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The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

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1.  In this schedule—

basic rate” means the rate of income tax of that name determined in accordance with section 6(2) of the Income Tax Act 2007(1),

board and lodging accommodation” means—

(a)

accommodation provided to a person or, if they are a member of a family, to them or any other member of their family, for a charge which includes the provision of that accommodation and at least some cooked or prepared meals (which are provided by a person other than the person to whom the accommodation is provided or a member of their family) and are consumed in that accommodation, or

(b)

accommodation provided to a person in a hotel, guest house, lodging house or some similar establishment,

except accommodation provided by a close relative of theirs or of any other member of their family, or other than on a commercial basis,

close relative” means a parent, parent-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, step-parent, step-son, step-daughter, brother, sister, or if any of the preceding persons is one member of a couple, the other member of that couple,

dwelling occupied as the home” means the dwelling together with any garage, garden and outbuildings, normally occupied by the individual as their home including any premises not so occupied which it is impracticable or unreasonable to sell separately, in particular, in Scotland, any croft land on which the dwelling is situated,

employed earner” means a person who is in gainful employment in Great Britain under a contract of service, or in an office (including elective office) with emoluments chargeable to income tax under schedule E of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 and includes—

(a)

a person in any employment which would be such employment if it were in Great Britain, and

(b)

a person in any such employment which, in accordance with the provisions of the 1992 Act and of any regulations made under it, is to be disregarded in relation to liability for contributions,

employment” includes any trade, business, profession, office or vocation,

individual” means any person making an application for Carer Support Payment or transferring from Carer’s Allowance to Carer Support Payment under these Regulations,

maximum weekly amount” means the maximum weekly amount which, on the date on which the payment of compensation is made, is specified in section 227(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996(2),

occupational pension scheme” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993(3),

pay period” means the period in respect of which an individual is, or expects to be, normally paid by their employer, being a week, a fortnight, 4 weeks, a calendar month, or such other period as the case may be,

personal pension scheme” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and, in the case of a self-employed earner, includes a scheme approved by the Inland Revenue under Chapter IV of Part XIV of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988,

relevant earnings limit” means the earnings limit set out in regulation 14 of these Regulations,

retirement annuity contract” means a contract or trust scheme approved under Chapter III of Part XIV of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988,

Scottish basic rate” means the rate of income tax of that name calculated in accordance with section 6A of the Income Tax Act 2007(4),

Scottish taxpayer” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 4A of the Scotland Act 1998(5),

self-employed earner” means a person who is in gainful employment in Great Britain otherwise than as an employed earner and includes a person in any—

(a)

employment which would be such employment if it were in Great Britain, and

(b)

such employment which, in accordance with the provisions of the 1992 Act and of any regulations made under it, is to be disregarded in relation to liability for contributions, and

year of assessment” means, with reference to any income tax, the year for which such tax was granted by any enactment granting income tax.

(1)

2007 c. 3, relevantly amended by section 5 of the Finance Act 2008 (c. 9) and schedule 2 of the Finance Act 2009 (c. 10).

(2)

1996 c. 18. Section 227 was amended by schedule 9 of the Employment Relations Act (c. 26), schedule 7 of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22), schedule 1 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22) and S.I. 2023/318.

(3)

1993 c. 48. Section 1 was amended by section 239 of the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), schedule 27 of the Finance Act 2007 (c. 11) and S.I. 2019/192.

(4)

2007 c. 3. Section 6A was inserted by schedule 38 of the Finance Act 2014 (c. 26).

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