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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Detection of Fraud and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2013, Section 8.
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8.—(1) A person (P) is to be guilty of an offence if—
(a)there has been a change of circumstances affecting P’s entitlement to a reduction under an authority’s council tax reduction scheme or to the amount of such a reduction;
(b)P is required to give notice of the change to the authority under the provision included in the authority’s council tax reduction scheme by virtue of paragraph 7 of Schedule 13 to the Prescribed Requirements Regulations or by paragraph 113 of the Default Scheme;
(c)P knows that the change affects P’s entitlement to a reduction under a council tax reduction scheme or to the amount of such a reduction; and
(d)P fails to give a prompt notification of that change in the manner required by the provision included in the authority’s council tax reduction scheme by virtue of paragraph 7 of Schedule 13 to the Prescribed Requirements Regulations or by paragraph 113 of the Default Scheme.
(2) A person (P) will be guilty of an offence if—
(a)there has been a change of circumstances affecting another person’s (A) entitlement to a reduction under a council tax reduction scheme or to the amount of such a reduction;
(b)A is required to give notice of the change to the authority under the provision included in the authority’s council tax reduction scheme by virtue of paragraph 7 of Schedule 13 to the Prescribed Requirements Regulations or by paragraph 113 of the Default Scheme;
(c)P knows that the change affects an entitlement of A to a reduction under a council tax reduction scheme or to the amount of such a reduction; and
(d)P causes or allows A to fail to give a prompt notification of that change in the manner required by the provision included in the authority’s council tax reduction scheme by virtue of paragraph 7 of Schedule 13 to the Prescribed Requirements Regulations or by paragraph 113 of the Default Scheme.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) a notification of a change is prompt if it is given within a period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the change occurs, or as soon as reasonably practicable after the change occurs, whichever is later.
(4) Where a change occurs before these Regulations come into force, a notification of a change is prompt if it is given within a period of 21 days beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force, or as soon as reasonably practicable after the change occurs, whichever is later.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is to be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or to both.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 8 in force at 13.3.2013, see reg. 1(2)
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