The Council Tax Reduction Scheme (Wales) Regulations 1998

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994(1);

“section 10”, “section 11” and “section 12” mean section 10 of the Act, section 11 of the Act and section 12 of the Act, respectively;

“the Benefit Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992(2);

“the Disabilities Regulations” means the Council Tax (Reductions for Disabilities) Regulations 1992(3);

“billing authority” means a Welsh billing authority;

“chargeable dwelling” means a chargeable dwelling in Wales;

“county” means a county in Wales established under the 1994 Act;

“county borough” means a county borough in Wales established under the 1994 Act; and

“the transferred parts of Bridgend and Coychurch Lower” means those parts of the communities of Bridgend and Coychurch Lower in the county borough of Bridgend transferred from the community of Ewenny or the community of Llangan in the Vale of Glamorgan, by the Bridgend and The Vale of Glamorgan (Areas) Order 1996(4).

(2) Subject to regulation 3 below, in these Regulations “community area” means an area which is co-extensive with the area of a community as at 1st January 1998; and a community area identified in the Schedule to these Regulations by the name of a community in a county or county borough means the area which is co-extensive with the area of that community on 1st January 1998.

(3) In these Regulations, in relation to an amount a person is liable to pay in respect of council tax—

“the appropriate reduction” means the amount (if any) prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations in relation to the relevant community area and the relevant valuation band;

“the relevant community area” means the community area in which the relevant chargeable dwelling is situated;

“the relevant chargeable dwelling” means the chargeable dwelling in respect of which the person is liable to pay the amount; and

subject to paragraph (4) below, “the relevant valuation band” means the valuation band shown as applicable to the relevant chargeable dwelling in the billing authority’s valuation list.

(4) In these Regulations, in relation to an amount a person who is an eligible person is liable to pay in respect of council tax—

(a) the amount ascertained in accordance with regulation 4 below shall be calculated as if in the definition of “A” in section 10 of the Act, there were substituted for the reference to the valuation band listed for the dwelling, a reference to the alternative valuation band applicable in that person’s case for the purposes of regulation 4 of the Disabilities Regulations; and

(b) any reference to the relevant valuation band shall be construed as a reference to such alternative valuation band,

and in this paragraph an eligible person means an eligible person for the purposes of the Disabilities Regulations.

(5) In these Regulations any reference to a person who is liable to pay to a billing authority, in respect of a particular dwelling, an amount in respect of council tax (whether his liability is sole, or joint and several), includes, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a person who in the opinion of the authority will be so liable; and references to the amount which a person is liable to pay shall be construed accordingly.

(1)

1994 c. 19.

(2)

S.I. 1992/1814; to which amendments have been made which are not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

S.I. 1992/554; relevant amendments are made by S.I. 1993/195.

(4)

S.I. 1996/2915.