What is the definition of a student for council tax purposes?
For the purposes of council tax a student is someone, other than a student nurse, who is one of the following: • a foreign language assistant with an appointment at a school or other educational establishment who is registered with the British Council Scotland; • a person, aged either under or over 20, who is enrolled at a prescribed educational establishment for the purpose of undertaking a specified course of education which they are normally required to attend for at least 24 weeks in each academic year and which requires on average at least 21 hours of study, tuition or work experience in each of those weeks. Details of prescribed educational establishments and specified courses of education are given at the back of this leaflet in Appendices 1 and 2 respectively; • a person aged under 20 who is undertaking a qualifying course or courses of education which involves in total more than 12 hours per week of study, tuition or practical work. Details of qualifying courses for this purpo
