The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 2012

Made: 19 December 2012

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

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Title, commencement and application

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Default scheme

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SCHEDULE — Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales)

PART 1 — Introduction

Title

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PART 2 — Interpretation

Interpretation

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Application of scheme: pensioners and persons who are not pensioners

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Meaning of “couple”

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Polygamous marriages

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Meaning of “family”

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Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another

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Households

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Non-dependants

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Remunerative work

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PART 3 — Procedural matters

Procedure for reduction applications and appeals against reduction decisions

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PART 4 — Classes of person entitled to a reduction under this scheme

Classes of person entitled to a reduction under this scheme

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Class A: pensioners whose income is less than the applicable amount

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Class B: pensioners whose income is greater than the applicable amount

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Class C: persons who are not pensioners whose income is less than the applicable amount

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Class D: persons who are not pensioners whose income is greater than the applicable amount

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Periods of absence from a dwelling

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PART 5 — Classes of person excluded from this scheme

Classes of person excluded from this scheme

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Class of person excluded from this scheme: persons treated as not being in Great Britain

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Class of person excluded from this scheme: persons subject to immigration control

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Class of person excluded from this scheme: capital limit

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Class of person excluded from this scheme: students

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PART 6 — Applicable amounts for the purposes of calculating eligibility for a reduction under this scheme and amount of reduction

Applicable amounts: pensioners

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Applicable amounts: persons who are not pensioners

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Polygamous marriages: persons who are not pensioners

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Applicable amount: persons who are not pensioners who have an award of universal credit

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PART 7 — Maximum council tax reduction for the purposes of calculating eligibility for a reduction under this scheme and amount of reduction

Maximum council tax reduction under this scheme: pensioners and persons who are not pensioners

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Non-dependant deductions: pensioners and persons who are not pensioners

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PART 8 — Amount of reduction under this scheme

Amount of reduction under this scheme: Classes A to D

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PART 9 — Income and capital for the purposes of calculating eligibility for a reduction under this scheme and amount of reduction

CHAPTER 1 — Income and capital: general

Calculation of income and capital: applicant’s family and polygamous marriages

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Circumstances in which capital and income of non-dependant is to be treated as applicant's

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CHAPTER 2 — Income and capital: pensioners in receipt of guarantee credit or savings credit

Pensioners in receipt of guarantee credit

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Calculation of pensioner’s income in savings credit only cases

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CHAPTER 3 — Income and capital where there is an award of universal credit

Calculation of income and capital: persons who are not pensioners who have an award of universal credit

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CHAPTER 4 — Income: other pensioners

Calculation of income and capital where state pension credit is not payable: pensioners

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Meaning of “income”: pensioners

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Calculation of weekly income: pensioners

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Earnings of employed earners: pensioners

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Calculation of net earnings of employed earners: pensioners

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Calculation of earnings of self-employed earners: pensioners

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Earnings of self-employed earners: pensioners

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Notional income: pensioners

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Income paid to third parties: pensioners

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CHAPTER 5 — Income: persons who are not pensioners

Average weekly earnings of employed earners: persons who are not pensioners

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Average weekly earnings of self-employed earners: persons who are not pensioners

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Average weekly income other than earnings: persons who are not pensioners

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Calculation of weekly income of employed earners: persons who are not pensioners

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Earnings of employed earners: persons who are not pensioners

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Calculation of net earnings of employed earners: persons who are not pensioners

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Earnings of self-employed earners: persons who are not pensioners

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Calculation of income other than earnings: persons who are not pensioners

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Capital treated as income: persons who are not pensioners

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Notional income: persons who are not pensioners

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CHAPTER 6 — Income: pensioners and persons who are not pensioners

Calculation of income on a weekly basis

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Treatment of child care charges

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Calculation of average weekly income from tax credits

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Disregard of changes in tax, contributions etc

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Calculation of net profit of self-employed earners

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Calculation of deduction of tax and contributions of self-employed earners

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CHAPTER 7 — Capital

Calculation of capital

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Income treated as capital: persons who are not pensioners

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Calculation of capital in the United Kingdom

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Calculation of capital outside the United Kingdom

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Notional capital

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Diminishing notional capital rule: pensioners

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Diminishing notional capital rule: persons who are not pensioners

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Capital jointly held

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Calculation of tariff income from capital: pensioners

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Calculation of tariff income from capital: persons who are not pensioners

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PART 10 — Students

CHAPTER 1 — General

Interpretation

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Treatment of students

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Students who are excluded from entitlement to a council tax reduction under this scheme

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CHAPTER 2 — Income

Calculation of grant income

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Calculation of covenant income where a contribution is assessed

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Covenant income where no grant income or no contribution is assessed

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Relationship with amounts to be disregarded under Schedule 7

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Other amounts to be disregarded

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Treatment of student loans

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Treatment of fee loans

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Treatment of payments from access funds

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Disregard of contribution

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Further disregard of student’s income

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Income treated as capital

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Disregard of changes occurring during summer vacation

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PART 11 — Extended reductions

Extended reductions: pensioners

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Extended reductions (qualifying contributory benefits): pensioners

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Duration of extended reduction period (qualifying contributory benefits): pensioners

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Amount of extended reduction (qualifying contributory benefits): pensioners

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Extended reductions (qualifying contributory benefits)-movers: pensioners

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Relationship between extended reduction (qualifying contributory benefits) and entitlement to a reduction by virtue of class A or B

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Continuing reductions where state pension credit claimed: pensioners

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Extended reductions: persons who are not pensioners (general)

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Extended reductions: persons who are not pensioners

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Duration of extended reduction period: persons who are not pensioners

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Amount of extended reduction: persons who are not pensioners

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Extended reductions-movers: persons who are not pensioners

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Relationship between extended reduction and entitlement to reduction by virtue of class C or D

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Extended reductions (qualifying contributory benefits): persons who are not pensioners

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Duration of extended reduction period (qualifying contributory benefits): persons who are not pensioners

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Amount of extended reduction (qualifying contributory benefits): persons who are not pensioners

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Extended reductions (qualifying contributory benefits)-movers: persons who are not pensioners

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Relationship between extended reduction (qualifying contributory benefits) and entitlement to reduction by virtue of class C or D

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Extended reductions: movers into the authority’s area

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PART 12 — Period of entitlement and change of circumstances

Date on which entitlement begins

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Date on which change of circumstances is to take effect

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Change of circumstances where state pension credit in payment

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PART 13 — Applications

Who may make an application

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Date on which an application is made

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Back-dating of applications: pensioners

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Back-dating of applications: persons who are not pensioners

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Evidence and information

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Amendment and withdrawal of application

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Duty to notify changes of circumstances

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PART 14 — Decisions by authority

Decision by authority

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Notification of decision

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PART 15 — Award or payment of reduction

The award or payment of a reduction under this scheme

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Signed

Carl Sargeant — Minister for Local Government and Communities, one of the Welsh Ministers — 19 December 2012

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c. 14. Section 13A was substituted by section 10(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), and Schedule 1B was inserted by section 10(5) and Schedule 4 to that Act.

[^f00002]: 1996 c. 18. Sections 75A and 75B were inserted by section 3 of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22) and amended by the Work and Families Act 2006 (c. 18), Schedule 1, paragraphs 33 and 34.

[^f00003]: 2004 c. 32.

[^f00004]: 1992 c. 4. See sections 64 to 67 of that Act in relation to attendance allowance.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1983/686; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1984/1675, 2001/420.

[^f00006]: 2007 c. 3. Section 989 defines basic rate by reference to section 6(2) of that Act. Section 6(2) was amended by section 5 of the Finance Act 2008 (c. 9) and section 6 of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part1 of Schedule 2 to, the Finance Act 2009 (c. 10).

[^f00007]: 1995 c. 18.

[^f00008]: 2002 c. 16.

[^f00009]: 2007 c. 5.

[^f00010]: 2000 c. 14; Section 3 was amended by paragraphs 1 and 4 of Schedule 5 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2008, (c.14).

[^f00011]: 2001 asp 8.

[^f00012]: S.I. 2003/431 (N.I. 9).

[^f00013]: Section 141 was amended by section 1 of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6).

[^f00014]: 2002 c. 2; Section 8 is repealed by section 147 of, and part 1 of Schedule 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), (not yet in force).

[^f00015]: 2002 c. 21.

[^f00016]: 2007 c. 5. Part 1 concerns employment and support allowance, amendments are referenced where relevant.

[^f00017]: 1992 c. 4. Section 71 was amended by section 67(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) and repealed by section 90 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (not yet in force).

[^f00018]: 2002 c. 7; that definition was amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), Schedule 17, paragraph 158.

[^f00019]: Section 2(1)(a) was amended by the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, Schedule 6, paragraphs 169 and 171 (c.1).

[^f00020]: Section 17A was inserted by the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), section 1 and amended by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), Schedule 7, paragraphs 1 and 4, and Schedule 14, Parts 1 and 3 (not yet in force). The section is repealed by Part 4 of Schedule 14 to that Act (not yet in force).

[^f00021]: 1999 c. 30.

[^f00022]: 2002 c. 16.

[^f00023]: S.I. 2011/517.

[^f00024]: 1995 c. 18. Section 1(4) was amended by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, Schedule 7, paragraphs 1 and 2(1) and (4); the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33); section 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), and is repealed by the Welfare Reform Act 2012, Schedule 14, Part 1 (not yet in force).

[^f00025]: 2006 c. 41. The definition of “health service hospital” has been amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), Schedule 4, paragraph 138 (not yet in force).

[^f00026]: 2000 c. 14; Section 2 was amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), Schedule 5, paragraphs 1 and 3.

[^f00027]: 1978 c. 29; Section 10F was inserted by section 108 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8).

[^f00028]: 2007 c. 5; Section 2(1)(b) is amended by the Welfare Reform Act 2012, Schedule 23, paragraph 24 (not yet in force); section 4 is repealed by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to that Act (not yet in force).

[^f00029]: 1996 c. 18.

[^f00030]: 1972 c. 70. The definition of local authority was amended by section 102 of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 16 and Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51). Other amendments have been made to that definition but they are not relevant to these Regulations,

[^f00031]: 1993 c. 48. The definition of “occupational pension scheme” was substituted by section 239 of the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35) and amended by S.I. 2007/3014.

[^f00032]: 1996 c. 18. Sections 80A and 80B were inserted by section 1 of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22) and sections 80AA and 80BB were inserted by section 3 of the Work and Families Act 2006 Act (c. 18). Relevant regulations made under these sections are S.I. 2002/2788 and S.I. 2003/921 (made under sections 80A and 80B) and S.I. 2010/1055 and S.I. 2010/1059 (made under sections 80AA and 80BB).

[^f00033]: 1995 c. 26; paragraph 1 has been amended by the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16), Schedule 2, paragraph 39; the Welfare Reform Act 2007, Schedule 3, paragraph 13; the Pensions Act 2007 (c. 22), Schedule 3, paragraph 4; and section 1 of the Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19).

[^f00034]: 2012 c. 5.

[^f00035]: 1993 c. 48; the definition of “personal pension scheme” was substituted by section 239 of the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35) and amended by the Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Schedule 20, paragraph 23 and Schedule 27, Part 3.

[^f00036]: 1988 c. 1.

[^f00037]: 2004 c. 12.

[^f00038]: 2002 c. 16.

[^f00039]: S.I. 2006/214; amended by S.I. 2007/1356, 2007/2869.

[^f00040]: 2002 c. 16. Section 3 was amended by the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), Schedule 24, paragraph 140 and S.I. 2002/1792.

[^f00041]: 1973 c. 50. Section 2 was substituted by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19) and repealed in part by the Employment Act 1989 (c. 38), Schedule 7, Part 1.

[^f00042]: 1990 c. 35.

[^f00043]: 1978 c. 29.

[^f00044]: 1985 c. 68; section 105 was amended by S.I. 1996/2325; the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38), Schedule 8, paragraph 5 and Schedule 16, paragraph 5, and S.I. 2010/866.

[^f00045]: 1995 c. 50; section 49A was inserted in respect of Northern Ireland by S.I. 2006/312 (N.I. 1).

[^f00046]: 2010 c. 15.

[^f00047]: 1999 c. 27; section 3 was amended by the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), section 137.

[^f00048]: 2009 nawm 2.

[^f00049]: 2001 asp 10.

[^f00050]: 2006 c. 41.

[^f00051]: 2006 c. 42.

[^f00052]: 2008 c. 14; section 4 has been amended by section 189 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) but those amendments are not yet in force.

[^f00053]: 2008 c. 17; section 193 was amended by the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), Schedule 17, paragraphs 1and 4 and Schedule 25, Part 27.

[^f00054]: 1993 c. 39; subsection (2) was amended by S.I. 1996/3095, 1999/1663.

[^f00055]: 1992 c. 4.

[^f00056]: 2002 c. 16.

[^f00057]: 1973 c. 50; section 2 was substituted by the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19), section 25 and amended by the Employment Act 1989 (c. 38), Schedule 7, Part 1.

[^f00058]: 2012 c. 5.

[^f00059]: 2003 c. 1; subsection (2) was inserted by the Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), section 19.

[^f00060]: 1991 c. 56.

[^f00061]: 2002 asp 3; section 29A was substituted together with sections 29B to 29G for section 29 as originally enacted by section 21 of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3).

[^f00062]: 2002 c. 21.

[^f00063]: Section 142 was amended by section 1 of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6).

[^f00064]: 1995 c. 18; Section 19 (together with sections 19A to 19C), has been substituted by section 46 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5) but that amendment is not yet in force (sections 19A to 19C are however); section 17A has been repealed by Part 4 of Schedule 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012 although that provision is not yet in force. In the meantime amendments have been made to section 17A by sections 48 and 59 of, and Schedules 7 and 14 to, that Act.

[^f00065]: 2001 c. 11; section 6B was amended by sections 9, 24 and 58 of, and paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 2 and Part 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24); sections 31, 113, 118, 119, 121 and 147 of, paragraphs 56 and 58 of Schedule 2, paragraphs 15 and 16 of Schedule 3, Parts 1 and 12 of Schedule 14, to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), of which only those made by section 113 (to subsection (1)(b)) are in force. Section 7 was amended by section 14 of, and Part 3 of Schedule 3 to, the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16); sections 28 and 49 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 3 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5); sections 9, 24 and 58 of, and paragraphs 9 and 11 of Schedule 2, Part 1 of Schedule 4 and Part 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (of which those made by sections 9, 31 and Schedule 7 are not yet in force); S.I. 2011/2298; sections 31, 118, 119 and 147 of, and paragraphs 56 and 59 of Schedule 2, paragraphs 15 and 17 of Schedule 3 and Part 1 of Schedule 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012, none of which are yet in force. Section 8 has been repealed by section 147 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Welfare Reform Act 2012, but that repeal is not yet in force. Amendments have also been made by sections 1, 24, and 58 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 4 and Part 3 of Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2009; sections 31, 48, 113 and 147 of, and paragraphs 56 and 60 of Schedule 2, paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 and Part 12 of Schedule 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012, of which only those made by section 113 are in force. Section 9 was amended by section 14 of, and Part 3 of Schedule 2 to, the State Pension Credit Act 2002; sections 28 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 3 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2007; sections 9 and 58 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2009, none of which are in force; sections 31, 113 and 147 of, and paragraphs 56 and 61 of Schedule 2 and Part 1 of Schedule 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012, of which only those made by section 113 are in force.

[^f00066]: 2007 c. 5.

[^f00067]: S.I. 2002/1792.

[^f00068]: See paragraphs 13 and 14 of this scheme.

[^f00069]: See paragraphs 15 and 16 of this scheme.

[^f00070]: Section 145A inserted by the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), section 55(1).

[^f00071]: 2000 c. 35

[^f00072]: 1989 c. 41; Section 23 was substituted by sections 22A to 22F by section 8(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23). Section 22C is in force in England but is not yet in force in Wales. Section 59(1)(a) was amended by section 49 of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act 2008.

[^f00073]: 2002 c. 38.

[^f00074]: S.I. 2009/154.

[^f00075]: S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22).

[^f00076]: 1955 c. 18.

[^f00077]: 1955 c. 19.

[^f00078]: 1957 c. 53.

[^f00079]: 1958 c. 40.

[^f00080]: 1968 c. 49.

[^f00081]: 1969 c. 46.

[^f00082]: 1969 c. 54.

[^f00083]: 1973 c. 18.

[^f00084]: 1975 c. 72; this Act was repealed in respect of England and Wales by Schedule 15 to the Children Act 1989 (c. 41). It continues to have effect in Scotland.

[^f00085]: 1978 c. 22.

[^f00086]: 2007 asp 4.

[^f00087]: 1986 c. 55.

[^f00088]: 1989 c. 41.

[^f00089]: 1995 c. 36.

[^f00090]: 2006 c. 52.

[^f00091]: 2012 c. 10.

[^f00092]: 2007 c. 21.

[^f00093]: 1983 c. 20.

[^f00094]: 2003 asp 13.

[^f00095]: 1995 c. 46.

[^f00096]: S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4).

[^f00097]: 1952 c. 52.

[^f00098]: 1989 c. 45.

[^f00099]: OJ No L 158, 30.4.04, p 77.

[^f00100]: A consolidated version of this Treaty was published in the Official Journal on 30.3.2010 C 83.

[^f00101]: 1971 c. 77.

[^f00102]: 1999 c. 33.

[^f00103]: Relevant amendments to section 94(1) have been made by section 44 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41) but those provisions are not in force. Other amendments have been made but they are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00104]: S.I. 2006/1003; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2011/544, 2012/1547, 2012/2560.

[^f00105]: See Part 9, Chapters 1 and 7, of this scheme in relation to the capital of an applicant and the calculation of tariff income from capital.

[^f00106]: Including pensioners in polygamous marriages, by virtue of paragraph 5 of this Scheme

[^f00107]: S.I. 2005/3360.

[^f00108]: S.I. 2008/794.

[^f00109]: S.I. 2005/3360.

[^f00110]: 2012 c. 5.

[^f00111]: See paragraph 21 for the capital limit for eligibility of £16,000.

[^f00112]: Section 13A was substituted by section 10 of the Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17).

[^f00113]: See paragraph 21 for the capital limit for eligibility of £16,000.

[^f00114]: S.I. 2011/517.

[^f00115]: Part 12ZA was inserted by section 2 and Part 12ZB was inserted by section 4 of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22).

[^f00116]: S.I. 2006/606.

[^f00117]: 1979 c. 41.

[^f00118]: 1837 c. 2.

[^f00119]: 1937 c. 32.

[^f00120]: 1952 c. 37.

[^f00121]: 1972 c. 7.

[^f00122]: 1975 c. 82.

[^f00123]: S.I. 1979/597.

[^f00124]: S.I. 2005/3360.

[^f00125]: 1992 c. 4; section 30DD was inserted by section 63 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30). Section 30E was inserted by section 3 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18). Both sections are repealed by the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), Schedule 8 (not yet in force).

[^f00126]: S.I. 2001/1004.

[^f00127]: 1996 c. 17.

[^f00128]: 2007 c. 3: the heading and subsection (1) of section 35 were amended by section 4 of the Finance Act 2012 (c. 14) (“2012 Act”); subsections (2) and (4) were inserted by section 4 of the Finance Act 2009 (c. 10). In section 36, the heading and subsection (2) were amended by, subsection (1) substituted by, and subsection (2A) inserted by section 4 of the 2012 Act; subsection (2) has also been amended by S.I. 2011/2926 and section 4 of the Finance Act 2009. In section 37, the heading and subsection (2) were amended by, subsection (1) substituted by, and subsection (2A) inserted by section 4 of the 2012 Act; subsection (2) has also been amended by S.I. 2011/2926 and section 4 of the Finance Act 2009.

[^f00129]: 1989 c. 41; section 23 was substituted by sections 22A to 22F by section 8(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23). Section 22C is in force in England but is not yet in force in Wales.

[^f00130]: 1995 c. 36; section 26 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4).

[^f00131]: S.I. 2009/210.

[^f00132]: 1948 c. 29; section 26(3A) was inserted by section 42(4) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).

[^f00133]: 2006 c. 41. The Commissioning Board is established under section 1H of that Act (inserted by section 9 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7)); section 14D was inserted by section 25 of the 2012 Act.

[^f00134]: 2006 c. 42.

[^f00135]: 1965 c. 51

[^f00136]: S.I. 2005/454.

[^f00137]: 1980 c. 46.

[^f00138]: Powers in section 14A of the LGFA 1992 may be used to confer power to require employers to provide information for these purposes.

[^f00139]: 2007 c. 3; the heading and subsection (1) of section 35 were amended by section 4 of the Finance Act 2012 (c. 14) (“2012 Act”); subsections (2) and (4) inserted by section 4 of the Finance Act 2009 (c. 10). In section 36, the heading and subsection (2) were amended by, subsection (1) substituted by, and subsection (2A) inserted by section 4 of the 2012 Act; subsection (2) has also been amended by S.I. 2011/2926 and section 4 of the Finance Act 2009. In section 37, the heading and subsection (2) were amended by, subsection (1) substituted by, and subsection (2A) inserted by section 4 of the 2012 Act; subsection (2) has also been amended by S.I. 2011/2926 and section 4 of the Finance Act 2009.

[^f00140]: S.I. 2008/794.

[^f00141]: 1994 c. 21.

[^f00142]: S.I. 1996/207.

[^f00143]: 1980 c. 46.

[^f00144]: S.I. 1987/1967.

[^f00145]: S.I. 1975/556.

[^f00146]: S.I. 1999/3110.

[^f00147]: 2010 nawm 1.

[^f00148]: S.I. 2010/2574 (w.214).

[^f00149]: 2010 asp 8.

[^f00150]: S.I. 2011/581.

[^f00151]: S.I. 2003/237 (W. 35).

[^f00152]: S.S.I. 2009/210.

[^f00153]: S.I. 2004/219 (W. 23).

[^f00154]: 2006 c. 41; paragraph 9 has been amended by section 17(10) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) (to replace references to the Secretary of State with references to clinical commissioning groups), but those provisions are not yet fully in force.

[^f00155]: S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14).

[^f00156]: S.I. 1987/1967; Schedule 1B was inserted by S.I. 1996/206.

[^f00157]: S.I. 1975/529.

[^f00158]: 2007 c. 3; the heading and subsection (1) of section 35 were amended by section 4 of the Finance Act 2012 (c. 14) (“2012 Act”); subsections (2) and (4) were inserted by section 4 of the Finance Act 2009 (c. 10). In section 36, the heading and subsection (2) were amended by, subsection (1) substituted by, and subsection (2A) inserted by section 4 of the 2012 Act; subsection (2) has also been amended by article 3 of S.I. 2011/2926 and section 4 of the Finance Act 2009. In section 37, the heading and subsection (2) were amended by, subsection (1) substituted by, and subsection (2A) inserted by section 4 of the 2012 Act; subsection (2) has also been amended by article 3 of S.I. 2011/2926 and section 4 of the Finance Act 2009.

[^f00159]: The capital limit is £16,000, see paragraph 21.

[^f00160]: Income from capital is taken into account in calculating the income of an applicant who is a pensioner; see paragraph 36(1)(i).

[^f00161]: Income from capital is taken into account in calculating the income of an applicant who is not a pensioner; see paragraph 54(1)(b)(ii).

[^f00162]: 1992 c. 13.

[^f00163]: 1980 c. 20.

[^f00164]: 2009 c. 22.

[^f00165]: 1996 c. 56.

[^f00166]: S.I. 2011/1986.

[^f00167]: S.I. 2011/886 (W. 130).

[^f00168]: S.S.I. 2007/154.

[^f00169]: S.R. 2009/373.

[^f00170]: S.I. 2003/1994; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2008/1477.

[^f00171]: 1988 c. 30.

[^f00172]: See paragraph 3(2)(a) of this Scheme.

[^f00173]: 1988 c. 40.

[^f00174]: 1998 c. 30.

[^f00175]: See also paragraph 103 in relation to persons moving into the area of the authority from another authority’s area.

[^f00176]: 2000 asp 4.

[^f00177]: 1971 c. 27.

[^f00178]: 1985 c. 29.

[^f00179]: For provisions requiring a pension fund holder to provide information to the billing authority, see regulations under section 14A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

[^f00180]: 2000 asp 4.

[^f00181]: 2004 c. 21.

[^f00182]: 2005 asp 5.

[^f00183]: 2000 c 22

[^f00184]: S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14).

[^f00185]: 2002 c. 6.

[^f00186]: 2011 c. 25.

Editorial notes

[^key-515bdae6dfd069ce525e2012f87ae715]: Regulations revoked (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3035), reg. 1(2)(4)