The Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013

9.—(1) In a case where paragraphs 4, 6, 7 and 9 do not apply to the applicant, £20 of earnings derived from one or more employments as— E+W

(a) a part-time fire-fighter employed by a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004(1) or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;

(b) a part-time fire-fighter employed by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service(2);

(c) an auxiliary coastguard in respect of coast rescue activities;

(d) a person engaged part-time in the manning or launching of a life boat;

(e) a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part I of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001(3);

but, notwithstanding paragraph 7 of Schedule 6 (calculation of income and capital of members of applicant’s family and of a polygamous marriage), if this paragraph applies to an applicant it is not to apply to that applicant’s partner except to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) If the applicant’s partner is engaged in employment—

(a) specified in sub-paragraph (1), so much of the applicant’s partner’s earnings as would not in aggregate with the amount of the applicant’s earnings disregarded under this paragraph exceed £20;

(b) other than one specified in sub-paragraph (1), so much of the applicant’s partner’s earnings from that employment up to £10 as would not in aggregate with the applicant’s earnings disregarded under this paragraph exceed £20.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 8 para. 9 in force at 28.11.2013, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

2004 c.21.

(2)

Section 1A of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5) refers. Section 1A was inserted by section 101 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8).

(3)

S.I. 2001/1004.