The Personal Community Charge (Exemption for the Severely Mentally Impaired) Order 1990
Under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 a person who is severely mentally impaired and who holds a certificate of a registered medical practitioner to that effect is exempt from the personal community charge if one or more of the conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph is satisfied. Those conditions were added to under article 3 of the Personal Community Charge (Exemptions) Order 1989 so as to allow a person to qualify for exemption if he is in receipt of an invalidity pension or an unemployment supplement or allowance. Article 2(1) of this Order adds further conditions so allowing a person to qualify if he is entitled to attendance allowance or constant attendance allowance (or would be entitled to it but for the requirements as to residence or presence in Great Britain or for a claim). It also deletes the condition relating to pensionable age, so that it is no longer possible for a severely mentally impaired person to qualify for exemption merely because he has reached that age.