SCHEDULE AMENDMENT OF PROVISIONS WHICH REFER TO COMMUNITYCHARGES AND COMMUNITY CHARGE BENEFITS

Amendment of Schedule 5 to the 1987 Regulations

9.—(1) Schedule 5 to the 1987 Regulations (capital to be disregarded)(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2) Paragraph 34 shall be omitted.

(3) In paragraph 36 after the words “(reduction of liability for personal community charge)” there shall be inserted the words “or reduction of council tax under section 13 or, as the case may be, section 80 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (reduction of liability for council tax),”.

(4) After paragraph 44(2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“45.   Any council tax benefit.”.

(1)

Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1971and 1990/546.

(2)

Paragraph 44 of Schedule 5 was added by S.I. 1992/432.