Textual Amendments
F1Schs. 1A, 1B inserted (31.10.2012) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), Sch. 4 para. 1
5(1)The regulations may require each scheme to state—E+W+S
(a)the procedure by which a person may apply for a reduction under the scheme;
(b)the procedure by which a person can make an appeal under section 16 against any decision which affects the person's entitlement to a reduction under the scheme or the amount of any reduction to which the person is entitled;
(c)the procedure by which a person can apply to the relevant billing authority for a reduction under section 13A(1)(c).
(2)In sub-paragraph (1)(c), the relevant billing authority for any dwelling to which the scheme applies is the billing authority in whose area the dwelling is situated.
(3)The regulations may prescribe requirements which must be met by the procedure mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b).
6(1)The regulations may—E+W+S
(a)require other matters to be included in schemes;
(b)allow schemes to make provision that is equivalent to provision made by a relevant enactment, or provision that is capable of being made under a relevant enactment, with such modifications as specified authorities think fit;
(c)prescribe the procedure which a specified authority must follow when making a scheme (including requirements regarding consultation and other steps to be taken before and after making the scheme);
(d)require or allow functions conferred by the regulations to be exercised by specified authorities jointly with other authorities;
(e)prescribe a default scheme which is to take effect, if a specified authority fails to make a scheme in accordance with the regulations, in respect of dwellings to which that scheme would have applied;
(f)impose requirements on specified authorities relating to the review, revision or replacement of schemes;
(g)enable specified authorities to make reasonable charges for the supply of copies of documents relating to schemes;
(h)require specified authorities to provide to the Welsh Ministers information about schemes.
(2)In particular, the regulations may under sub-paragraph (1)(a) set out provision to be included in schemes, and a default scheme prescribed under sub-paragraph (1)(e) may make provision, that is equivalent to—
(a)provision made by a relevant enactment, or
(b)provision that is capable of being made under a relevant enactment,
with such modifications as the Welsh Ministers think fit.
(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1)(b) and (2), each of the following enactments as it had effect on the day on which the Local Government Finance Act 2012 was passed is a “relevant enactment”—
(a)sections 131 to 133 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (council tax benefit);
(b)sections 134 to 137 of that Act (general provisions about income-related benefits) so far as applying in relation to council tax benefit;
(c)section 1 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (entitlement to benefit dependent on claim) so far as applying in relation to council tax benefit;
(d)section 6 of that Act (regulations about council tax benefit administration);
(e)sections 32 to 34 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (benefit for persons taking up employment) so far as applying in relation to council tax benefit.]