The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Amendment of Schedule 1

5.—(1) Schedule 1 (pensioners: matters that must be included in an authority’s scheme) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 8 (non-dependant deductions)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “£14.15” substitute “£15.10”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “£4.60” substitute “£4.90”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “£236.00” substitute “£256.00”;

(d) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) for “£236.00”, “£410.00” and “£9.40” substitute “£256.00”, “£445.00” and “£10.05” respectively;

(e) in sub-paragraph (2)(c) for “£410.00”, “£511.00” and “£11.80” substitute “£445.00”, “£554.00” and “£12.60” respectively;

(f) in sub-paragraph (9)—

(i) in paragraph (b) after “the National Emergencies Trust” insert “, the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme”;

(ii) after paragraph (bc) insert—

“(bd) any Post Office compensation payment;

(be) any vaccine damage payment;”;

(g) in sub-paragraph (10), after paragraph (ac) insert—

“(ad) any Post Office compensation payment;

(ae) any vaccine damage payment;

(af) any payment out of the estate of a person to that person’s son, daughter, step-son or step-daughter, which derives from a payment to meet the recommendation of the Infected Blood Inquiry in its interim report published on 29th July 2022(1) made under or by the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme or an approved blood scheme ;”.

(1)

See https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/reports/first-interim-report. A hard copy may be obtained from the Local Taxation Division, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF.