Title, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

The title of these Regulations is the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

(2)

These Regulations come into force the day after the day on which they are made.

(3)

These Regulations apply in relation to a council tax reduction scheme made for a financial year beginning on or after 1 April 2015.

(4)

In these Regulations “council tax reduction scheme” (“cynllungostyngiadau’rdrethgyngor”) means a scheme made by a billing authority in accordance with the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 20132, or the scheme that applies in default by virtue of paragraph 6(1)(e) of Schedule 1B to the Local Government Finance Act 1992.