The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021, Section 44 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. 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.
44.—(1) Where an applicant or the applicant’s partner has, or the partners jointly have, an award of universal credit—
(a)an “assessment period” means the assessment period based on which the monthly award of universal credit is calculated in accordance with regulation 21 of the 2013 Regulations(1), and
(b)an applicant’s average total weekly income is calculated in accordance with regulation 43.
(2) Where neither the applicant nor the applicant’s partner, nor the partners jointly, have an award of universal credit, an “assessment period” is a period described in regulations 39 (average weekly employed earnings), 40 (average weekly self-employed earnings) [F1, 41 (average weekly unearned income) and 41A (calculation of average weekly income from tax credits)] over which income falls to be calculated.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 44(2) substituted (1.4.2023) by The Council Tax Reduction and Council Tax (Discounts) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/38), regs. 1, 11
Commencement Information
Regulation 21 was amended by S.I. 2014/2887 and S.I. 2018/65.
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