The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

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

9.  In Schedule 6 (determining eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme, amount of reduction and calculation of income and capital: persons who are not pensioners)—

(a) in paragraph 5 (non-dependant deductions: persons who are not pensioners)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “£12.70” substitute “£13.10”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “£4.20” substitute “£4.35”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “£200.00” substitute “£205.00”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) for “£200.00”, “£346.00” and “£8.40” substitute “£205.00”, “£355.00” and “£8.70” respectively;

(v) in sub-paragraph (2)(c) for “£346.00”, “£430.00” and “£10.60” substitute “£355.00”, “£440.00” and “£10.95” respectively;

(vi) in sub-paragraph (8)(a), after “income related employment and support allowance” insert “or where the non-dependent is not a member of the work-related activity group”;

(vii) in sub-paragraph (9)(b) after “the Caxton Foundation” insert “, an approved blood scheme, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme, the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund”;

(viii) at the end of sub-paragraph (9)(c) for “.” substitute “;”;

(ix) after sub-paragraph (9)(c) insert—

“(d) any payment made under or by a trust, established for the purpose of giving relief and assistance to disabled persons whose disabilities were caused by the fact that during their mother’s pregnancy she had taken a preparation containing the drug known as Thalidomide, and which is approved by the Secretary of State.”;

(b) in paragraph 10A (date on which income consisting of earnings from employment as an employed earner are taken into account: persons who are not pensioners)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a) for “regardless of whether those earnings were actually received in that reduction week” substitute “regardless of when those earnings were actually received”;

(ii) for sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—

“(b) in the case of an application or a reduction under a scheme where the applicant commences employment, the day on which the applicant commences that employment, and the first day of each reduction week thereafter, regardless of when those earnings were actually received; or

(c) in the case of an application or reduction under a scheme where the applicant’s average weekly earnings from employment change, the day on which the applicant’s earnings from employment change, and the first day of each reduction week thereafter, regardless of when those earnings were actually received.”;

(c) in paragraph 19(4)(a) (notional income: persons who are not pensioners), after “the Caxton Foundation” insert “, an approved blood scheme, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme, the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund”;

(d) in paragraph 21 (treatment of child care charges)—

(i) for sub-paragraph (8)(l) substitute—

“(1) by a person who is employed, or engaged under a contract for services, to provide care and support by the provider of a domiciliary support service, within the meaning of Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016; or ”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (11)(a) after “the work-related activity component” insert “or the other member would be a member of the work-related activity group”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (11)(c) after “the work-related activity component” insert “or the other member would be a member of the work-related activity group”;

(e) in paragraph 27(7) (income treated as capital: persons who are not pensioners), after “the Caxton Foundation,” insert “an approved blood scheme, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme, the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund,”;

(f) in paragraph 30 (notional capital: persons who are not pensioners), in sub-paragraph (4)(a), after “the Caxton Foundation,” insert “an approved blood scheme, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme, the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund”.