Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Meeting date: Thursday, May 25, 2023

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Subordinate Legislation

Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Order 2023

Our next item of business is consideration of the Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Order 2023. The instrument makes amendments to the Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Consolidation and Amendment Order 2003, to update the qualifying benefits that are listed in the order. Entitlement to one or more of those qualifying benefits is one condition that is used to determine whether a resident is disregarded for the purposes of a council tax discount. The order also clarifies how the changing entitlement to disregard—because of having an award of universal credit—is to be applied to the case of a person who is currently disregarded on the basis of universal credit.

The instrument Is laid under the negative procedure, which means that its provisions will come into force unless the Parliament agrees to a motion to annul it. No motion to annul the instrument has been lodged.

As members have no comments to make on the instrument, I?invite the committee to agree that it does not wish to make any recommendations in relation to the regulations. Do members agree to note the instrument?

Members indicated agreement.