Welsh Statutory Instrument
2013
United Kingdom
The Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013
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What this Act requires
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Schedules
Browse 408 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Meaning of “income”: pensioners
Calculation of weekly income: pensioners
Earnings of employed earners: pensioners
Calculation of net earnings of employed earners: pensioners
Calculation of earnings self-employed earners: pensioners
Earnings of self-employed earners: pensioners
Notional income: pensioners
Income paid to third parties: pensioners
Calculation of income on a weekly basis: pensioners
Treatment of child care charges: pensioners
Maximum council tax reduction under an authority’s scheme: pensioners
Additional condition referred to in paragraph 19(11)(b)(i): disability : pensioners
Calculations of average weekly income from tax credits
Disregard of changes in tax, contributions etc
Calculation of net profit of self-employed earners
Calculation of deduction of tax and contributions of self-employed earners
Calculation of Capital
Calculation of capital in the United Kingdom
Calculation of capital outside the United Kingdom
Notional capital
Diminishing notional capital rule: pensioners
Non-dependant deductions: pensioners
Capital jointly held: pensioners
Calculation of tariff income from capital: pensioners
Extended reductions (qualifying contributory benefits): pensioners
Duration of extended reduction period (qualifying contributory benefits): pensioners
Amount of extended reduction (qualifying contributory benefits): pensioners
Extended reductions (qualifying contributory benefits) — movers: pensioners
Relationship between extended reduction (qualifying contributory benefits) and entitlement to a council tax reduction by virtue of falling within class A or B: pensioners
Continuing reductions where state pension credit claimed: pensioners
Extended reductions: movers into an authority’s area
Date on which entitlement begins
Amount of reduction under an authority’s scheme: Classes A and B
Date on which change of circumstances is to take effect
Change of circumstances where the state pension credit payment in payment
Calculation of income and capital: applicant’s family and polygamous marriages: pensioners
Circumstances in which capital and income of non-dependant is to be treated as applicant’s: pensioners
Pensioners in receipt of guarantee credit
Calculation of pensioner’s income in savings credit only cases
Calculation of income and capital where state pension credit is not payable: pensioners
Personal allowance
Persons in receipt of concessionary payments
Person in receipt of benefit
Child or young person amounts
Family premium
The premiums specified in Part 4 are, for the purposes...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), for the purposes of this...
Severe disability premium
Enhanced disability premium
Disabled child premium
Carer premium
Where two or more of paragraphs 2 to 5 apply...
(1) In a case where the applicant is a person...
Where a payment of earnings is made in a currency...
In a case where an applicant is a lone parent,...
(1) In a case of earnings from any employment or...
(1) If the applicant or, if the applicant has a...
(1) £20 is disregarded if the applicant or, if the...
(1) Where— (a) the applicant (or if the applicant is...
Any amount or the balance of any amount which would...
Except where the applicant or the applicant’s partner qualifies for...
Any earnings, other than earnings referred to in paragraph 11(9)(b)...
In addition to any sum which falls to be disregarded...
If the applicant— (a) owns the freehold or leasehold interest...
Where an applicant receives income under an annuity purchased with...
(1) Any payment, other than a payment to which sub-paragraph...
Any increase in pension or allowance under Part 2 or...
Any payment ordered by a court to be made to...
Periodic payments made to the applicant or the applicant’s partner...
Any income which is payable outside the United Kingdom for...
Any banking charges or commission payable in converting to sterling...
Where the applicant makes a parental contribution in respect of...
(1) Where the applicant is the parent of a student...
The whole of any amount included in a pension to...
(1) Where an applicant’s applicable amount includes an amount by...
Except in a case which falls under paragraph 10 of...
Where the total value of any capital specified in Part...
Except in the case of income from capital specified in...
Where the applicant, or the person who was the partner...
Any mobility supplement under article 20 of the Naval, Military...
Any supplementary pension under article 23(2) of the Naval, Military...
In the case of a pension awarded at the supplementary...
(1) Any payment which is— (a) made under any of...
£15 of any widowed parent’s allowance to which the applicant...
£15 of any widowed mother’s allowance to which the applicant...
Where the applicant occupies a dwelling as the applicant’s home...
Any premises acquired for occupation by the applicant which the...
The assets of any business owned in whole or in...
The surrender value of any policy of life insurance.
The value of any funeral plan contract; and for this...
Where an ex-gratia payment has been made by the Secretary...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the amount of any trust...
The amount of any payment, other than a war pension,...
(1) Any payment made under or by—
(1) An amount equal to the amount of any payment...
Any amount specified in paragraph 19, 20, 21 or 25...
Amounts paid under a policy of insurance in connection with...
Any premises which the applicant intends to occupy as the...
So much of any amounts paid to the applicant or...
(1) Subject to paragraph 22 any amount paid—
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), any payment of £5,000 or...
Where a capital asset is held in a currency other...
The value of the right to receive income from an...
Any arrears of supplementary pension which is disregarded under paragraph...
The dwelling occupied as the home; but only one dwelling...
Where a person elects to be entitled to a lump...
Where a person elects to be entitled to a lump...
Any payments made by virtue of regulations made under—
Any payment made as a direct payment as defined in...
Any payment made under or by a trust, established for...
(1) Any bereavement support payment in respect of the rate...
Any ex gratia payment made at the discretion of the...
Any redress payment made under Part 4 of the Redress...
Any payment of a widowed parent’s allowance made under section...
The value of the right to receive any income under...
Any premises which the applicant intends to occupy as the...
The value of the right to receive any rent except...
The value of the right to receive any income under...
Where property is held under a trust, other than—
Any payment made by the Treasury to the applicant or...
Any premises occupied in whole or in part—
Any future interest in property of any kind, other than...
Where an applicant has ceased to occupy what was formerly...
Any premises where the applicant is taking reasonable steps to...
All personal possessions.
The assets of any business owned in whole or in...
Applicable amounts: persons who are not pensioners
Average weekly earnings of employed earners: persons who are not pensioners
Date on which income consisting of earnings from employment as an employed earner are taken into account: persons who are not pensioners
Average weekly earnings of self-employed earners: persons who are not pensioners
Average weekly income other than earnings: persons who are not pensioners
Calculation of weekly income of employed earners: persons who are not pensioners
Earnings of employed earners: persons who are not pensioners
Calculation of net earnings of employed earners: persons who are not pensioners
Earnings of self-employed earners: persons who are not pensioners
Calculation of income other than earnings: persons who are not pensioners
Capital treated as income: persons who are not pensioners
Notional income: persons who are not pensioners
Polygamous marriages: persons who are not pensioners
Calculation of income on a weekly basis
Treatment of child care charges
Calculations of average weekly income from tax credits
Disregard of changes in tax, contributions etc
Calculation of net profit of self-employed earners
Calculation of deduction of tax and contributions of self-employed earners
Calculation of capital: persons who are not pensioners
Income treated as capital: persons who are not pensioners
Calculation of capital in the United Kingdom: persons who are not pensioners
Calculation of capital outside the United Kingdom: persons who are not pensioners
Applicable amount: persons who are not pensioners who have an award of universal credit
Notional capital: persons who are not pensioners
Diminishing notional capital rule: persons who are not pensioners
Capital jointly held: persons who are not pensioners
Calculation of tariff income: persons who are not pensioners
Extended reductions: persons who are not pensioners
Duration of extended reduction: persons who are not pensioners
Amount of extended reduction: persons who are not pensioners
Extended reductions-movers: persons who are not pensioners
Relationship between extended reduction and entitlement to reduction by virtue of falling within class C or D
Extended reductions (qualifying contributory benefits): persons who are not pensioners
Maximum council tax reduction under an authority’s scheme: persons who are not pensioners
Duration of extended reduction period (qualifying contributory benefits): persons who are not pensioners
Amount of extended reduction (qualifying contributory benefits): persons who are not pensioners
Extended reductions (qualifying contributory benefits)-movers: persons who are not pensioners
Relationship between extended reduction (qualifying contributory benefits) and entitlement to reduction by virtue of falling within class C or D
Extended reductions: movers into the authority’s area: persons who are not pensioners
Date on which entitlement begins: persons who are not pensioners
Date on which change of circumstances is to take effect: persons who are not pensioners
Non-dependant deductions: persons who are not pensioners
Amount of reduction under an authority’s scheme: Classes C and D
Calculation of income and capital: applicant’s family and polygamous marriages: persons who are not pensioners
Circumstances in which capital and income of non dependant is to be treated as applicant’s: persons who are not pensioners
Calculation of income and capital: persons who are not pensioners who have an award of universal credit
Personal allowances
Additional condition for the disability premium
Severe disability premium
Enhanced disability premium
Disabled child premium
Carer premium
Persons in receipt of concessionary payments
Persons in receipt of benefit for another
Subject to paragraph 20 the applicant is entitled to one,...
Subject to paragraph 20, the applicant is entitled to one,...
(1) The applicant has no entitlement under paragraph 21 or...
The work-related activity component
The support component
The amount of the work-related activity component is £37.95.
The amount of the support component is £50.35.
(1) The applicant is entitled to the transitional addition calculated...
(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) the applicant’s entitlement to...
(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) the applicant’s entitlement to...
(1) Subject to paragraph 29, the amount of the transitional...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where there is a change...
Subject to paragraph 7, where an applicant satisfies the conditions...
The following premiums, namely— (a) a severe disability premium to...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), for the purposes of this...
Disability premium
In the case of an applicant who has been engaged...
Where the applicant is engaged in one or more employments...
In a case to which none of the paragraphs 4...
(1) Where— (a) the applicant (or if the applicant is...
Any amount or the balance of any amount which would...
Where an applicant is on income support, an income-based jobseeker’s...
Any earnings derived from employment which are payable in a...
Where a payment of earnings is made in a currency...
Any earnings of a child or young person.
(1) In a case where the applicant is a person...
In this Schedule “part-time employment” (“cyflogaeth ran-amser”) means employment in...
In the case of an applicant who, before the first...
In the case of an applicant who has been engaged...
(1) In a case to which this paragraph applies and...
In a case where the applicant is a lone parent,...
(1) In a case to which neither paragraph 4 nor...
Where the carer premium is awarded in respect of an...
In a case where paragraphs 4, 6, 7 and 9...
(1) In a case where paragraphs 4, 6, 7 and...
Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
Where the applicant, or the person who was the partner...
Any disability living allowance, personal independence payment, or AFIP.
Any concessionary payment made to compensate for the non-payment of—...
Any mobility supplement under article 20 of the Naval, Military...
Any attendance allowance.
Any payment to the applicant as holder of the Victoria...
(1) Any payment— (a) by way of an education maintenance...
Any payment made to the applicant by way of a...
(1) Any payment made pursuant to section 2 of the...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any of the following payments—...
Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
Subject to paragraph 40, £10 of any of the following,...
Subject to paragraph 40, £15 of any—
(1) Any income derived from capital to which the applicant...
Where the applicant makes a parental contribution in respect of...
(1) Where the applicant is the parent of a student...
Any payment made to the applicant by a child or...
Where the applicant occupies a dwelling as the applicant’s home...
Where the applicant occupies a dwelling as the applicant’s home...
(1) Any income in kind, except where paragraph 17(10)(b) of...
Any income which is payable in a country outside the...
Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
(1) Any payment made to the applicant in respect of...
Any payment made to an applicant with whom a person...
Any payment made to the applicant or the applicant’s partner...
Any payment made by a local authority in accordance with—...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment (or part payment)...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment received under an...
Any payment of income which by virtue of paragraph 27...
Any— (a) social fund payment made pursuant to Part 8...
Any payment under Part 10 of the SSCBA (Christmas bonus...
Where a payment of income is made in a currency...
Any amount paid by way of tax on income which...
The total of an applicant’s income or, if the applicant...
(1) Any payment made under or by any of the...
Any housing benefit.
Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate...
Any payment to a juror or witness in respect of...
Any payment in consequence of a reduction of council tax...
(1) Any payment or repayment made— (a) as respects England,...
Any payment made to such persons entitled to receive benefits...
Any payment made by either the Secretary of State for...
(1) Where an applicant’s applicable amount includes an amount by...
Any payment in respect of any expenses incurred or to...
(1) Any payment of child maintenance made or derived from...
Any payment (other than a training allowance) made, whether by...
Any guardian’s allowance.
(1) If the applicant is in receipt of any benefit...
Any supplementary pension under article 23(2) of the Naval, Military...
In the case of a pension awarded at the supplementary...
(1) Any payment which is— (a) made under any of...
Any reduction under an authority’s scheme to which the applicant...
Except in a case which falls under sub-paragraph (1) of...
Any payment made— (a) as a direct payment as defined...
Any payment in respect of expenses arising out of the...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in respect of a person...
(1) Any payment of a sports award except to the...
Where the amount of subsistence allowance paid to a person...
In the case of an applicant participating in an employment...
Any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of...
Any payment made by a local authority or by the...
Any payment of child benefit.
Any bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions...
In the case of employment as an employed earner, any...
Where an applicant is on income support, an income-based jobseeker’s...
Where the applicant is a member of a joint-claim couple...
Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
Any future interest in property of any kind, other than...
(1) The assets of any business owned in whole or...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any arrears of, or any...
Any sum— (a) paid to the applicant in consequence of...
Any sum— (a) deposited with a housing association as defined...
Any personal possessions except those which have been acquired by...
The value of the right to receive any income under...
Where the funds of a trust are derived from a...
(1) Any payment made to the applicant or the applicant’s...
The value of the right to receive any income under...
Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
The value of the right to receive any income which...
The surrender value of any policy of life insurance.
Where any payment of capital falls to be made by...
Any payment made by a local authority in accordance with—...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment (or part payment)...
Any— (a) social fund payment made pursuant to Part 8...
Any refund of tax which falls to be deducted under...
Any capital which by virtue of paragraph 18 of Schedule...
Where any payment of capital is made in a currency...
(1) Any payment made under or by the Trusts, the...
Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any...
(1) Where an applicant has ceased to occupy what was...
Any premises where the applicant is taking reasonable steps to...
Any premises which the applicant intends to occupy as the...
Any premises which the applicant intends to occupy as the...
Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate...
The value of the right to receive an occupational or...
The value of any funds held under a personal pension...
The value of the right to receive any rent except...
Any payment in kind made by a charity or under...
Any payment made pursuant to section 2 of the Employment...
The dwelling together with any garage, garden and outbuildings, normally...
Any payment in consequence of a reduction of council tax...
Any grant made in accordance with a scheme made under...
Any arrears of supplementary pension which is disregarded under paragraph...
(1) Any payment or repayment made— (a) as respects England,...
Any payment made to such persons entitled to receive benefits...
Any payment made either by the Secretary of State for...
Any payment (other than a training allowance) made, whether by...
(1) Any payment made by a local authority under section...
(1) Any sum of capital to which sub-paragraph (2) applies...
Any sum of capital administered on behalf of a person...
Any premises acquired for occupation by the applicant which the...
Any payment to the applicant as holder of the Victoria...
In the case of a person who is receiving, or...
(1) Any payment of a sports award for a period...
(1) Any payment— (a) by way of an education maintenance...
In the case of an applicant participating in an employment...
Any arrears of subsistence allowance paid as a lump sum...
Where an ex-gratia payment of £10,000 has been made by...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the amount of any trust...
The amount of any payment, other than a war pension,...
Any payment made by a local authority, or by the...
Any sum directly attributable to the proceeds of sale of...
Any payment made— (a) under regulations made under section 57...
Any payment made to the applicant pursuant to regulations under...
Any payment made to the applicant in accordance with regulations...
Any payment made by the Treasury to the applicant or...
Any payment made under or by a trust, established for...
(1) Any bereavement support payment in respect of the rate...
Any ex gratia payment made at the discretion of the...
Any redress payment made under Part 4 of the Redress...
Any payment of a widowed parent’s allowance made under section...
Any premises occupied in whole or in part—
Where an applicant is on income support, an income-based jobseeker’s...
Where the applicant is a member of a joint-claim couple...
Interpretation
Treatment of fee loans
Treatment of payments from access funds
Disregard of contribution
Further disregard of student’s income
Income treated as capital
Disregard of changes occurring during summer vacation
Treatment of Students
Students who are excluded from entitlement to a council tax reduction under an authority’s scheme
Calculation of grant income
Calculation of covenant income where a contribution is assessed
Covenant income where no grant income or no contribution is assessed
Relationship with amounts to be disregarded under Schedule 9
Other amounts to be disregarded
Treatment of student loans
Procedure by which a person may apply for a reduction under an authority’s scheme
Where, following notification under paragraph 9(b)(i) or (ii), the person...
Procedure for an application to an authority for a reduction under section 13A(1)(c) of the
Interpretation
Conditions for the use of electronic communication
Use of intermediaries
Effect of delivering information by means of electronic communication
Proof of identity of sender or recipient of information
Proof of delivery of information
Proof of content of information
An application may be made— (a) in writing,
(1) An application which is made in writing must be...
(1) Where an application made in writing is defective because—...
(1) If an application made by electronic communication is defective...
In a particular case the authority may determine that an...
(1) If an application made by telephone is defective the...
Applications: universal credit claimants
Procedure by which a person may make an appeal against certain decisions of the authority
The authority must— (a) consider the matter to which the...
Who may make an application
The award or payment of a reduction under a scheme
Date on which an application is made
Back-dating of applications: pensioners
Back-dating of applications: persons who are not pensioners
Evidence and information
Amendment and withdrawal of application
Duty to notify changes of circumstances
Decision by an authority
Notification of decision
The matters to be included in any notification issued by...
Where a person who is not a pensioner is not...
Where an authority makes a decision under its scheme to...
Every notification must include a statement as to the right...
Every notification must include a statement as to the right...
(1) Where a pensioner who is in receipt of state...
Where a pensioner who is not in receipt of state...
Where a pensioner is not awarded a reduction under an...
(1) Where a person who is not a pensioner and...
Where a person who is not a pensioner and who...
Where a person who is not a pensioner and who...
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Title, commencement and application
Interpretation
For the purposes of paragraph 1, an applicant is entitled...
Meaning of “pensioner” and “person who is not a pensioner”
(1) The amounts specified in column (2) below in respect...
Meaning of “couple”
(1) The amount for the purposes of paragraphs 1(1)(c) and...
Polygamous marriages
Except as provided in paragraph 6, the premiums specified in...
Meaning of “family”
Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another
Households
Non-dependants
Remunerative work
Schemes
Duty to make schemes and exercise of functions by authorities
First financial year of schemes
Scheme requirements in relation to classes of persons
Scheme requirements in relation to reductions
Scheme procedural requirements
Preparation of a scheme
Revisions to and replacement of schemes
Notice requiring provision of information to the Welsh Ministers
Supply of documents
Classes of person who must be included in a scheme
Class A: pensioners whose income is less than the applicable amount
Class B: pensioners whose income is greater than the applicable amount
Class C: persons who are not pensioners whose income is less than the applicable amount
Class D: persons who are not pensioners whose income is greater than the applicable amount
Periods of absence from a dwelling
Classes of person who must not be included in a scheme
Persons treated as not being in Great Britain
Persons subject to immigration control
Persons whose capital exceeds £16,000
Students
Provision for pensioners
Provision for persons who are not pensioners
Provision for pensioners and persons who are not pensioners
Interpretation
Revocation and savings
Persons to be treated as having made an application for a reduction
Applications received between 15 February 2014 and 31 March 2014
Date on which change of circumstances is to take effect
Notification relating to change of circumstances
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