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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2003 No. 461
HOUSING
The Housing Grants (Assessment of Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 2003

	Made	29th September 2003
	Coming into force	1st October 2003

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART I
GENERAL

1.	Citation and commencement

2.	Interpretation

PART II
ASSESSMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS - OWNER AND TENANT OCCUPIERS
CHAPTER I:
GENERAL

3.	Applications to which Part II applies

CHAPTER II:
ASSESSMENT OF APPLICANT'S CONTRIBUTIONS

4.	Assessment of applicant's contributions

CHAPTER III:
INCOME - GENERAL

5.	Determination of income of relevant person

6.	Determination of income over the assessment period

7.	Determination of income where not reasonably possible to assess over assessment period

8.	Determination where a relevant person declines to provide income details

9.	Cases where income is disregarded

CHAPTER IV:
EMPLOYED EARNERS

10.	Earnings of employed earners

11.	Determination of net earnings of employed earners

CHAPTER V:
SELF-EMPLOYED EARNERS

12.	Earnings of self-employed earners

13.	Determination of net profit of self-employed earners

14.	Deduction of tax and contributions for self-employed earners

CHAPTER VI:
OTHER INCOME

15.	Determination of income other than earnings

16.	Sums to be disregarded in the determination of other income

17.	Notional income and joint income and capital

18.	Determination of income from capital and investments

19.	Determination of income from pensions

20.	Determination of housing benefit as income

21.	Determination of certain capital payments and receipts as income

22.	Determination of income from rent

23.	Determination of other payments as income

CHAPTER VII:
ALLOWABLE DEDUCTIONS

24.	Determination of allowable deductions

25.	Allowable deductions for mortgage or rent

26.	Allowable deductions for dependent and disabled people

27.	Circumstances where a person is to be treated as responsible for another person

PART III
ASSESSMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS - NON-OCCUPIERS AND OTHER PREMISES

28.	Interpretation

29.	Applications to which Part III applies

30.	Determination of added value

31.	Circumstances where added value deemed to be nil

32.	Calculation of applicant's contribution

33.	Reduction of applicant's contribution

34.	Applicant's contribution not to be less than added value

PART IV
ASSESSMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS - OTHERS

35.	Assessment of contributions where application falls outwith Part II and Part III

PART V
APPLICATION

36.	Application of Regulations

SCHEDULES

1.

Assessment of applicant's contributions

2.

Sums to be disregarded in the determination of income other than earnings

The Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by section 240A of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987[1] and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 240A(3) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament:

PART I
GENERAL
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Grants (Assessment of Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st October 2003.

Interpretation
2. - (1) In these Regulations-

"the Act" means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987;

"the 1992 Act" means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[

2

"allowable deductions" means the deductions and allowances specified in Chapter VII of Part II;

"application" means, as the case may be, an application for improvement grant, an application for repairs grant or an application for grant for a means of escape from fire in a house in multiple occupation, all under Part XIII of the Act;

"assessment period" means the period of 52 weeks which ends immediately before the date of the application;

"attendance allowance" means-

3

4

"charitable body" means any body-

5

(b) which is-

6

"child benefit" means child benefit under Part IX of the 1992 Act;

7

8

"disability living allowance" means a disability living allowance under section 71 of the 1992 Act;

9

"employed earner" shall be construed in accordance with section 2(1)(a) of the 1992 Act and also includes a person who is in receipt of a payment which is payable under any enactment having effect in Northern Ireland and which corresponds to statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay;

10

"the Fund" means moneys made available from time to time by the Secretary of State for the benefit of persons eligible for payment in accordance with the provisions of a scheme established by him in Scotland on 10th April 1992 or in England and Wales on 24th April 1992;

"housing benefit" means housing benefit under Part VII of the 1992 Act;

"incapacity benefit" means long-term incapacity benefit or short-term incapacity benefit under Part II of the 1992 Act;

11

"income support" means income support under Part VII of the 1992 Act;

"the Independent Living (Extension) Fund" means the trust of that name established by a deed dated 25th February 1993 and made between the Secretary of State for Social Security of the one part and Robin Glover Wendt and John Fletcher Shepherd of the other part;

"the Independent Living Fund" means the charitable trust established out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing financial assistance to those persons incapacitated by or otherwise suffering from very severe disablement who are in need of such assistance to enable them to live independently;

"the Independent Living (1993) Fund" means the trust of that name established by a deed dated 25th February 1993 and made between the Secretary of State for Social Security of the one part and Robin Glover Wendt and John Fletcher Shepherd of the other part;

"the Independent Living Funds" means the Independent Living (Extension) Fund, the Independent Living Fund or the Independent Living (1993) Fund;

12

"liferenter" means any liferenter or joint liferenter of the house to which an application relates;

13

14

"the MacFarlane Trust" means the charitable trust, established partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State to the Haemophilia Society, for the relief of poverty or distress among those suffering from haemophilia;

"the MacFarlane (Special Payments) Trust" means the trust of that name, established on 29th January 1990, partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from haemophilia;

"the MacFarlane (Special Payments) (No. 2) Trust" means the trust of that name, established on 3rd May 1991, partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from haemophilia and other beneficiaries;

"the MacFarlane Trusts" means the MacFarlane Trust, the MacFarlane (Special Payments) Trust and the MacFarlane (Special Payments) (No. 2) Trust;

15

16

17

"occupational pension" means any pension or other periodical payment under an occupational pension scheme but does not include any discretionary payment out of a fund established for relieving hardship in particular cases;

18

"owner" means any owner or joint owner of the house to which an application relates;

"payment" includes part of a payment;

19

"polygamous marriage" means any marriage during the subsistence of which a party to it is married to more than one person and the ceremony of marriage took place under the law of a country which permits polygamy;

"relevant person" has the meaning given by regulation 4;

"rental income" means any income received (less any allowances which are deductable for income tax purposes) in return for allowing a person to occupy any property owned by the relevant person;

"retirement annuity contract" means a contract or trust scheme approved under Chapter III of Part XIV of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;

"retirement pension" means a category A, B, C or D pension payable in terms of sections 44 to 46, 48A to 51 and 78 of the 1992 Act;

"self-employed earner" shall be construed in accordance with section 2(1)(b) of the 1992 Act;

20

"statutory maternity pay" means statutory maternity pay under Part XII of the 1992 Act;

"statutory sick pay" means statutory sick pay under Part XI of the 1992 Act;

"tenant" means any tenant or joint tenant of the house to which an application relates;

"voluntary organisation" means a body other than a public or local authority, the activities of which are carried out otherwise than for profit;

"war disablement pension" has the meaning given in section 150(2) of the 1992 Act.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

PART II
ASSESSMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS - OWNER AND TENANT OCCUPIERS

CHAPTER I:
GENERAL
Applications to which Part II applies
3. The classes of application to which this Part of these Regulations apply are-

(b) the application by a tenant in terms of section 236A of the Act where paragraph (d) or (e) does not apply and-

(c) the application by a liferenter where paragraph (d) or (e) does not apply and that liferenter is responsible for the works detailed in the application;

(d) the application by a disabled occupant in respect of works to which section 236(2)(a)(ii) of the Act applies and where paragraph (e) does not apply;

(e) the application which relates to improvement works to which section 236(2)(a)(ii) of the Act applies where-

CHAPTER II:
ASSESSMENT OF APPLICANT'S CONTRIBUTIONS
Assessment of applicant's contributions
4. - (1) The amount to be treated as the applicant's contribution for the purposes of an application as mentioned in regulation 3 shall be assessed by-

(2) For the purposes of this regulation "total applicable income" means the sum of the incomes of all relevant persons over the assessment period reduced by the sum of any allowable deductions in respect of those relevant persons.

(3) The relevant persons are-

(4) For the purpose of paragraph (3)(b) and (c) a spouse shall be treated as not living with or intending to live with the applicant or joint owner, joint tenant or joint liferenter of the applicant where that spouse is living away from the applicant or joint owner, joint tenant or joint liferenter, and does not intend to resume living with the applicant or joint owner, joint tenant or joint liferenter.

CHAPTER III:
INCOME - GENERAL
Determination of income of relevant person
5. The income of a relevant person shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions of this Chapter and Chapters IV to VI.

Determination of income over the assessment period
6. The income of each relevant person shall be determined by aggregating income over the assessment period from-

Determination of income where not reasonably possible to assess over assessment period
7. Where it is not reasonably possible to ascertain the relevant person's income (in a case to which regulation 8 does not apply), over the relevant assessment period, the local authority may determine an amount based on-

(a) income calculated in accordance with Chapters IV, V and VI of this Part by reference to income in any complete year within the three year period immediately preceding the date of application; or

(b) actual income for any shorter period of time within the relevant assessment period and multiplied by an appropriate factor to produce an equivalent amount for a 52 week period,

and the amount so determined shall be treated as the relevant person's income for the purpose of these Regulations.

Determination where a relevant person declines to provide income details
8. Where in relation to any application a relevant person declines to provide details of income or provides insufficient details to enable total applicable income to be assessed, the applicant's contribution in that case shall be deemed to be the full amount of approved expense.

Cases where income is disregarded
9. Any income of a relevant person shall be disregarded, if at the date of an application that person is in receipt of-

(a) income support;

(b) income based jobseeker's allowance; or

(c) guarantee credit.

CHAPTER IV:
EMPLOYED EARNERS
Earnings of employed earners
10. - (1) Subject to paragraph (2), "earnings" means in the case of employment as an employed earner, the gross remuneration or profit from that employment and includes-

(a) any bonus or commission;

(b) any payment in lieu of remuneration except any periodic sum paid to a relevant person on account of the termination of that relevant person's employment by reason of redundancy;

(c) any payment in lieu of notice or any lump sum payment intended as compensation for the loss of employment but only to the extent that it represents loss of income;

(d) any holiday pay except any payable more than 4 weeks after termination or interruption of the employment;

(e) any payment by way of a retainer;

(f) any payment made by the relevant person's employer in respect of expenses not wholly, exclusively and necessarily incurred in the performance of the duties of the employment, including any payment made by the employer in respect of-

(g) any award of compensation made under section 112(1) and (4) or 117(3)(a) of the Employment Rights Act 1996[21] (remedies and compensation for unfair dismissal);

(h) any such sum as is referred to in section 112(3) of the 1992 Act (certain sums to be earnings for social security purposes);

(i) any statutory sick pay under Part XI of the 1992 Act or statutory maternity pay under Part XII of that Act, or a corresponding payment under any enactment having effect in Northern Ireland;

(j) any remuneration paid by or on behalf of an employer to the relevant person who for the time being is on maternity leave or is absent from work because that relevant person is ill.

(2) Earnings shall not include-

Determination of net earnings of employed earners
11. The net earnings of a relevant person derived from employment as an employed earner shall, for the purposes of regulation 6, be determined by taking into account the earnings of the relevant person from that employment over the assessment period, less-

(a) any amount deducted from those earnings by way of-

(b) one-half of any sum paid by the relevant person by way of a contribution towards an occupational pension scheme; and

(c) one-half of any sum payable as a contribution towards a personal pension scheme paid by the relevant person.

CHAPTER V:
SELF-EMPLOYED EARNERS
Earnings of self employed earners
     12. "Earnings" means, in the case of employment as a self employed earner, the gross income of that employment and includes any allowance paid under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973[22] or section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990[23] to the relevant person for the purposes of assisting that person in carrying on that business.

Determination of net profit of self-employed earners
     13. - (1) The net earnings of a relevant person derived from profit as a self employed earner shall, for the purposes of regulation 6, be determined in accordance with the following paragraphs (2) to (10).

    (2) In the case of a self employed earner who is engaged in employment on that self-employed earner's own account, the net profit derived from that employment.

    (3) In the case of a self employed earner whose employment is carried on in partnership or is that of a share fisherman within the meaning of the Social Security (Mariners' Benefits) Regulations 1975[24], his share of the net profit derived from that employment, less an amount in respect of income tax and of social security contributions payable under the 1992 Act determined in accordance with regulation 14.

    (4) For the purposes of paragraph (2) the net profit of the employment shall, except where paragraph (9) applies, be determined by taking into account the earnings of the employment over the assessment period less-

determined in accordance with regulation 14; and

(c) one-half of any sum payable in respect of a retirement annuity contract or a personal pension scheme paid by the relevant person.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (2) the net profit of the employment shall be determined by taking into account the earnings of the employment over the assessment period less, subject to paragraphs (6) to (8), any expenses wholly and exclusively incurred in that period for the purposes of that employment.

(6) Subject to paragraph (7), no deduction shall be made under paragraph (4)(a) or (5), in respect of-

(7) A deduction shall be made under paragraph (4)(a) or (5) in respect of

(b) the excess of any value added tax paid by the relevant person in respect of taxable supplies made to that relevant person, over any such tax received by that relevant person in respect of taxable supplies made by that relevant person, calculated with reference to the assessment period;

(c) any income expended in the repair of an existing business asset except to the extent that any sum is payable under an insurance policy for its repair; and

(d) any payment of interest on a loan taken out for the purposes of the employment.

(8) No deduction shall be made in respect of any expenses under paragraph (4)(a) or (5) where, given the nature and the amount of the expense, it has been unreasonably incurred.

(9) Where a relevant person is engaged in employment as a child minder the net profit of the employment shall be determined by taking into account one third of the earnings of that employment over the assessment period, less-

determined in accordance with regulation 14; and

(b) one-half of any sum payable as a contribution in respect of a retirement annuity contract or a personal pension scheme paid by the relevant person.

    (10) For the avoidance of doubt, where a relevant person is engaged in employment as a self employed earner and that relevant person is also engaged in one or more other employments as a self employed earner or employed earner any loss incurred in any one of that relevant person's employments shall not be offset against earnings in any other of that relevant person's employments.

Deduction of tax and contributions for self-employed earners
     14. - (1) The amount to be deducted in respect of income tax under regulation 13(3), (4) or (9) shall be determined on the basis of the amount of chargeable income and as if that income were assessable to income tax at the lower rate or, as the case may be, the lower rate and the basic rate or the basic rate and higher rate of tax in the year of assessment in which the application was made less only the personal relief to which the relevant person is entitled under sections 257(1), (6) and (7) and 259(1)(a) and (2) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988[25] as is appropriate to that relevant person's circumstances; but, if the assessment period is less than a year, the earnings to which the lower rate and, if appropriate, the basic rate and the higher rate of tax is to be applied and the amount of the personal relief deductible under this paragraph shall be calculated on a pro rata basis.

    (2) The amount to be deducted in respect of social security contributions under regulation 13(3), (4) or (9) shall be the total of-

(3) In this regulation "chargeable income" means-

CHAPTER VI:
OTHER INCOME
Determination of income other than earnings
     15. Income other than earnings shall, for the purpose of regulation 6, be determined in accordance with this Chapter.

Sums to be disregarded in the determination of other income
     16. - (1) The income of a relevant person shall include income under this Chapter but any amount paid by way of tax on income shall be disregarded.

    (2) There shall be disregarded from the determination of a relevant person's income under this Chapter any sum, where applicable, specified in Schedule 2.

    (3) Where the payment of any benefit under the 1992 Act is subject to any deduction by way of recovery, the amount to be taken into account under paragraph (1) shall be the gross amount payable.

Notional income and joint income and capital
     17. - (1) A relevant person shall be treated as possessing income as determined in accordance with Chapters III, IV, V and this Chapter of which that relevant person has deprived themself for the purpose of increasing the amount of grant.

    (2) A relevant person shall be treated as possessing income as determined in accordance with Chapters III, IV, V and this Chapter which that relevant person could reasonably have expected to receive during the period of assessment but which that relevant person has not received.

    (3) Where a relevant person and one or more persons are entitled to benefit from any income under this Chapter they should be treated for the purpose of determining income as if each of them were entitled to an equal share of the payment.

Determination of income from capital and investments
     18. - (1) Any investment income from capital and investments shall, for the purposes of regulation 6 and this regulation, be taken into account as income of a relevant person and includes income from-

(2) Any investment income from capital and investments shall, for the purposes of regulation 6 and this regulation, exclude-

Determination of income from pensions
19. Any income from pensions other than retirement pension shall, for the purposes of regulation 6 and this regulation, be taken into account as income of a relevant person and includes income from-

(a) any additional pension under section 45 of the 1992 Act;

(b) an occupational pension;

(c) a personal pension scheme; and

(d) a retirement annuity contract.

Determination of housing benefit as income
     20. Where a relevant person is in receipt of housing benefit, that benefit shall, for the purposes of regulation 6 and this regulation, be taken into account as income of the relevant person.

Determination of certain capital payments and receipts as income
     21. - (1) Subject to paragraph (2), all capital payments received by a relevant person in the 3 years immediately preceding the date of application shall, for the purposes of regulation 6 and this regulation, be determined as income in the assessment period to the extent that they consist of any payment made for the purpose of enabling the works to which the application relates to be carried out.

    (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in respect of any capital payments which are repayable by that relevant person.

Determination of income from rent
     22. - (1) Any rental income of a relevant person shall, for the purposes of regulation 6, be taken into account as income of that relevant person.

    (2) Such income shall be assessed as income of a relevant person whether or not the property in respect of which the rental income is received is the same property to which the application relates.

Determination of other payments as income
     23. Any periodic payments to a relevant person shall, for the purpose of regulation 6 and this regulation, be taken into account as income of that relevant person where a payment consists of-

(a) any payment made for the maintenance of a relevant person or a person for whom a relevant person is responsible in terms of regulation 27 by a spouse, former spouse or any other person;

(b) any payment of income, other than a payment of income made under any of the MacFarlane Trusts, the Independent Living Funds or the Fund, made-

(c) any payment received under an annuity other than a retirement annuity contract;

(d) any payment payable under a private health or critical illness policy of insurance for future disability.

CHAPTER VII:
ALLOWABLE DEDUCTIONS
Determination of allowable deductions
24. Allowable deductions for the purposes of regulation 4(2) shall be determined in accordance with this Chapter.

Allowable deductions for mortgage or rent
25. - (1) Subject to paragraph (3) rental payments made by the relevant person for the purpose of allowing-

to occupy any property as that person's or, as the case may be, that member's main or only residence shall be allowable deductions.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) rental payment excludes any payment in relation to council tax or water charges but includes any payment in relation to any standard security over the property granted-

(3) For the purposes of the case referred to in paragraph (1)(b), the payment is a rental payment only where the relevant person is contractually obliged to make that payment.

Allowable deductions for dependent persons and disabled people
26. - (1) The allowances specified in this regulation shall be allowable deductions and are as follows-

(a)

(b) where a relevant person has no spouse, an allowance of �35 for each week of the assessment period where that relevant person is in receipt of-

(c) where a relevant person has no spouse, an allowance of �35 for each week of the assessment period where that relevant person is not in receipt of any benefits specified in paragraph (1)(b) but that relevant person-

(d) where paragraph (1)(e) does not apply, where a relevant person has a spouse but would otherwise qualify for an allowance under paragraphs (1)(b) or (c), an allowance of �50 for each week of the assessment period;

(e) in a case where the spouse of the relevant person as described in paragraph (1)(d) is also in receipt of any of the benefits mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) or falls within the categories specified in paragraph (1)(c)(i) or (ii) an allowance of �25 for each week of the assessment period.

(2) Where more than one relevant person is responsible for another person in terms of regulation 27 then the allowances provided for at paragraph (1)(a)(i) or (ii) shall be applied only once in respect of each such other person for whom those relevant persons are responsible.

Circumstances where a person is to be treated as responsible for another person
27. - (1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation a person shall be treated as responsible for another person who is normally living with that person who is-

(a) below the age of sixteen; or

(b) aged sixteen or above but below the age of 21 and in a full time course of education; or

(c) aged 21 if aged 20 at the beginning of the academic year of the full time course of education in which the person is engaged.

(2) A person shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph (1) as normally living with-

(a) the person who is receiving child benefit in respect of that person;

(b) if there is no such person and where only one claim for child benefit has been made in respect of that person, the person who made that claim;

(c) the person whose means could have been taken into account for the purposes of determining a student loan in respect of that person provided under the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 1999[

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(3) In this regulation "full-time course of education" means a course of education requiring attendance for 24 weeks or more during any period of one year-

involving more than 16 hours per week of programmed learning, which may consist of any combination of-

PART III
ASSESSMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS - NON-OCCUPIERS AND OTHER PREMISES
Interpretation
28. In this Part of these Regulations-

"actual value" means the value of the house on the date of the application;

"added value" means, subject to regulation 31, the difference between the actual value of the house and the assumed value of the house;

"assumed value" means the value of the house determined on the assumption that the works have already been satisfactorily carried out at the date of the application;

"house" in relation to an application referred to in regulation 29(b), has the meaning assigned by section 108(8) of the Act;

"refurbishment scheme" means a scheme where a single contract is to be let to undertake a similar programme of improvement or repair works to 3 or more houses and the works are not works to which regulation 33(d) applies or repair work carried out by a local authority under section 108(3) of the Act;

"value" in relation to actual value and assumed value, shall be determined by reference to the price which could be expected to be obtained for the house were it to be available for sale on the open market with vacant possession.

Applications to which Part III applies
29. The classes of application to which this Part applies are-

(a) an application by the owner where the owner, or any member of the owner's family, does not occupy or intend to occupy the house as that person's main or only residence; or

(b) an application which relates to other premises (within the meaning of section 108(8)(b) of the Act) other than a house and which relates to a repairs notice that has been served in terms of that section.

Determination of added value
30. The added value shall be determined by a qualified valuer nominated by the local authority by which the application is received.

Circumstances where added value deemed to be nil
31. The added value shall be deemed to be nil where the applicant is-

(a) a registered social landlord in terms of section 57 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001[

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Calculation of applicant's contribution
     32. Subject to regulation 33, an applicant's contribution shall be the added value plus 80% of the amount by which the approved expense exceeds the added value.

Reduction of applicant's contribution
     33. - (1) Subject to regulation 34, the applicant's contribution shall be reduced by 20% of the amount by which the approved expense exceeds the added value for each qualifying condition which applies.

    (2) The qualifying conditions are-

(a) that the works to which the application relates are required-

(b) that the works to the house to which the application relates will bring the house up to the tolerable standard in terms of section 86 of the Act;

(c) that the works to which the application relates are part of a refurbishment scheme;

(d) that the works to which the application relates are to make improvements or carry out repairs in respect of a building which comprises either two or more separate houses, or a house or houses and other separate premises where-

(e) that the works to which the application relates shall-

(i) increase substantially the extent to which any disabled person can independently enter and move around the house and operate all fittings, services and controls; and

(ii) exceed the requirements of the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990[

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(f) that the applicant is-

Applicant's contribution not to be less than added value
34. In no circumstances shall the applicant's contribution be less than the added value.

PART IV
ASSESSMENT OF CONTRIBUTION- OTHERS
Assessment of contributions where application falls outwith Part II and Part III
35. In the case of any application to which neither Part II nor Part III applies, the amount to be treated as the applicant's contribution shall be assessed as an amount equal to the approved expense.

PART V
APPLICATION
Application of Regulations
36. These Regulations shall not have effect in relation to applications for grant approved before these Regulations came into force.

MARY MULLIGAN
Authorised to sign on behalf of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
29th September 2003

SCHEDULE 1Regulation 4

ASSESSMENT OF APPLICANT'S CONTRIBUTIONS

Column 1		Column 2
Range of income		Percentage figure
From	To
�0	�9.99	0
�10	�242.99	1
�243	�475.99	2
�476	�708.99	3
�709	�941.99	4
�942	�1,174.99	5
�1,175	�1,407.99	6
�1,408	�1,640.99	7
�1,641	�1,873.99	8
�1,874	�2,106.99	9
�2,107	�2,339.99	10
�2,340	�2,572.99	11
�2,573	�2,805.99	12
�2,806	�3,038.99	13
�3,039	�3,271.99	14
�3,272	�3,504.99	15
�3,505	�3,737.99	16
�3,738	�3,970.99	17
�3,971	�4,203.99	18
�4,204	�4,436.99	19
�4,437	�4,669.99	20
�4,670	�4,902.99	21
�4,903	�5,135.99	22
�5,136	�5,368.99	23
�5,369	�5,601.99	24
�5,602	�5,834.99	25
�5,835	�6,067.99	26
�6,068	�6,300.99	27
�6,301	�6,533.99	28
�6,534	�6,766.99	29
�6,767	�6,999.99	30
�7,000	�7,299.99	31
�7,300	�7,599.99	32
�7,600	�7,899.99	33
�7,900	�8,199.99	34
�8,200	�8,499.99	35
�8,500	�8,799.99	36
�8,800	�9,099.99	37
�9,100	�9,399.99	38
�9,400	�9,699.99	39
�9,700	�9,999.99	40
�10,000	�10,299.99	41
�10,300	�10,599.99	42
�10,600	�10,899.99	43
�10,900	�11,199.99	44
�11,200	�11,499.99	45
�11,500	�11,799.99	46
�11,800	�12,099.99	47
�12,100	�12,399.99	48
�12,400	�12,699.99	49
�12,700	�12,999.99	50
�13,000	�13,299.99	51
�13,300	�13,599.99	52
�13,600	�13,899.99	53
�13,900	�14,199.99	54
�14,200	�14,499.99	55
�14,500	�14,799.99	56
�14,800	�15,099.99	57
�15,100	�15,399.99	58
�15,400	�15,699.99	59
�15,700	�15,999.99	60
�16,000	�16,299.99	61
�16,300	�16,599.99	62
�16,600	�16,899.99	63
�16,900	�17,199.99	64
�17,200	�17,499.99	65
�17,500	�17,799.99	66
�17,800	�18,099.99	67
�18,100	�18,399.99	68
�18,400	�18,699.99	69
�18,700	�18,999.99	70
�19,000	�19,499.99	71
�19,500	�19,999.99	72
�20,000	�20,499.99	73
�20,500	�20,999.99	74
�21,000	�21,499.99	75
�21,500	�21,999.99	76
�22,000	�22,499.99	77
�22,500	�22,999.99	78
�23,000	�23,499.99	79
�23,500	�23,999.99	80
�24,000	�24,799.99	81
�24,800	�25,599.99	82
�25,600	�26,399.99	83
�26,400	�27,199.99	84
�27,200	�27,999.99	85
�28,000	�28,799.99	86
�28,800	�29,599.99	87
�29,600	�30,399.99	88
�30,400	�31,199.99	89
�31,200	�31,999.99	90
�32,000	upwards	100