The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 582 (W.54)

COUNCIL TAX, WALES

The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Made

27 February 2007

Coming into force

1 April 2007

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by paragraphs 1(1) and 5(2) of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992(1) and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales so far as exercisable in relation to Wales(2):

Title, commencement, and application

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007 and they come into force on 1 April 2007.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Attachment of earnings: amount of deduction

2.—(1) For Schedule 4 of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992(3) there is substituted the Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) This regulation does not apply in relation to an attachment of earnings order made before 1 April 2007.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(4) 27 February 2007

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

Regulation 38

“SCHEDULE 4 DEDUCTIONS TO BE MADE UNDER ATTACHMENT OF EARNINGS ORDER

TABLE A

DEDUCTIONS FROM WEEKLY EARNINGS

(1)	(2)
Net earnings	Deduction rate(percentage)
Not exceeding £75	0
Exceeding £75 but not exceeding £135	3
Exceeding £135 but not exceeding £185	5
Exceeding £185 but not exceeding £225	7
Exceeding £225 but not exceeding £355	12
Exceeding £355 but not exceeding £505	17
Exceeding £505	17 in respect of the first £505 and 50 in respect of the remainder

TABLE B

DEDUCTIONS FROM MONTHLY EARNINGS

(1)	(2)
Net earnings	Deduction rate(percentage)
Not exceeding £300	0
Exceeding £300 but not exceeding £550	3
Exceeding £550 but not exceeding £740	5
Exceeding £740 but not exceeding £900	7
Exceeding £900 but not exceeding £1,420	12
Exceeding £1,420 but not exceeding £2,020	17
Exceeding £2,020	17 in respect of the first £2,020 and 50 in respect of the remainder

TABLE C

DEDUCTIONS BASED ON DAILY EARNINGS

(1)	(2)
Net earnings	Deduction rate(percentage)
Not exceeding £11	0
Exceeding £11 but not exceeding £20	3
Exceeding £20 but not exceeding £27	5
Exceeding £27 but not exceeding £33	7
Exceeding £33 but not exceeding £52	12
Exceeding £52 but not exceeding £72	17
Exceeding £72	17 in respect of the first £72 and 50 in respect of the remainder”

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992. Regulation 2 of these Regulations introduces revised tables of deductions from weekly, monthly and daily earnings relating to attachment of earnings orders made pursuant to the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992.

A regulatory appraisal has been carried out in connection with these Regulations and is available from the Local Government Finance Division, Department for Local Government and Culture, National Assembly for Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ (telephone [phone]).

(1)

1992 c. 14.

(2)

The power to make regulations under paragraphs 1(1) and 5(2) of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in relation to Wales transferred from the Secretary of State to the National Assembly for Wales under article 2(a) of, and Schedule 1, to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

(3)

S.I. 1992/613.

(4)

1998 c. 38