PART 10Transitional, savings and consequential provisions, and revocations

Transitional family premium98.

(1)

Where on 31 March 2022 a person is entitled to an amount by virtue of regulation 2 (transitional provision) of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016226 (“a transitional family premium”), the person is entitled to a transitional family premium under these Regulations.

(2)

The amount of a transitional family premium is—

(a)

£22.20 per week if that is the amount the applicant was entitled to on 31 March 2022, and

(b)

in all other cases, F1£19.48 per week.

(3)

A transitional family premium is to be included in determining the person’s weekly applicable amount (see regulation 35).

(4)

The person ceases to have any further entitlement to a transitional family premium under these Regulations when the person—

(a)

ceases to be a member of a family which includes at least one child or young person, or

(b)

makes a new application for council tax reduction, but for the purposes of this regulation the following are not to be regarded as a new application—

(i)

any application that relates to re-assessment of an existing award,

(ii)

any deemed application under regulation 97.