SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 1BCouncil tax reduction schemes: Wales
Persons entitled to reductions
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1
The regulations may prescribe—
a
classes of person who are to be entitled to a reduction under schemes;
b
classes of person who must not be entitled to a reduction under schemes.
2
The regulations may—
a
allow specified authorities to determine (subject to regulations under sub-paragraph (1)) classes of person who are to be entitled to a reduction under schemes, or
b
provide that specified authorities may not determine such classes.
3
The regulations may require each scheme to state the classes of person (prescribed under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or determined under sub-paragraph (2)(a)) who are to be entitled to a reduction under the scheme.
4
Any class of person prescribed under sub-paragraph (1)(a) may be determined by reference to, in particular, the matters listed in sub-paragraph (7).
5
The regulations may require any class of person determined under sub-paragraph (2)(a) to be determined by reference to specified matters (which may include those listed in sub-paragraph (7)).
6
If the regulations do not require a class of person to be determined as mentioned in sub-paragraph (5), the specified authority may determine that class by reference to, in particular, the matters listed in sub-paragraph (7).
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Those matters are—
a
whether the Welsh Ministers consider, or the specified authority considers, any person to be in financial need;
b
the income of any person liable to pay council tax in respect of any dwelling to which a scheme is to apply;
c
the capital of any such person;
d
whether any such person is in receipt of any specified benefit;
e
the income and capital of any other person who is a resident of the dwelling, or whether any such person is in receipt of any specified benefit;
f
the number of dependants of any person within paragraph (b) or (e);
g
whether the person has made an application for the reduction.
Schs. 1A, 1B inserted (31.10.2012) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), Sch. 4 para. 1