The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012 No. 2885

SCHEDULE 1 E+W Pensioners: matters that must be included in an authority’s scheme

PART 4 E+W Alternative maximum council tax reduction for the purposes of calculating eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme and amount of reduction

Alternative maximum council tax reduction under a scheme E+W

9.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the alternative maximum council tax reduction in respect of a day where the conditions set out in paragraph 4 (alternative maximum council tax reduction) are fulfilled, is the amount determined in accordance with Schedule 3 (amount of alternative maximum council tax reduction).

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where an applicant is jointly and severally liable for council tax in respect of a dwelling in which he is resident with one or more other persons, in determining the alternative maximum council tax reduction in his case, the amount determined in accordance with Schedule 3 must be divided by the number of persons who are jointly and severally liable for that tax.

(3) Where an applicant is jointly and severally liable for council tax in respect of a dwelling with only his partner, solely by virtue of section 9 of the 1992 Act (liability of spouses and civil partners), sub-paragraph (2) does not apply in his case.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 27.11.2012, see reg. 1(1)