Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992

Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987

85The [1987 c. 47.] Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 shall be amended as follows.

86In subsection (7) of section 9 (reduced liability for personal community charge) for the words “the Social Security Act 1986” there shall be substituted the words “Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992”.

87At the end of section 20B(2)(a) (regulations regarding use of social security information) there shall be added the words “the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or the Social Security Administration Act 1992”.

88In paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1A (exemption of the severely mentally impaired from personal community charge)—

(a)for paragraphs (a), (b), (d) and (e) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

• “(a)he is entitled to an invalidity pension under section 33, 40 or 41 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

  (b)he is entitled to a severe disablement allowance under section 68 of that Act;

  (e)he is entitled to unemployability supplement under Part I of Schedule 7 to that Act;”; and

(b)for paragraphs (g) and (h), there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

• “(g)he is entitled to an attendance allowance under section 64 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

  (h)he is entitled to an increase of the weekly rate of his disablement pension under section 104 of that Act;”.

89In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1A (exemption of children from personal community charge) for the words “Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “Schedule 9 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992”.

90In paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 (payment of community charges)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (7) for the words “or community charge benefit in pursuance of Part II of the Social Security Act 1986” there shall be substituted the words “in pursuance of the Social Security Act 1986 or community charge benefit in pursuance of Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992”; and

(b)in sub-paragraph (12) for the words “section 20(11) of the Social Security Act 1986” there shall be substituted the words “section 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992”.

91In paragraph 5 of that Schedule in each of sub-paragraphs (1) and (7)(c) for the words “or community charge benefit in pursuance of Part II of the Social Security Act 1986” there shall be substituted the words “in pursuance of the Social Security Act 1986 or community charge benefit in pursuance of Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992”.

92In paragraph 7A(1) of that Schedule for the words “the Social Security Act 1986” there shall be substituted the words “Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992”.