Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012
10.—(1) Regulation 16 of the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (persons not entitled to council tax reduction: persons treated as not being in Great Britain)(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (5)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (e), omit the words from “where that leave is” to the end of that sub- paragraph,
(b)at the end of sub-paragraph (h), omit “or”,
(c)in sub-paragraph (k) for “(e)(iv)” substitute “(e)”,
(d)after sub-paragraph (k) insert—
“or
(l)a person in Great Britain who was residing in Ukraine immediately before 1 January 2022, left Ukraine in connection with the Russian invasion which took place on 24 February 2022 and—
(i)has been granted leave in accordance with the rules referred to in sub-paragraph (e), or
(ii)has a right of abode in the United Kingdom, within the meaning of section 2 of the Immigration Act 1971(2)”.
S.S.I. 2012/319, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2015/46 and S.S.I. 2021/337.
1971 c. 77. Section 2 was amended by section 39(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) and S.I. 2019/745.