The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2017 No. 326

PART 3 Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012

Amendments relating to changes in employment and support allowance

15.  In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—

(a) in the definition of “main phase employment and support allowance” after “Welfare Reform Act 2007” insert “or the applicant is a member of the work-related activity group” ; and

(b) after the definition of “member of a couple” insert—

““member of the work-related activity group” means a person who has or is treated as having limited capability for work under either—

(a)

Part 5 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 other than by virtue of regulation 30 of those Regulations; or

(b)

Part 4 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013 other than by virtue of regulation 26 of those Regulations;”.