The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

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-dependent deductions: pensioners)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “£13.75” substitute “£14.65”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “£4.55” substitute “£4.85”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “£210.00” substitute “£217.00”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) for “£210.00”, “£365.00” and “£9.15” substitute “£217.00”, “£377.00” and “£9.75” respectively;

(v) in sub-paragraph (2)(c) for “£365.00”, “£450.00” and “£11.50” substitute “£377.00”, “£469.00” and “£12.25” respectively;

(b) in paragraph 10(1)(j) (meaning of “income”: pensioners), after paragraph (xvia), insert—

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

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

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

(d) in paragraph 13 (calculation of net earnings of employed earners: pensioners), in sub-paragraph 2(d), after “statutory shared parental pay” insert “, statutory parental bereavement pay”;

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

(i) in sub-paragraph (15)—

(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” insert “, statutory parental bereavement pay by virtue of section 171ZZ of that Act(2)”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (16)—

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

(bb) in paragraphs (b) and (c), after “statutory shared parental pay” insert “, statutory parental bereavement pay”.

(1)

The “SSCBA” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4); see definition in regulation 2 of the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013 and in paragraph 2 of the scheme set out in the Schedule to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme)(Wales) Regulations 2013. Part 12ZD was inserted by Part 2 of the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 (c. 24)(“the 2018 Act”) but the provisions are not yet in force.

(2)

Sections 171ZZ6 to 171ZZ15 in Part 12ZD were inserted by Part 2 of the Schedule to the 2018 Act but are not yet in force.