Amendment of regulation 5 of the Council Tax Regulations21.

(1)

Regulation 5 of the Council Tax Regulations is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2)

In paragraph (1) after the words “income support” there are inserted the words “or jobseeker’s allowance”.

(3)

In paragraph (2) after the words “income support”, in both places where they occur, there are inserted the words “or income-based jobseeker’s allowance”.

(4)

After paragraph (2) there is inserted the following paragraph—

“(2A)

The adjudication officer shall determine that there is sufficient entitlement to contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance to enable the Secretary of State to make a deduction if the amount of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance payable before any deduction under these regulations is equal to or more than one-third of the age-related amount applicable to the debtor under section 4(1)(a) of the Jobseekers Act.”.

(5)

In paragraph (3) after the words “income support” there are inserted the words “or jobseeker’s allowance”.