The Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012

Time limit for making an application

62.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an application for council tax reduction must be made within 3 months of the date when the applicant fulfils the conditions of entitlement to council tax reduction in regulation 14 other than the condition in regulation 14(3)(c) (submission of an application).

(2) In a case where regulation 65(1)(a) (date on which an application is made) applies, paragraph (1) does not entitle an applicant to apply for council tax reduction in respect of any day earlier than 3 months before the date on which the claim for state pension credit is made (or treated as made by virtue of any provision of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987(1)).

(1)

S.I. 1987/1968 as amended by section 12 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c.19) and S.I. 1988/522 and 664, 1725, 1989/136, 1642 and 1686, 1990/725, 1871 and 2208, 1991/387, 2284 and 2741, 1992/247, 1026, 2595, 3002 and 3147, 1993/478, 495, 1113 and 2113, 1994/2319, 2943, 2944 and 3196, 1995/1613, 2303, 2927 and 3055, 1996/425, 481, 672, 1436, 1460, 1803, 2306, 2344, 2431, 2988 and 3195, 1997/792, 793, 827, 2290, 2305 and 3034, 1998/1174, 1381 and 3039, 1999/1510, 2358, 2422, 2431, 2556, 2566, 2572, 3108 and 3178, 2000/636, 897, 1366, 1483, 1596, 1926, 1982 and 2978, 2001/18, 488, 518, 567, 892 and 3120, 2002/355, 398, 428, 1397, 1696, 1703, 1789, 1950, 2441, 2469, 2497, 2660, 3019 and 3197, 2003/455, 470, 1050, 1589, 1632, 2274, 2325, 2800 and 3209, 2004/576, 696, 959, 1821, 2283, 2327 and 2825, 2005/34, 337, 455, 777, 1551, 2154, 2677, 2687, 2877, 2878, 3078 and 3321, 2006/217, 551, 832, 2377, 2378 and 3188, 2007/541, 775, 1331, 1866, 2470, 2870, 2911 and 3183, 2008/441, 667, 698, 1554, 1599, 2424, 2667, 2683, 2767, 2831 and 2839, 2009/583, 604, 607, 1488, 1490, 2655 and 3229, 2010/444, 510, 641, 671, 796, 826, 840, 870, 986, 1676, 1794, 1907, 2429 and 2760, 2011/100, 674, 679, 830, 1498, 1554, 2425, 2426 and 2943 and 2012/641, 644, 700, 702, 757, 819 and 824.