Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 20137.

In Schedule 1 (determining eligibility for a reduction: pensioners)—

(a)

in paragraph 3 (non-dependent deductions: pensioners)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “£13.75” substitute “£14.65”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “£4.55” substitute “£4.85”;

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “£210.00” substitute “£217.00”;

(iv)

in sub-paragraph (2)(b) for “£210.00”, “£365.00” and “£9.15” substitute “£217.00”, “£377.00” and “£9.75” respectively;

(v)

in sub-paragraph (2)(c) for “£365.00”, “£450.00” and “£11.50” substitute “£377.00”, “£469.00” and “£12.25” respectively;

(b)

in paragraph 10(1)(j) (meaning of “income”: pensioners), after paragraph (xvia), insert—

“(xvib)

statutory parental bereavement pay under Part 12ZD of the SSCBA5;”;

(c)

in paragraph 12 (earnings of employed earners: pensioners), after sub-paragraph 1(ja) insert—

“(jb)

statutory parental bereavement pay under Part 12ZD of that Act;”;

(d)

in paragraph 13 (calculation of net earnings of employed earners: pensioners), in sub-paragraph 2(d), after “statutory shared parental pay” insert “, statutory parental bereavement pay”;

(e)

in paragraph 19 (treatment of child care charges: pensioners)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (15)—

(aa)

in the words before paragraph (a), after “shared parental leave” insert “, parental bereavement leave”;

(bb)

in paragraph (a) , after shared parental leave” insert “, parental bereavement leave”;

(cc)

in paragraph (c), after “statutory shared parental pay by virtue of section 171ZU or 171ZV of that Act” insert “, statutory parental bereavement pay by virtue of section 171ZZ of that Act6”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (16)—

(aa)

in the words before paragraph (a), after “shared parental leave” insert “, parental bereavement leave”;

(bb)

in paragraphs (b) and (c), after “statutory shared parental pay” insert “, statutory parental bereavement pay”.