Prospective

Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012 S

8.  Regulation 90D (conduct of further reviews) is amended as follows—

(a) in paragraph (5), for “member of the panel who is undertaking that review” substitute “senior reviewer”;

(b) in paragraph (6)(a), after “review” insert “, having regard to any guidance issued by the senior reviewer”;

(c) omit “and” after paragraph (6)(d);

(d) after paragraph (6)(e) insert—

“; and

(f) must give full reasons for the decision to uphold or reject the request for review, if asked to do so by a party to that review within 14 days of the date on which the decision was given.”; and

(e) after paragraph (6) insert—

“(6A) A member of the panel may set aside a decision disposing of a request for further review if satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to do so.

(6B) Where a decision is set aside the further review must be undertaken again.

(6C) A request to set aside a decision must—

(a) be made within 14 days of the date on which the decision was given, and

(b) give reasons for the request.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 8 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1