The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013

Prospective

Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012 S

14.  In Schedule 1 (applicable amount)—

(a) in the table in paragraph 1 (personal allowances)—

(i) in entry (1)(a) and (b) for “£71.00” substitute “£71.70”;

(ii) in entry (1)(c) for “£56.25” substitute “£56.80”;

(iii) in entry (2) for “£71.00” substitute “£71.70”; and

(iv) in entry (3) for “£105.95” substitute “£112.55”;

(b) in paragraph 2 (personal allowances)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a) for “15 (persons in receipt of concessionary payments)” substitute “18 (components)”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) after “allowance” insert “, or would be entitled but for the application of section 1A of the Welfare Reform Act (duration of contributory allowance)”;

(c) in the table in paragraph 3 (personal allowances), in entries (a) and (b) for “£64.99” substitute “£65.62”;

(d) in paragraph 4(2)(a) (family premium) for “3(3)(a)” substitute “3(a)”;

(e) in paragraph 12 (enhanced disability premium)—

(i) in the first line of sub-paragraph (1) for “(2)” substitute “(3)”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(c) after “payment” insert “at the enhanced rate”;

(f) in the table in paragraph 17 (amounts of disability premiums), in the entry—

(i) “Disability premium” for—

(aa) “£30.35” substitute “£31.00”; and

(bb) “£43.25” substitute “£44.20”;

(ii) “Severe disability premium” for—

(aa) “£58.20” on each occasion it appears substitute “£59.50”; and

(bb) “£116.40” substitute “£119.00”;

(iii) “Disabled child premium” for “£56.63” substitute “£57.89”;

(iv) “Carer premium” for “£32.60” substitute “£33.30”; and

(v) “Enhanced disability premium” for—

(aa) “£22.89” substitute “£23.45”;

(bb) “£14.80” substitute “£15.15”; and

(cc) “£21.30” substitute “£21.75”;

(g) in paragraph 19 (components) after “allowance” insert “, or would be entitled but for the application of section 1A of the Welfare Reform Act (duration of contributory allowance)”;

(h) in paragraph 23 (amount of components) for “£28.15” substitute “£28.45”;

(i) in paragraph 24 (amount of components) for “£34.05” substitute “£34.80”;

(j) in paragraph 25 (transitional addition)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) after “allowance” insert “, or would be entitled but for the application of section 1A of the Welfare Reform Act (duration of contributory allowance)”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (2)(c) for “the applicant or the applicant’s partner” substitute “the relevant person”;

(k) in paragraph 26 (transitional addition)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “104” substitute “12”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(c) for “applicant or the applicant’s partner” substitute “the relevant person”;

(iii) omit sub-paragraph (1)(d); and

(iv) in sub-paragraph (3)(c) for “the applicant or the applicant’s partner” substitute “the relevant person”;

(l) in paragraph 27 (transitional addition)—

(i) in sub-paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) and (3)(c) for “the applicant or the applicant’s partner” substitute “the relevant person”;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (1)(c) substitute—

“(c) at the date on which the relevant person again becomes entitled to an employment and support allowance which is not income-related, regulation 145(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations applies to the relevant person;”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (1)(d), in the first line, for “the applicant or the applicant’s partner” substitute “the relevant person”; and

(iv) in sub-paragraph (2) for “the applicant’s or the applicant’s partner’s” substitute “the relevant person’s”

(m) in paragraph 28(2) and (3) (amount of transitional addition) for “the applicant or the applicant’s partner” on each occasion it appears substitute “the relevant person”; and

(n) after paragraph 29 insert—

“Interpretation of Part 6

30.   In this Part “relevant person” means the person who meets the requirements of paragraph 25(1)(a) or (b), as the case may be, by virtue of which the applicant is entitled to a transitional addition under that paragraph.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 14 in force at 18.3.2013, see reg. 1