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(1)A person is subject to a charging authority’s personal community charge on any day if—
(a)he is an individual who is aged 18 or over on the day,
(b)he has his sole or main residence in the area of the authority at any time on the day, and
(c)he is not an exempt individual on the day.
(2)Schedule 1 below shall have effect to determine whether a person is for the purposes of this section an exempt individual on a particular day.
(3)In deciding whether a person has his sole or main residence in an area, the fact that he does not live in a building is irrelevant.
(4)If a person’s sole or main residence at a particular time consists of premises, and the premises are situated in the areas of two or more authorities, he shall be treated as having his sole or main residence in the area in which the greater or greatest part of the premises is situated.
(5)A person undertaking a full-time course of education and resident in England and Wales for the purpose of undertaking the course shall be treated as having his sole or main residence, on each day of the course, in the place where he is resident for the purpose of undertaking the course.
(6)A person detained in legal custody (other than an individual for the time being exempt) is not to be treated as having his sole or main residence in the place where he is detained.
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