The Community Charge and Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) (Jobseeker’s Allowance) Regulations 1996

Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 2405

COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES

COMMUNITY CHARGES, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Community Charge and Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) (Jobseeker’s Allowance) Regulations 1996

Made

16th September 1996

Laid before Parliament

17th September 1996

Coming into force

8th October 1996

The Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England and the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 143(2) of and paragraphs 1 and 12 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988(1) and section 113(2) of and paragraphs 1 and 12 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992(2), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Community Charge and Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) (Jobseeker’s Allowance) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 8th October 1996.

Relationship between remedies

2.  In each of regulation 46(2)(b) of the Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989(3), and regulation 52(2)(b) of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992(4) after the words ‘by way of income support’ there is added the words ‘or jobseeker’s allowance’.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment

Paul Beresford

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

13th September 1996

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Gwilym Jones

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office

16th September 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Under the Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989 and the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992, where a liability order has been made for the payment of community charge or council tax, certain steps for the enforcement of the liability may not be taken while deductions are being made for that purpose from any amount payable to the debtor by way of income support. These regulations amend both sets of Regulations so that this restriction also applies in respect of amounts payable by way of jobseeker’s allowance under Part I of the Jobseekers Act 1995.

(1)

1988 c. 41.

(2)

1992 c. 14.

(3)

S.I. 1989/438. Regulation 46 is amended by S.I. 1993/775. The reference in regulation 46 to the Income Support regulations is to the Community Charges (Deductions from Income Support) (No. 2) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/545), amended by S.I. 1996/2344.

(4)

S.I. 1992/613. Regulation 52 is amended by S.I. 1993/773. The reference in regulation 52 to the Income Support Regulations is to the Council Tax (Deductions from Income Support) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/494), amended by S.I. 1996/2344.