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—
Part 5 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 other than by virtue of regulation 30 of those Regulations; or
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”.
S.I. 2012/2885, amended by S.I. 2014/3312.