The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012

Enhanced disability premium S

12.—(1) With regard to enhanced disability premium and subject to sub-paragraph [F1 (3)] the condition referred to in paragraph 5 is that—

(a) the Secretary of State has decided that the applicant has, or is to be treated as having, limited capability for work-related activity;

(b) the care component of disability living allowance is, or would, but for a suspension of benefit in accordance with regulations made under section 113(2) of the 1992 Act or an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation, be payable at the highest rate prescribed under section 72(3) of the 1992 Act in respect of—

(i) the applicant; or

(ii) a member of the applicant's family,

who has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit; F2 ...

[F3 (bza) the care component of child disability payment at the highest rate is payable, or would be payable were it not for regulation 17(2) (effect of admission to a care home on ongoing entitlement to care component) or regulation 20 (entitlement beginning while in alternative accommodation), where the child or young person is resident in a care home, of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021, in respect of a child or young person who is a member of the applicant’s family, or]

[F4 (ba) armed forces independence payment is payable in respect of the applicant or a member of the applicant’s family who has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit;]

(c) the daily living component of personal independence payment [F5 at the enhanced rate] is, or would, but for a suspension of benefit in accordance with regulations made under section 86(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 or an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation, be payable in respect of the applicant or a member of the applicant's family who has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit.

(2) Where the condition in sub-paragraph (1) ceases to be satisfied because of the death of a child or young person, the condition is that the applicant or the applicant's partner is entitled to child benefit in respect of child or young person under section 145A of the 1992 Act(M1 ) (entitlement after death of child or qualifying young person).

(3) The condition is not satisfied if the person to whom sub-paragraph (1) refers is—

(a) an applicant who—

(i) is not a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage; and

(ii) is a patient within the meaning of regulation 28(11)(g) (treatment of child care charges: patients) and has been for a period of more than 52 weeks; or

(b) a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage where each member is a patient within the meaning of regulation 28(11)(g) and has been for a period of more than 52 weeks.

[F6 (4) In this paragraph, “care home” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021.

(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(bza), a child or young person is to be considered a member of the applicant’s family if the child or young person would be considered a member of the applicant’s family were the child or young person not resident in a care home.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in sch. 1 para. 12(1) substituted (18.3.2013) by The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/48), regs. 1, 14(e)(i)

F2 Word in sch. 1 para. 12(1)(b) omitted (26.7.2021) by virtue of The Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Consequential Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/73), regs. 1, 13(5)(h)(i) (with reg. 19)

F3 Sch. 1 para. 12(1)(bza) inserted (26.7.2021) by The Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Consequential Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/73), regs. 1, 13(5)(h)(ii) (with reg. 19)

F4 Sch. 1 para. 12(1)(ba) inserted (11.6.2013) by The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/142), regs. 1, 11(6)(d)

F5 Words in sch. 1 para. 12(1)(c) inserted (18.3.2013) by The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/48), regs. 1, 14(e)(ii)

F6 Sch. 1 para. 12(4)(5) inserted (26.7.2021) by The Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/122), regs. 1, 4

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 145A was inserted by section 55 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) and amended by paragraph 48 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) and paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c.6).