The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012

26.—(1) This paragraph applies where—

(a) the applicant’s entitlement to a transitional addition ends because of the ending of the applicant’s entitlement to council tax reduction under—

(i) paragraph 25(2)(b);

(ii) paragraph 27(3)(b);

(iii) sub-paragraph (3)(b) of this paragraph; or

(b) within 104 weeks of that termination but before 5th April 2020 the applicant again becomes entitled to council tax reduction;

(c) in the reduction week in which the applicant again becomes entitled to council tax reduction applicant or the applicant’s partner is entitled to an employment and support allowance which is not income-related;

(d) if the period between the events mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) is more than 12 weeks, the intervening period is one to which regulation 145(2) (linking period where applicant is a work or training beneficiary) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations applies in respect of the relevant person; and

(e) at the date on which the applicant again becomes entitled to council tax reduction neither the applicant nor the applicant’s partner is entitled to an income-related employment and support allowance, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income support.

(2) Where this paragraph applies, the applicant is entitled, with effect from the day on which the applicant again becomes entitled to council tax reduction, to a transitional addition of the amount of the transitional addition that would have applied had the applicant’s entitlement to a transitional addition not ended (but taking account of the effect which any intervening change of circumstances would have had by virtue of paragraph 29), unless the amount of the transitional addition would be nil.

(3) The applicant’s entitlement to a transitional addition by virtue of this paragraph ends on any of the following—

(a) the reduction of the transitional addition to nil in accordance with paragraph 29;

(b) the end of the applicant’s entitlement to council tax reduction;

(c) the applicant or the applicant’s partner no longer being entitled to the employment and support allowance referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(c);

(d) the applicant or the applicant’s partner becoming entitled to an income-related employment and support allowance, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income support; or

(e) 5th April 2020.