Re: Severe Mental Impairment - Liable Person
Well I have spent the evening scouring various acts, regulations and statutory instruments and can't locate the appropriate document.( I trust this wasn't just an exercise!!)
I think it is probably somewhere in the old Housing Benefit Regs, and just transferred over by reference to its number!
In other words virtually untraceable.
Going back to the Scottish Gov pamphlet http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Governmen...tax/leaflets/0
it seems to me clear that in the scenario you posted there is no liability for council tax in any event.
Example D
Two brothers live together and are both severely mentally impaired. They are co-owners of their home. The property will be exempt and there will be no council tax bill.
AND
Assuming the carer qualifies they " will not be counted towards the number of adults in the household"
However that leaflet was published 2003, and updated by http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00472023.pdf in 2015
Have you tried obtaining the info from:
Council Tax Enquiries
The Scottish Executive
Area 3-J
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
Well I have spent the evening scouring various acts, regulations and statutory instruments and can't locate the appropriate document.( I trust this wasn't just an exercise!!)
I think it is probably somewhere in the old Housing Benefit Regs, and just transferred over by reference to its number!
In other words virtually untraceable.
Going back to the Scottish Gov pamphlet http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Governmen...tax/leaflets/0
it seems to me clear that in the scenario you posted there is no liability for council tax in any event.
Example D
Two brothers live together and are both severely mentally impaired. They are co-owners of their home. The property will be exempt and there will be no council tax bill.
AND
Assuming the carer qualifies they " will not be counted towards the number of adults in the household"
However that leaflet was published 2003, and updated by http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00472023.pdf in 2015
Have you tried obtaining the info from:
Council Tax Enquiries
The Scottish Executive
Area 3-J
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
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