Limitations on local authorities’ power to modify the application of these Regulations
5. The power conferred by regulation 4 does not permit a local authority to modify the discount provided for by regulation 3—
(a)beyond the percentages specified in regulation 6;
(b)for the classes of dwellings specified in Schedule 1;
(c)for a dwelling which is undergoing or requires major repair work to render it habitable, or which is undergoing structural alteration, during the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which that dwelling was purchased by the person who is liable to pay council tax in respect of that dwelling; or
(d)in a manner that treats unoccupied dwellings owned by a social landlord (within the meaning of section 165 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010(1)) more favourably than other unoccupied dwellings solely on the ground of that ownership.