Title, coming into force, application and interpretation1.
(1)
The title of these Regulations is the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2024.
(2)
These Regulations come into force on 19 January 2024.
(3)
These Regulations apply in relation to a council tax reduction scheme made for a financial year beginning on or after 1 April 2024.
(4)
In these Regulations—
“billing authority” (“awdurdod bilio”) has the meaning given in section 1(2)(b) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”);
“council tax reduction scheme” (“cynllun gostyngiadau’r dreth gyngor”) means a scheme made by a billing authority in accordance with the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 20133, or the scheme that applies in default by virtue of paragraph 6(1)(e) of Schedule 1B to the 1992 Act.