PART 2Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021

General amendments5.

In regulation 16(6) (persons not entitled to council tax reduction: persons treated as not being in Great Britain)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (f)—

(i)

at the end of head (ii) omit “or”,

(ii)

after head (iii) insert—

“or

(iv)

granted under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme12,”,

(b)

at the end of sub-paragraph (i) omit “or”,

(c)

after sub-paragraph (j) insert—

“(k)

a person granted leave in accordance with the rules referred to in sub-paragraph (f), where such leave is granted by virtue of—

(i)

the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy13, or

(ii)

the previous scheme for locally-employed staff in Afghanistan (sometimes referred to as the ex-gratia scheme)14, or

(l)

a person in Great Britain not coming within sub-paragraph (f)(iv) or (k) who left Afghanistan in connection with the collapse of the Afghan government that took place on 15 August 2021.”.