1996 No. 3143
The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1996
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
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 113 of, and paragraphs 2 and 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance Act 19921 hereby make the following Order:
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Council Tax (Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 8th January 1997.
The severely mentally impaired2
1
Article 3 (the severely mentally impaired) of the Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 19922 is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (1), for the words `paragraph (3) below' there is substituted `paragraph (3) or (4) below'.
3
At the end there is added—
4
The requirements of this paragraph are that—
a
the person in question is a person whose partner is in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance, and
b
by virtue of that person’s incapacity for work the applicable amount for the purposes of regulation 83 or 84 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 19963 includes a premium which falls to be determined under paragraph (d) or (g) of paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 1 to those Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
(This note is not part of the Order)