragraph 6(4) after “attendance allowance,” insert “pension age disability payment,”,

(b) in paragraph 12(1)(a)—

(i) in sub-head (i) after “attendance allowance,” insert “pension age disability payment,”,

(ii) after sub-head (iiia) insert—

“(iiib) would be in receipt of pension age disability payment were it not for regulation 20 (effect of admission to a hospital on ongoing entitlement to pension age disability payment) of the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024,”,

(c) in paragraph 13(2)(a)(i), (2)(b)(i), (2)(b)(ii), (4)(a) and (5)(a) after “attendance allowance,” insert “pension age disability payment,”,

(d) in paragraph 14(1)(g) after “attendance allowance” insert “or pension age disability payment”.

(6) In schedule 2 (amount of second adult rebate) in paragraph 2(a) after “attendance allowance,” insert “pension age disability payment,”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2021/249, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2022/52, S.S.I. 2022/161, S.S.I 2022/271, S.S.I. 2023/38, S.S.I. 2023/46 and S.S.I. 2023/258.

(2)

S.S.I. 2024/166.