Prospective

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

Uprating and miscellaneous amendments S

26.  In Part 1 of Schedule 4 (capital to be disregarded)—

(a) in paragraph 21(1)—

(i) omit “or” following sub-paragraph (2)(n); and

(ii) after sub-paragraph (2)(o) insert—

“; or

(p) universal credit”; and

(b) after paragraph 30 insert—

“30A.   Where a person elects to be entitled to a lump sum under Schedule 5 or 5A to the 1992 Act or under Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) Regulations 2005, or is treated as having made such an election, and a payment has been made pursuant to that election, an amount equal to—

(a) except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the amount of any payment or payments made on account of that lump sum; or

(b) the amount of that lump sum,

but only for so long as that person does not change that election in favour of an increase of pension or benefit.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 26 in force at 1.4.2016 in accordance with reg. 1(2)

(1)

Paragraph 21 of Schedule 4 is amended by S.S.I. 2013/142 and S.S.I. 2015/46.