The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013

7.  In Schedule 1 (determining eligibility for a reduction: pensioners)—

(a) in paragraph 3 (non-dependant deductions: pensioners)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “£11.30” substitute “£11.75”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “£3.75” substitute “£3.90”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “£188.00” substitute “£189.00”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) for “£188.00”, “£326.00” and “£7.50” substitute “£189.00”, “£328.00” and “£7.80” respectively;

(v) in sub-paragraph (2)(c) for “£326.00”, “£406.00” and “£9.45” substitute “£328.00”, “£408.00” and “£9.85” respectively;

(vi) in sub-paragraph (8)—

(aa) omit the “or” following paragraph (a);

(bb) after paragraph (b) add—

“; or

(c) who is entitled to an award of universal credit where the award is calculated on the basis that the person does not have any earned income.”;

(vii) after sub-paragraph (9) insert—

“(10) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (8), “earned income” (“incwm a enillir”) has the meaning given in regulation 52 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013(1).”;

(b) in paragraph 10(1) (meaning of “income”: pensioners)—

(i) in paragraph (j)(xvi) omit “ordinary”;

(ii) after paragraph (j)(xvi) insert—

“(xvia) statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the SSCBA;”(2);

(c) in paragraph 12 (earnings of employed earners: pensioners), after sub-paragraph (1)(j) insert—

“(ja) statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the SSCBA;”;

(d) in paragraph 13 (calculation of net earnings of employed earners: pensioners), in sub-paragraph (2)(d)—

(i) omit “ordinary or additional”;

(ii) after “statutory paternity pay” insert “, statutory shared parental pay”;

(e) in paragraph 19 (treatment of child care charges: pensioners)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (11)(c) and (e) after “Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008” insert “or the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013(3)”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (15)—

(aa) after “paternity leave” in both places where those words occur, insert “, shared parental leave”;

(bb) omit “ordinary”;;

(cc) after “maternity allowance under section 35 of that Act” insert “, statutory shared parental pay by virtue of section 171ZU or 171ZV of that Act”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (16)—

(aa) after “paternity leave” insert “, shared parental leave”;

(bb) omit “ordinary or additional” in both places where those words occur;

(cc) after “statutory paternity pay” in both places where those words occur, insert “, statutory shared parental pay”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/376.

(2)

The “SSCBA” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c 4); see the definition in regulation 2 of the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013 and in paragraph 2 of scheme set out in the Schedule to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Schemes) (Wales) Regulations 2013.

(3)

S.I. 2013/379.