Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 201319

In Schedule 9 (capital disregards: persons who are not pensioners)—

a

for paragraph 12(1) substitute—

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any arrears of, or any concessionary payment made to compensate for arrears due to the non-payment of the following, but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of the receipt of the arrears or of the concessionary payment—

a

any payment specified in paragraphs 11, 13 or 14 of Schedule 7;

b

an income-related benefit under Part 7 of the SSCBA8;

c

an income-based jobseeker’s allowance;

d

any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 20019;

e

working tax credit and child tax credit;

f

an income-related employment and support allowance;

g

universal credit;

h

bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014.

b

in paragraph 43(2) after “Secretary of State for Health” insert “and Social Care”;

c

after paragraph 64 insert—

65

Any bereavement support payment in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(2) or (5) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017 (rate of bereavement support payment), but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.