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The Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012, Section 66 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 02 September 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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66.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) an applicant must furnish any certificates, documents, information and evidence in connection with an application for council tax reduction or existing entitlement to council tax reduction as may reasonably be required by the relevant authority in order to determine that person's entitlement to, or continuing entitlement to, council tax reduction and must do so within one month of the authority requiring the applicant to do so, or any longer period the authority considers reasonable.
(2) Nothing in this regulation requires a person to furnish any certificates, documents, information or evidence relating to a payment to which paragraph (3) applies.
(3) This paragraph applies to—
(a)a payment which is made under or by the Trusts, the Fund, the Eileen Trust, MFET Limited, the Skipton Fund, the Caxton Foundation [F1, another infected blood payment scheme] [F2, the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund, the London Emergencies Trust or the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund];
(b)a payment which is disregarded under paragraph 16 of Schedule 4 (payments made under certain trusts and certain other payments), other than a payment [F3by ILF Scotland]; and
(c)a payment which is disregarded under regulation 48(9)(b) or (c) (non-dependant deductions) or paragraph 2(b) or (c) of Schedule 5 (alternative maximum council tax reduction: second adult's gross income) other than a payment [F3by ILF Scotland].
(4) Where a request is made under paragraph (1) the relevant authority must—
(a)inform the applicant of the duty under regulation 69 to notify the authority of any change of circumstances; and
(b)without prejudice to the extent of the duty owed under regulation 69, indicate to the applicant, either orally or by notice or by reference to some other document available to that applicant, on application and without charge, the kind of changes of circumstances which are to be notified.
(5) Where an applicant or any partner of the applicant has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit and is a member of, or a person deriving entitlement to a pension under, a personal pension scheme the applicant must, where the relevant authority so requires, furnish the following information—
(a)the name and address of the pension fund holder; and
(b)any other information including any reference or policy number needed to enable the personal pension scheme to be identified.
(6) In this regulation “pension fund holder” means the trustees, managers or scheme administrators, as the case may be, of the scheme concerned.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 66(3)(a) inserted (1.4.2017) by The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/41), regs. 1, 17
F2Words in reg. 66(3)(a) substituted (20.11.2017) by The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/326), regs. 1, 11(b)
F3Words in reg. 66(3)(b)(c) substituted (1.4.2016) by The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/81), regs. 1(2), 17(5)
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