The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Amendment of Schedule 6

11.  In Schedule 6 (capital disregards), in Part 1 (capital to be disregarded)—

(a) in paragraph 16—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” insert “, the Grenfell Tower charitable funds, the Grenfell Tower Residents’ Discretionary Fund, the Windrush Compensation Scheme”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) Any Grenfell Tower support payment.”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (2), after “any of the Trusts” insert “or from a Grenfell Tower support payment”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (3), after “any of the Trusts” insert “or from a Grenfell Tower support payment”;

(v) in sub-paragraph (5), after “any of the Trusts” insert “or from a Grenfell Tower support payment”;

(vi) in sub-paragraph (6), after “any of the Trusts” insert “or from a Grenfell Tower support payment”;

(vii) for sub-paragraph (7), substitute—

“(7) In the case of a person to whom or for whose benefit a payment referred to in this paragraph is made, any capital resource which derives from—

(a) any payment of income or capital made under or deriving from any of the Trusts; or

(b) a Grenfell Tower support payment.”;

(b) in paragraph 21(2)—

(i) at the end of paragraph (p), omit “or”;

(ii) after paragraph (q), insert—

“(r) maternity allowance under section 35 of the SSCBA(1) (state maternity allowance for employed or self-employed earner);

(s) early years assistance given in accordance with section 32 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018; or

(t) funeral expense assistance given in accordance with section 34 of that Act”.

(1)

See regulation 2(1) of S.I. 2012/2885 for the definition of “the SSCBA”.