The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Amendment of Schedule 1

7.  In Schedule 1 (pensioners: matters that must be included in an authority’s scheme)—

(a) in paragraph 8 (non-dependant deductions)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for “£12.20” substitute “£12.40”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), for “£4.00” substitute “£4.05”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)(a), for “£207.70” substitute “£217.00”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (2)(b), for “£207.70”, “£360.10” and “£8.10” substitute “£217.00”, “£377.00” and “£8.25” respectively;

(v) in sub-paragraph (2)(c), for “£360.10”, “£447.40” and “£10.20” substitute “£377.00”, “£469.00” and “£10.35” respectively;

(vi) in sub-paragraph (9)(b), after “the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” insert “, the Grenfell Tower charitable funds, the Grenfell Tower Residents’ Discretionary Fund, the Windrush Compensation Scheme”;

(vii) after sub-paragraph (9)(b), insert—

“(ba) any Grenfell Tower support payment which is paid as income in kind (see sub-paragraph (13));”;

(viii) in sub-paragraph (10)(a), after “the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” insert “, the Grenfell Tower charitable funds, the Grenfell Tower Residents’ Discretionary Fund, the Windrush Compensation Scheme”;

(ix) after sub-paragraph (10)(a), insert—

“(aa) any Grenfell Tower support payment;”;

(x) in sub-paragraph (10)(b), after “paragraph (a) refers” insert “or from a Grenfell Tower support payment”;

(xi) in sub-paragraph (10)(c), after “paragraph (a) refers” insert “or from a Grenfell Tower support payment”;

(xii) in sub-paragraph (10)(d), after “paragraph (a) refers” insert “or from a Grenfell Tower support payment”;

(xiii) in sub-paragraph (10)(e), after “paragraph (a) refers” insert “or from a Grenfell Tower support payment”;

(xiv) for sub-paragraph (10)(f), substitute—

“(f) in the case of a person to whom or for whose benefit a payment referred to in this sub-paragraph is made, any income which derives from—

(i) any payment of income or capital made under or deriving from any of the Trusts referred to in paragraph (a); or

(ii) a Grenfell Tower support payment;”;

(b) in paragraph 16(1)(j) (meaning of income)—

(i) after sub-paragraph (xvia), insert—

“(xvib) statutory parental bereavement pay under Part 12ZD of that Act(1);”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (xx), insert—

“(xxi) early years assistance given in accordance with section 32 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018(2);

(xxii) funeral expense assistance given in accordance with section 34 of that Act;”;

(c) in paragraph 18 (earnings of employed earners), after sub-paragraph (1)(ja) insert—

“(jb) statutory parental bereavement pay under Part 12ZD of that Act(3);”;

(d) in paragraph 19 (calculation of net earnings of employed earners), in sub-paragraph (2)(d), after “statutory shared parental pay” insert “, statutory parental bereavement pay”;

(e) in paragraph 25 (treatment of child care charges)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (14)—

(aa) in the words before paragraph (a), after “shared parental leave” insert “, parental bereavement leave”;

(bb) in paragraph (a), after “shared parental leave” insert “, parental bereavement leave”;

(cc) in paragraph (c), after “statutory shared parental pay by virtue of section 171ZU or 171ZV of that Act(4)” insert “, statutory parental bereavement pay by virtue of section 171ZZ6 of that Act”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (15)—

(aa) in the words before paragraph (a), after “shared parental leave” insert “, parental bereavement leave”;

(bb) in paragraph (b), for “statutory shared paternity pay” substitute “statutory shared parental pay, statutory parental bereavement pay”;

(cc) in paragraph (c), for “statutory shared paternity pay” substitute “statutory shared parental pay, statutory parental bereavement pay”.

(1)

1992 c.4. Part 12ZD is inserted by paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 (c. 24) (not yet in force).

(2)

2018 asp 9.

(3)

Within paragraph 18(1)(jb), “that Act” is a reference to “the SSCBA”; see regulation 2(1) of S.I. 2012/2885 for the definition of “the SSCBA”.

(4)

Within paragraph 25(14)(c), “that Act” is a reference to “the SSCBA”; see regulation 2(1) of S.I. 2012/2885 for the definition of “the SSCBA”.