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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/249/schedule/4/paragraph/33</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">COUNCIL TAX</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-05-07</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-04-01</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>These Regulations make provision for a reduction in liability to council tax (“council tax reduction”) from 1 April 2022 for a person who has not reached pensionable age, or who has reached that age where they or their partner are in receipt of specified social security benefits (see regulation 3). Provision relating to council tax reduction for other persons who have reached pensionable age was made by the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012.</dc:description>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/35" id="c00836" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1990" Number="0035">1990 c.35</Citation>. Section 2 was relevantly amended by section 47 of, and paragraph 1 of schedule 10 of, the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/19" id="c00837" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1993" Number="0019">1993 (c.19)</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>Section 2 was substituted by section 25 of the Employment Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/19" id="c00838" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1988" Number="0019">1988 (c.19)</Citation> and amended by Part 1 of schedule 7 of the Employment Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/38" id="c00839" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1989" Number="0038">1989 (c.38)</Citation> and section 47(1) of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/19" id="c00840" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1993" Number="0019">1993 (c.19)</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>Section 17A was repealed by paragraph 1 of schedule 14(4) of the 2012 Act subject to savings provisions in article 7 of <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/983" id="c00841" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2013" Number="0983">S.I. 2013/983</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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