Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012I116

Regulation 16 (persons treated as not being in Great Britain) is amended as follows—

a

for paragraph (5)(e) substitute—

e

a person who has been granted, or who is deemed to have been granted, leave outside the rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 197119 where that leave is—

i

discretionary leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom;

ii

leave to remain under the Destitution Domestic Violence concession20; or

iii

leave deemed to have been granted by virtue of regulation 3 of the Displaced Persons (Temporary Protection) Regulations 200521;

b

omit “or” after paragraph (5)(f); and

c

after paragraph (5)(g) insert—

;

h

in receipt of income support, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or on an income-related employment and support allowance; or

i

a person who is treated as a worker for the purpose of the definition of “qualified person” in regulation 6(1) of the 2006 Regulations pursuant to regulation 5 of the Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2013 (right of residence of a Croatian who is an accession State national subject to worker authorisation)22.