Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012

4.  In regulation 20(1) (persons not entitled to council tax reductions: students)—

(a) after paragraph (3)(i)(i) insert—

“(ia) aged 21 and attained that age during a course of study which is not a course of higher education;”;

(b) in paragraph (5)—

(i) for “For the purposes of paragraph 3(i)(i)” substitute “In paragraph (3)(i)”;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) head (ia) only applies to an applicant until the end of the course during which the applicant attained the age of 21;”; and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “the reference” substitute “a reference”.

(1)

There is an amendment to regulation 20, but it is not relevant to these Regulations.