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The Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012

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Entitlement to extended council tax reduction or extended council tax reduction (qualifying contributory benefits) under the Council Tax Reduction RegulationsS

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54.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)a person became entitled to extended council tax reduction under [F1regulation 80] of the Council Tax Reduction Regulations or to extended council tax reduction (qualifying contributory benefits) under [F2regulation 85] of those Regulations; and

(b)during that period of entitlement to extended council tax reduction or extended council tax reduction (qualifying contributory benefits) these Regulations become applicable to that person or that person's partner in accordance with regulation 12 (application).

(2) Where this regulation applies, for any week during the period of entitlement to extended council tax reduction or extended council tax reduction (qualifying contributory benefits) referred to in paragraph (1)(a) the amount of council tax reduction to which the person is entitled is the higher of—

(a)the amount of council tax reduction to which the person is entitled under [F3regulation 82(1)(a)] of the Council Tax Reduction Regulations or the amount of council tax reduction (qualifying contributory benefits) to which the person is entitled under [F4regulation 87(1)(a)] of those Regulations, as the case may be;

(b)the amount of council tax reduction to which the person would be entitled under the general conditions of entitlement of these Regulations, if [F5regulation 80] (extended council tax reduction) or [F6regulation 85] (extended council tax reduction (qualifying contributory benefits)) of the Council Tax Reduction Regulations did not apply to the person; or

(c)the amount of council tax reduction to which the person's partner would be entitled under these Regulations if [F7regulation 80 or regulation 85] of the Council Tax Reduction Regulations did not apply to the person.

(3) No partner of a person to whom this regulation applies is entitled to council tax reduction.

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