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
”
.