The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025

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

4.  In regulation 28(5) (persons treated as not being in Great Britain)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (e)(ii), for “Destitution Domestic Violence concession” substitute “Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse concession(1)”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (n) omit “or”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (o) insert—

“(p) a person in Great Britain who was residing in Sudan before 15 April 2023, left Sudan in connection with the violence which rapidly escalated on 15 April 2023 in Khartoum and across Sudan and—

(i) has been granted leave in accordance with immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971(2),

(ii) has a right of abode in the United Kingdom within the meaning given in section 2(3) of that Act, or

(iii) does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with section 3ZA(4) of that Act; or

(q) a person in Great Britain who was residing in Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights or Lebanon immediately before 7 October 2023, left Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights or Lebanon in connection with the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel on 7 October 2023 or the violence which rapidly escalated in the region following the attack and—

(i) has been granted leave in accordance with immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971,

(ii) has a right of abode in the United Kingdom within the meaning of section 2 of that Act, or

(iii) does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with section 3ZA of that Act.”

(1)

The Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse concession is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/victims-of-domestic-violence/migrant-victims-of-domestic-abuse-concession-accessible.

(2)

1971 c. 77, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

Section 2 was substituted by section 39(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) and amended by S.I. 2019/745.

(4)

Section 3ZA was inserted by section 2(2) of the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (c. 20).