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

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 “£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 14 (earnings of employed earners: persons who are not pensioners)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(j), after “statutory shared parental pay” insert “, statutory parental bereavement pay”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(k), after “shared parental leave” insert “, parental bereavement leave”;

(c) in paragraph 15 (calculation of net earnings of employed earners: persons who are not pensioners), in sub-paragraph (3)(d), after “statutory shared parental pay” insert “, statutory parental bereavement pay”;

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

(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 under section 171ZU or 171ZV of that Act” insert “, statutory parental bereavement pay by virtue of section 171ZZ of that Act”;

(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”.