The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021

Severe disability premium

13.—(1) With regard to severe disability premium the condition referred to in paragraph 7 is that the applicant is a severely disabled person.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), an applicant is to be treated as being a severely disabled person if—

(a) in the case of a single applicant, or an applicant who is treated as having no partner in consequence of sub-paragraph (3)—

(i) the applicant is in receipt of attendance allowance, the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the 1992 Act, the care component of child disability payment at the highest or middle rate, armed forces independence payment or the daily living component of personal independence payment, and

(ii) subject to sub-paragraph (4), the applicant has no non-dependants aged 18 or over normally residing with the applicant or with whom the applicant normally resides, and

(iii) no person is in receipt of a carer’s allowance under section 70 of the 1992 Act(1), or has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element described in regulation 29 of the 2013 Regulations(2), in respect of caring for the applicant, or

(b) in the case of an applicant who has a partner—

(i) the applicant is in receipt of attendance allowance or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the 1992 Act, the care component of child disability payment at the highest or middle rate, armed forces independence payment or the daily living component of personal independence payment,

(ii) the applicant’s partner is also in receipt of attendance allowance, the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the 1992 Act, the care component of child disability payment at the highest or middle rate, armed forces independence payment or the daily living component of personal independence payment,

(iii) subject to sub-paragraph (4), the applicant has no non-dependants aged 18 or over normally residing with the applicant or with whom the applicant normally resides,

and either a person is entitled to and in receipt of a carer’s allowance, or has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element described in regulation 29 of the 2013 Regulations, in respect of caring for only one of the couple or as the case may be, no person is entitled to and in receipt of a carer’s allowance, or has an award of universal credit which includes that carer element, in respect of caring for either member of the couple.

(3) Where an applicant has a partner who does not satisfy the condition in sub‑paragraph (2)(b)(ii), and that partner is blind or is treated as blind by virtue of paragraph 12(2), that partner is to be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii) as if the partner was not a partner of the applicant.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(ii) and (2)(b)(iii) no account is to be taken of—

(a) a person receiving attendance allowance, disability living allowance by virtue of the care component at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the 1992 Act, the care component of child disability payment at the highest or middle rate, armed forces independence payment or the daily living component of personal independence payment, or

(b) a person who is blind or is treated as blind by virtue of paragraph 12(2).

(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b) a person is to be treated—

(a) as being in receipt of attendance allowance, the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the 1992 Act, the care component of child disability payment at the highest or middle rate or the daily living component of personal independence payment if the person would, but for being a patient in hospital for a period exceeding 28 days, be in receipt of that allowance or payment,

(b) as being entitled to and in receipt of a carer’s allowance or as having an award of universal credit which includes the carer premium if the person would, but for the person being cared for being a patient in hospital for a period exceeding 28 days, be entitled to and in receipt of a carer’s allowance or would have an award of universal credit which includes the carer element described in regulation 29 of the 2013 Regulations.

(6) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii) and (2)(b), no account is to be taken of an award of carer’s allowance, or of universal credit which includes the carer premium, to the extent that payment of the award is back-dated for a period before the date on which the award is first paid.

(7) In sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii) and (b), references to a person being in receipt of a carer’s allowance or as having an award of universal credit which includes the carer premium include references to a person who would have been in receipt of that allowance or award but for the application of a restriction under section 6B or 7 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (loss of benefit provisions)(3).

(1)

Section 70 was amended by S.I. 1994/2556, S.I. 2002/1457, S.I. 2011/2426, S.I. 2013/388, S.I. 2013/796 and S.I. 2015/1754.

(2)

Regulation 29 was amended by S.I. 2015/1754 and S.I. 2017/204.

(3)

2001 c.11. Section 6B was inserted by section 24 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24) and amended by sections 113, 118 and 119, paragraph 58 of schedule 2, paragraph 16 of schedule 3, paragraph 1 of schedule 14 and paragraph 117 of schedule 24 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5) (“the 2012 Act”) and schedule 24 of the Sentencing Act 2020 (c.17). Section 7 was amended by paragraph 45 of schedule 2 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16), section 49 and paragraph 23 of schedule 3 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5), paragraph 2 of schedule 4 and paragraph 1 of schedule 7 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24), section 118, 119, paragraph 59 of schedule 2 and paragraph 1 of schedule 14 of the 2012 Act and S.I. 2011/2298.