The Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2017

Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012

8.—(1) The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1) after the definition of “member of a couple” insert—

““member of the work-related activity group” means a claimant who has or is treated as having limited capability for work under either—

(a)

Part 5 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 other than by virtue of regulation 30 of those Regulations; or

(b)

Part 4 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013 other than by virtue of regulation 26 of those Regulations;”.

(3) In Schedule 1 (pensioners: matters that must be included in an authority’s scheme), in paragraph 25 (treatment of child care charges), in sub-paragraph (10)(c)—

(a) omit “or the work-related activity component”;

(b) after “limited capability for work” insert “or the other member of the couple would be a member of the work-related activity group”.

(4) In Schedule 4 (sums disregarded from the applicant’s earnings), in paragraph 5, in sub-paragraph (1)(d)(ii) omit the words “or the work-related activity component”.

(1)

S.I. 2012/2885, amended by S.I. 2014/3312.