Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Meeting date: Thursday, November 9, 2023
Official Report 619KB pdf
Contents
- Attendance
- Interests
- Decision on Taking Business in Private
- Subordinate Legislation
- Kinship Care
- Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill: Stage 1
Subordinate Legislation
Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No 3) Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/268)
Our next item is consideration of a Scottish statutory instrument, Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No 3) Regulations 2023. The instrument is subject to the negative procedure. The purpose of the instrument is to amend certain council tax regulations to make sure that some payments are not regarded as capital or income when calculating entitlements to council tax reduction. The payments concerned are the Grenfell tower payments, the post office compensation payments and the vaccine damage payments.
The instrument also clarifies that the capital of the person liable to pay council tax has no impact on the person’s entitlement to second adult rebate and that Irish citizens who come to Scotland from Ukraine do not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.
As members have no comments on the instrument, does the committee agree that it does not wish to make any further recommendations in relation to the instrument?
Members indicated agreement.
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Kinship Care