The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1993

Amendment of Schedule 9

5.—(1) Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2) In paragraph 15(2)(1) for the words “personal community charge, collective community charge contribution” there shall be substituted the words “council tax”.

(3) Paragraph 44(2) shall be omitted.

(4) In paragraph 46(3) there shall be added at the end the words “or reduction of council tax under section 13 or, as the case may be, section 80 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992(4) (reduction of liability for council tax).”.

(5) At the end of the Schedule(5) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“52.   Any council tax benefit.”.

(1)

Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/547 and 1991/1559.

(2)

Paragraph 44 was added by S.I. 1988/2022.

(3)

Paragraph 46 was added by S.I. 1990/547.

(4)

1992 c. 14.

(5)

Paragraph 51 was added by S.I. 1992/468.