The Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013

Contents

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1. Part 1 · General
   1. 1 Title, commencement and application
   2. 2 Interpretation
   3. 3 Meaning of “pensioner” and “person who is not a pensioner”
   4. 4 Meaning of “couple”
   5. 5 Polygamous marriages
   6. 6 Meaning of “family”
   7. 7 Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another
   8. 8 Households
   9. 9 Non-dependants
   10. 10 Remunerative work
2. Part 2 · Council tax reduction schemes
   1. 11 Schemes
   2. 12 Duty to make schemes and exercise of functions by authorities
   3. 13 First financial year of schemes
   4. 14 Scheme requirements in relation to classes of persons
   5. 15 Scheme requirements in relation to reductions
   6. 16 Scheme procedural requirements
   7. 17 Preparation of a scheme
   8. 18 Revisions to and replacement of schemes
   9. 19 Notice requiring provision of information to the Welsh Ministers
   10. 20 Supply of documents
3. Part 3 · Prescribed classes of person who must be included in an authority’s scheme
   1. 21 Classes of person who must be included in a scheme
   2. 22 Class A: pensioners whose income is less than the applicable amount
   3. 23 Class B: pensioners whose income is greater than the applicable amount
   4. 24 Class C: persons who are not pensioners whose income is less than the applicable amount
   5. 25 Class D: persons who are not pensioners whose income is greater than the applicable amount
   6. 26 Periods of absence from a dwelling
4. Part 4 · Prescribed classes of person who must not be included in an authority’s scheme
   1. 27 Classes of person who must not be included in a scheme
   2. 28 Persons treated as not being in Great Britain
   3. 29 Persons subject to immigration control
   4. 30 Persons whose capital exceeds £16,000
   5. 31 Students
5. Part 5 · Other matters that must be included in an authority’s scheme
   1. 32 Provision for pensioners
   2. 33 Provision for persons who are not pensioners
   3. 34 Provision for pensioners and persons who are not pensioners
6. Part 6 · Revocation, transitional and savings provisions
   1. 35 Interpretation
   2. 36 Revocation and savings
   3. 37 Persons to be treated as having made an application for a reduction
   4. 38 Applications received between 15 February 2014 and 31 March 2014
   5. 39 Date on which change of circumstances is to take effect
   6. 40 Notification relating to change of circumstances
7. Schedule 1 · Determining eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme, amount of reduction and calculation of income and capital: pensioners
   1. Part 1 Applicable amounts for the purposes of calculating eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme and amount of reduction: pensioners
   2. Part 2 Maximum council tax reduction for the purposes of calculating eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme and amount of reduction: pensioners
   3. Part 3 Amount of reduction under an authority’s scheme: pensioners
   4. Part 4 Income and capital for the purposes of calculating eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme and amount of reduction: pensioners
   5. Part 5 Extended reductions: pensioners
   6. Part 6 Period of entitlement and change of circumstances
8. Schedule 2 · Applicable amounts: pensioners
   1. Part 1 Personal allowances
   2. Part 2 Family premium
   3. Part 3 Premiums
   4. Part 4 Amounts of premium specified in Part 3
9. Schedule 3 · Sums disregarded from applicant’s earnings: pensioners
   1. (1) Where two or more of paragraphs 2 to 5 apply...
   2. (2) In a case where an applicant is a lone parent,...
   3. (3) (1) In a case of earnings from any employment or...
   4. (4) (1) If the applicant or, if the applicant has a...
   5. (5) (1) £20 is disregarded if the applicant or, if the...
   6. (6) (1) Where— (a) the applicant (or if the applicant is...
   7. (7) Any amount or the balance of any amount which would...
   8. (8) Except where the applicant or the applicant’s partner qualifies for...
   9. (9) Any earnings, other than earnings referred to in paragraph 11(9)(b)...
   10. (10) (1) In a case where the applicant is a person...
   11. (11) Where a payment of earnings is made in a currency...
10. Schedule 4 · Amounts to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings: pensioners
    1. (1) In addition to any sum which falls to be disregarded...
    2. (2) The whole of any amount included in a pension to...
    3. (3) Any mobility supplement under article 20 of the Naval, Military...
    4. (4) Any supplementary pension under article 23(2) of the Naval, Military...
    5. (5) In the case of a pension awarded at the supplementary...
    6. (6) (1) Any payment which is— (a) made under any of...
    7. (7) £15 of any widowed parent’s allowance to which the applicant...
    8. (8) £15 of any widowed mother’s allowance to which the applicant...
    9. (9) Where the applicant occupies a dwelling as the applicant’s home...
    10. (10) If the applicant— (a) owns the freehold or leasehold interest...
    11. (11) Where an applicant receives income under an annuity purchased with...
    12. (12) (1) Any payment, other than a payment to which sub-paragraph...
    13. (13) Any increase in pension or allowance under Part 2 or...
    14. (14) Any payment ordered by a court to be made to...
    15. (15) Periodic payments made to the applicant or the applicant’s partner...
    16. (16) Any income which is payable outside the United Kingdom for...
    17. (17) Any banking charges or commission payable in converting to sterling...
    18. (18) Where the applicant makes a parental contribution in respect of...
    19. (19) (1) Where the applicant is the parent of a student...
    20. (20) (1) Where an applicant’s applicable amount includes an amount by...
    21. (21) Except in a case which falls under paragraph 10 of...
    22. (22) Where the total value of any capital specified in Part...
    23. (23) Except in the case of income from capital specified in...
    24. (24) Where the applicant, or the person who was the partner...
11. Schedule 5 · Capital disregards: pensioners
    1. Part 1 Capital to be disregarded
    2. Part 2 Capital disregarded only for the purpose of determining deemed income
12. Schedule 6 · Determining eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme, amount of reduction and calculation of income and capital: persons who are not pensioners
    1. Part 1 Applicable amounts for the purposes of calculating eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme and amount of reduction: persons who are not pensioners
    2. Part 2 Maximum council tax reduction for the purposes of calculating eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme and amount of reduction
    3. Part 3 Amount of reduction under an authority’s scheme
    4. Part 4 Income and capital for the purposes of calculating eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme and amount of reduction
    5. Part 5 Extended reductions: persons who are not pensioners
    6. Part 6 Period of entitlement and change of circumstances
13. Schedule 7 · Applicable amounts: persons who are not pensioners
    1. Part 1
    2. Part 2 Family premium
    3. Part 3 Premiums
    4. Part 4 Amounts of premiums specified in Part 3
    5. Part 5 The components
    6. Part 6 Amount of components
    7. Part 7 Transitional addition
    8. Part 8 Amount of transitional addition
14. Schedule 8 · Sums disregarded in the calculation of earnings: persons who are not pensioners
    1. (1) In the case of an applicant who has been engaged...
    2. (2) In the case of an applicant who, before the first...
    3. (3) In the case of an applicant who has been engaged...
    4. (4) (1) In a case to which this paragraph applies and...
    5. (5) In a case where the applicant is a lone parent,...
    6. (6) (1) In a case to which neither paragraph 4 nor...
    7. (7) Where the carer premium is awarded in respect of an...
    8. (8) In a case where paragraphs 4, 6, 7 and 9...
    9. (9) (1) In a case where paragraphs 4, 6, 7 and...
    10. (10) Where the applicant is engaged in one or more employments...
    11. (11) In a case to which none of the paragraphs 4...
    12. (12) (1) Where— (a) the applicant (or if the applicant is...
    13. (13) Any amount or the balance of any amount which would...
    14. (14) Where an applicant is on income support, an income-based jobseeker’s...
    15. (15) Any earnings derived from employment which are payable in a...
    16. (16) Where a payment of earnings is made in a currency...
    17. (17) Any earnings of a child or young person.
    18. (18) (1) In a case where the applicant is a person...
    19. (19) In this Schedule “part-time employment” (“cyflogaeth ran-amser”) means employment in...
15. Schedule 9 · Sums disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings: persons who are not pensioners
    1. (1) Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
    2. (2) Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
    3. (3) Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
    4. (4) Any amount paid by way of tax on income which...
    5. (5) Any payment in respect of any expenses incurred or to...
    6. (6) Any payment in respect of expenses arising out of the...
    7. (7) In the case of employment as an employed earner, any...
    8. (8) Where an applicant is on income support, an income-based jobseeker’s...
    9. (9) Where the applicant is a member of a joint-claim couple...
    10. (10) Where the applicant, or the person who was the partner...
    11. (11) Any disability living allowance, personal independence payment, or AFIP.
    12. (12) Any concessionary payment made to compensate for the non-payment of—...
    13. (13) Any mobility supplement under article 20 of the Naval, Military...
    14. (14) Any attendance allowance.
    15. (15) Any payment to the applicant as holder of the Victoria...
    16. (16) (1) Any payment— (a) by way of an education maintenance...
    17. (17) Any payment made to the applicant by way of a...
    18. (18) (1) Any payment made pursuant to section 2 of the...
    19. (19) (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any of the following payments—...
    20. (20) Subject to paragraph 40, £10 of any of the following,...
    21. (21) Subject to paragraph 40, £15 of any—
    22. (22) (1) Any income derived from capital to which the applicant...
    23. (23) Where the applicant makes a parental contribution in respect of...
    24. (24) (1) Where the applicant is the parent of a student...
    25. (25) Any payment made to the applicant by a child or...
    26. (26) Where the applicant occupies a dwelling as the applicant’s home...
    27. (27) Where the applicant occupies a dwelling as the applicant’s home...
    28. (28) (1) Any income in kind, except where paragraph 17(10)(b) of...
    29. (29) Any income which is payable in a country outside the...
    30. (30) (1) Any payment made to the applicant in respect of...
    31. (31) Any payment made to an applicant with whom a person...
    32. (32) Any payment made to the applicant or the applicant’s partner...
    33. (33) Any payment made by a local authority in accordance with—...
    34. (34) (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment (or part payment)...
    35. (35) (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment received under an...
    36. (36) Any payment of income which by virtue of paragraph 27...
    37. (37) Any— (a) social fund payment made pursuant to Part 8...
    38. (38) Any payment under Part 10 of the SSCBA (Christmas bonus...
    39. (39) Where a payment of income is made in a currency...
    40. (40) The total of an applicant’s income or, if the applicant...
    41. (41) (1) Any payment made under or by any of the...
    42. (42) Any housing benefit.
    43. (43) Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate...
    44. (44) Any payment to a juror or witness in respect of...
    45. (45) Any payment in consequence of a reduction of council tax...
    46. (46) (1) Any payment or repayment made— (a) as respects England,...
    47. (47) Any payment made to such persons entitled to receive benefits...
    48. (48) Any payment made by either the Secretary of State for...
    49. (49) (1) Where an applicant’s applicable amount includes an amount by...
    50. (50) (1) Any payment of child maintenance made or derived from...
    51. (51) Any payment (other than a training allowance) made, whether by...
    52. (52) Any guardian’s allowance.
    53. (53) (1) If the applicant is in receipt of any benefit...
    54. (54) Any supplementary pension under article 23(2) of the Naval, Military...
    55. (55) In the case of a pension awarded at the supplementary...
    56. (56) (1) Any payment which is— (a) made under any of...
    57. (57) Any reduction under an authority’s scheme to which the applicant...
    58. (58) Except in a case which falls under sub-paragraph (1) of...
    59. (59) Any payment made— (a) as a direct payment as defined...
    60. (60) (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in respect of a person...
    61. (61) (1) Any payment of a sports award except to the...
    62. (62) Where the amount of subsistence allowance paid to a person...
    63. (63) In the case of an applicant participating in an employment...
    64. (64) Any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of...
    65. (65) Any payment made by a local authority or by the...
    66. (66) Any payment of child benefit.
    67. (67) Any bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions...
16. Schedule 10 · Capital disregards: persons who are not pensioners
    1. (1) Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
    2. (2) Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
    3. (2A) Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
    4. (3) Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
    5. (4) The dwelling together with any garage, garden and outbuildings, normally...
    6. (5) Any premises acquired for occupation by the applicant which the...
    7. (6) Any sum directly attributable to the proceeds of sale of...
    8. (7) Any premises occupied in whole or in part—
    9. (8) Where an applicant is on income support, an income-based jobseeker’s...
    10. (9) Where the applicant is a member of a joint-claim couple...
    11. (10) Any future interest in property of any kind, other than...
    12. (11) (1) The assets of any business owned in whole or...
    13. (12) (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any arrears of, or any...
    14. (13) Any sum— (a) paid to the applicant in consequence of...
    15. (14) Any sum— (a) deposited with a housing association as defined...
    16. (15) Any personal possessions except those which have been acquired by...
    17. (16) The value of the right to receive any income under...
    18. (17) Where the funds of a trust are derived from a...
    19. (18) (1) Any payment made to the applicant or the applicant’s...
    20. (19) The value of the right to receive any income under...
    21. (20) The value of the right to receive any income which...
    22. (21) The surrender value of any policy of life insurance.
    23. (22) Where any payment of capital falls to be made by...
    24. (23) Any payment made by a local authority in accordance with—...
    25. (24) (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment (or part payment)...
    26. (25) Any— (a) social fund payment made pursuant to Part 8...
    27. (26) Any refund of tax which falls to be deducted under...
    28. (27) Any capital which by virtue of paragraph 18 of Schedule...
    29. (28) Where any payment of capital is made in a currency...
    30. (29) (1) Any payment made under or by the Trusts, the...
    31. (30) (1) Where an applicant has ceased to occupy what was...
    32. (31) Any premises where the applicant is taking reasonable steps to...
    33. (32) Any premises which the applicant intends to occupy as the...
    34. (33) Any premises which the applicant intends to occupy as the...
    35. (34) Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate...
    36. (35) The value of the right to receive an occupational or...
    37. (36) The value of any funds held under a personal pension...
    38. (37) The value of the right to receive any rent except...
    39. (38) Any payment in kind made by a charity or under...
    40. (39) Any payment made pursuant to section 2 of the Employment...
    41. (40) Any payment in consequence of a reduction of council tax...
    42. (41) Any grant made in accordance with a scheme made under...
    43. (42) Any arrears of supplementary pension which is disregarded under paragraph...
    44. (43) (1) Any payment or repayment made— (a) as respects England,...
    45. (44) Any payment made to such persons entitled to receive benefits...
    46. (45) Any payment made either by the Secretary of State for...
    47. (46) Any payment (other than a training allowance) made, whether by...
    48. (47) (1) Any payment made by a local authority under section...
    49. (48) (1) Any sum of capital to which sub-paragraph (2) applies...
    50. (49) Any sum of capital administered on behalf of a person...
    51. (50) Any payment to the applicant as holder of the Victoria...
    52. (51) In the case of a person who is receiving, or...
    53. (52) (1) Any payment of a sports award for a period...
    54. (53) (1) Any payment— (a) by way of an education maintenance...
    55. (54) In the case of an applicant participating in an employment...
    56. (55) Any arrears of subsistence allowance paid as a lump sum...
    57. (56) Where an ex-gratia payment of £10,000 has been made by...
    58. (57) (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the amount of any trust...
    59. (58) The amount of any payment, other than a war pension,...
    60. (59) Any payment made by a local authority, or by the...
    61. (60) Any payment made— (a) under regulations made under section 57...
    62. (61) Any payment made to the applicant pursuant to regulations under...
    63. (62) Any payment made to the applicant in accordance with regulations...
    64. (63) Any payment made by the Treasury to the applicant or...
    65. (64) Any payment made under or by a trust, established for...
    66. (65) (1) Any bereavement support payment in respect of the rate...
    67. (66) Any ex gratia payment made at the discretion of the...
    68. (67) Any redress payment made under Part 4 of the Redress...
    69. (68) Any payment of a widowed parent’s allowance made under section...
17. Schedule 11 · Students
    1. Part 1 General
    2. Part 2 Income
18. Schedule 12 · All applicants: matters that must be included in an authority’s scheme — procedural matters
    1. Part 1 Procedure for an application for a reduction under an authority’s scheme
    2. Part 2 Procedure for making an appeal
    3. Part 3 Procedure for applying for a discretionary reduction
    4. Part 4 Electronic communication
19. Schedule 13 · All applicants: matters that must be included in an authority’s scheme — other matters
    1. Part 1 Applications
    2. Part 2 Decisions by an authority
    3. Part 3 Award or payment of reduction
20. Schedule 14 · Matters to be included in a notification
    1. Part 1 General
    2. Part 2 Awards of reductions where state pension credit or extended reduction (qualifying contributory benefits) is payable: pensioners
    3. Part 3 Awards of reductions where state pension credit not in payment: pensioners
    4. Part 4 Notification where no award of a reduction is made: pensioners
    5. Part 5 Awards of reductions where income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, income related employment and support allowance, an extended reduction or an extended reduction (qualifying contributory benefits) is payable: persons who are not pensioners
    6. Part 6 Awards of reduction where universal credit is payable: persons who are not pensioners
    7. Part 7 Awards of reduction where no income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, income related employment and support allowance or universal credit is payable: persons who are not pensioners
    8. Part 8 Notification where no award of a reduction is made: persons who are not pensioners
    9. Part 9 Notification where income of non-dependant is treated as applicant’s income: pensioners and persons who are not pensioners