The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016

Prospective

Uprating and miscellaneous amendments S

24.  In Schedule 1 (applicable amount)(1)—

(a) in the table in paragraph 2 (personal allowances)—

(i) in entry (1)(a) for “£151.20” substitute “£155.60”;

(ii) in entry (1)(b) for “£166.05” substitute “£168.70”;

(iii) in entry (2)(a) for “£230.85” substitute “£237.55”;

(iv) in entry (2)(b) for “£248.30” substitute “£252.30”;

(v) in entry (3)(a) for “£230.85” substitute “£237.55”;

(vi) in entry (3)(b) for “£79.65” substitute “£81.95”;

(vii) in entry (4)(a) for “£248.30” substitute “£252.30”; and

(viii) in entry (4)(b) for “£82.25” substitute “£83.60”;

(b) in paragraph 7 (severe disability premium)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii), for “entitled to, and in receipt of, a carer’s allowance” substitute “in receipt of a carer’s allowance under section 70 of the 1992 Act, or has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element under regulation 29 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013,”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (2)(b), after “carer’s allowance” in both places where those words appear, insert “, or has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element,”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (7)(b)—

(aa) after “carer’s allowance” where it first appears insert “or as having an award of universal credit which includes the carer element”;

(bb) for “in respect of whose care the care allowance was awarded” substitute “being cared for”;

(cc) after “carer’s allowance” where it second appears insert “or would have an award of universal credit which includes the carer element”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (8)(a), after “carer’s allowance” insert “, or of universal credit which includes the carer element,”;

(v) in sub-paragraph (8)(b)—

(aa) after “carer’s allowance” insert “or as having an award of universal credit which includes the carer element”;

(bb) after “that allowance” insert “or award”; and

(c) in the table in paragraph 13 (amount of disability premium), in entry (1) (severe disability premium)—

(i) after “carer’s allowance” where it first appears insert “, or who has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element under regulation 29 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013,”; and

(ii) after “carer’s allowance” where it second appears insert “or an award of universal credit which includes the carer element”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 24 in force at 1.4.2016 in accordance with reg. 1(2)

(1)

Schedule 1 is relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2013/49 and S.S.I. 2014/35.