PART 3Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012

Uprating and miscellaneous amendmentsI124

In Schedule 1 (applicable amount)25—

a

in the table in paragraph 2 (personal allowances)—

i

in entry (1)(a) for “£151.20” substitute “£155.60”;

ii

in entry (1)(b) for “£166.05” substitute “£168.70”;

iii

in entry (2)(a) for “£230.85” substitute “£237.55”;

iv

in entry (2)(b) for “£248.30” substitute “£252.30”;

v

in entry (3)(a) for “£230.85” substitute “£237.55”;

vi

in entry (3)(b) for “£79.65” substitute “£81.95”;

vii

in entry (4)(a) for “£248.30” substitute “£252.30”; and

viii

in entry (4)(b) for “£82.25” substitute “£83.60”;

b

in paragraph 7 (severe disability premium)—

i

in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii), for “entitled to, and in receipt of, a carer’s allowance” substitute “in receipt of a carer’s allowance under section 70 of the 1992 Act, or has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element under regulation 29 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013,”;

ii

in sub-paragraph (2)(b), after “carer’s allowance” in both places where those words appear, insert “, or has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element,”;

iii

in sub-paragraph (7)(b)—

aa

after “carer’s allowance” where it first appears insert “or as having an award of universal credit which includes the carer element”;

bb

for “in respect of whose care the care allowance was awarded” substitute “being cared for”;

cc

after “carer’s allowance” where it second appears insert “or would have an award of universal credit which includes the carer element”;

iv

in sub-paragraph (8)(a), after “carer’s allowance” insert “, or of universal credit which includes the carer element,”;

v

in sub-paragraph (8)(b)—

aa

after “carer’s allowance” insert “or as having an award of universal credit which includes the carer element”;

bb

after “that allowance” insert “or award”; and

c

in the table in paragraph 13 (amount of disability premium), in entry (1) (severe disability premium)—

i

after “carer’s allowance” where it first appears insert “, or who has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element under regulation 29 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013,”; and

ii

after “carer’s allowance” where it second appears insert “or an award of universal credit which includes the carer element”.