COUNCIL TAX DISCOUNT APPLICATION - STUDENT

Your Name: *

Daytime contact telephone number:

E-mail: *

Address of property for which you wish to claim council tax exemption: *

Postcode: *

Council Tax Reference Number (if known):

The Council Tax due on a property may be discounted to reflect the personal circumstances of the adult residents. Such a reduction will apply where less than two adults are resident in the property. For the purpose of the reduction adults who meet the undernoted qualifying conditions shall be disregarded when counting the number of adults resident in the house.

If you want to apply for discount please provide the information requested overleaf, sign the declaration and return the form to the address shown below.

QUALIFYING CONDITIONS: STUDENT

A person taking a specified course of education at a UK university or further education establishment which lasts for at least 24 weeks within each academic year and where the period of study consists of an average of at least 21 hours per week.
A person, aged under 20, taking a specified course of education at an educational establishment where the period of study exceeds, on average, 12 hours per week and the course taken is not as a consequence of an office or employment held, nor arranged under any of the youth training schemes.
A person registered with the Central Bureau for Education Visits and Exchanges and working as a foreign language assistant at a school or other educational institution in Great Britain.

SECTION 1 - TO BE COMPLETED BY A LIABLE PERSON

I apply for discount on the basis that

Name: *

Date of Birth: *

meets the qualifying conditions noted above in

Paragraph number: *

The number of adults (including the above named) usually resident in the house is: *

SECTION 2 - EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT DETAILS

Name of educational establishment: *

Address of educational establishment: *

Certificate/Qualification: *

Course Name: *

Course Start Date: *

Course End Date:

Length of course within academic year: months

Average attendance per week: hours

Please supply a letter on headed paper from your educational establishment confirming the above details are correct. The application will not be accepted unless a letter is supplied.

DECLARATION

I declare that the information on this form is true and complete and I authorise Argyll & Bute Council to verify the details.

I will notify within 21 days any change in circumstances which may affect my liability e.g. discount status no longer applies to the person named in Section 1, or the number of adults in the house increases.

I understand that failure to provide this information is an offence which may make me liable to an initial fine of £50 and £200 for each subsequent offence.

Submitted by: *

Name

Application date: *

Attach documents:

Please attach the necessary documents as required. If you are submitting documents electronically then please do so with a file size no more that 5Mb.

Data Protection Fair Processing Notice

Argyll and Bute Council, or their agents, will hold information supplied in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998, we will use the information you have supplied primarily for the collection and administration of tax. The information may also be used for other legitimate purposes e.g. housing and council tax benefit administration or private landlord registration. This information may also be shared with other Councils, governmental and quasi-governmental bodies. By completing and submitting this form you consent to the use of your personal data including, where appropriate, sensitive personal data. You have a right to apply for a copy of the information we hold about you, and to have any inaccuracies corrected. The set fee (where applicable) will be charged. Should you wish to exercise this right, your request must be made in writing to the Data Protection Officer, Argyll & Bute Council, Kilmory, Lochgilphead, PA31 8RT.

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Data Protection Fair Processing Notice

Argyll and Bute Council, or their agents, will hold information supplied on this form in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998

The personal data that you provide will be used to in order to progress or improve service delivery, to fulfil the councils statutory obligations e.g. to process your notification of a change of address. The information may also be used for other legitimate purposes e.g. housing and benefits administration. Where permitted by law, or where your consent has been obtained, information may be shared with other Councils, governmental and quasi-governmental bodies.

By completing and submitting this form you consent to the use of your personal data including, where appropriate, sensitive personal data.

You have a right to apply for a copy of the information we hold about you, and to have any inaccuracies corrected. The set fee (where applicable) will be charged.
Should you wish to exercise this right, your request must be made in writing to:

Data Protection Officer,
Argyll and Bute Council,
Kilmory,
Lochgilphead,
PA31 8RT

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