Council Tax PART 1 General Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1 April 2020. PART 2 Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uprating 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disregard of historical child abuse in care discretionary payments 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 11 The Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 are amended in accordance with regulations 12 to 15. Uprating 12 In regulation 20 (applicable amount) , omit the “and” after paragraph (b) and after paragraph (d) insert— , and e the amount of £17.60 if the applicant is entitled to an amount (“a transitional family premium”) by virtue of regulation 2 (transitional provision) of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 . . 13 In regulation 48 (non-dependant deductions) — a in paragraph 1— i in sub-paragraph (a) for “£12.55” substitute “ £12.80 ” , and ii in sub-paragraph (b) for “£4.15” substitute “ £4.25 ” , and b in paragraph 2— i in sub-paragraph (a) for “£209.00” substitute “ £213.00 ” , ii in sub-paragraph (b) for— aa “£209.00” substitute “£213.00”, bb “£363.00” substitute “£370.00”, and cc “£8.30” substitute “£8.45”, and iii in sub-paragraph (c) for— aa “£363.00” substitute “£370.00”, bb “£451.00” substitute “£458.00”, and cc “£10.50” substitute “£10.70”. 14 In schedule 1 (applicable amount) — a in the table in paragraph 2 (personal allowances)— i in entry (1)(b) for “£181.00” substitute “ £187.75 ” , ii in entry (2)(b) for “£270.60” substitute “ £280.85 ” , iii in entry (4)(a) for “£270.60” substitute “ £280.85 ” , and iv in entry (4)(b) for “£89.60” substitute “ £93.10 ” , b in the table in paragraph 3 (applicable amount for the purposes of regulation 20(b)), for “£83.63” in both places where it occurs substitute “ £85.34 ” , and c in the table in paragraph 13 (amount of disability premium)— i in entries (1)(a) and (1)(b)(i) for “£65.85” substitute “ £66.95 ” , ii in entry (1)(b)(ii) for “£131.70” substitute “ £133.90 ” , iii in entry (2) for “£26.04” substitute “ £26.60 ” , iv in entry (3) for “£64.19” substitute “ £65.52 ” , and v in entry (4) for “£36.85” substitute “ £37.50 ” . 15 In schedule 5 (amount of alternative maximum council tax reduction), in the table in paragraph 1— a in entry (b)(i) for “£205.00” substitute “ £209.00 ” , and b in entry (b)(ii)— i for “£205.00” substitute “ £209.00 ” , and ii for “£268.00” substitute “ £273.00 ” . KATE FORBES Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew's House, Edinburgh