PART VI DEDUCTIONS

Amendment of the Council Tax (Deductions from Income Support) Regulations 199333

1

The Council Tax (Deductions from Income Support) Regulations 1993 M1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

2

In regulation 1, in paragraph (2)—

a

in the definition of “benefit week”, after the words “as the case may be” insert “ regulation 1(2) of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 M2 or ”;

b

for the definition of “personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25” substitute—

“personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25” means—

a

in the case of a person who is entitled to either income support or state pension credit, the amount for the time being specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of column (2) of Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987; or

b

in the case of a person who is entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, the amount for the time being specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of column (2) of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996;

c

after the definition of “social security office” insert—

“state pension credit” means the benefit of that name payable under the State Pension Credit Act 2002 M3;

3

In regulation 2 and in the heading to the regulation, after the words “income support”, wherever they occur, insert “ , state pension credit ”.

4

In regulation 3 and in the heading to the regulation after the words “income support”, wherever they occur, insert “ , state pension credit ”.

5

In regulation 4, in paragraph (1)(f), after the words “income support” insert “ , state pension credit ”.

6

In regulation 5 M4 in paragraph (1)(a) and in the heading to the regulation, after the words “income support” insert “ , state pension credit ”.

7

In regulation 8, in paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (5), after the words “income support”, wherever they occur, insert “ , state pension credit ”.