The Social Security (Non-Dependant Deductions) Regulations 1996

Council Tax Benefit: changes in thresholds for, and amounts of, non-dependant deductions

2.  In regulation 52 of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations(1) (non-dependant deductions) —

(a) in paragraph (1)(a), for the sum “£2.60”there shall be substituted the sum “£4.00”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for the words from “less than”to the end of the paragraph, there shall be substituted the following words —

• “(a)

  less than £114.00, the deduction to be made under this regulation shall be that specified in paragraph (1)(b);

  (b)

  not less than £114.00 but less than £200.00, the deduction to be made under this regulation shall be £2.60;

  (c)

  not less than £200.00 but less than £250.00, the deduction to be made under this regulation shall be £3.50.”.

(1)

S.I. 1992/1814; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1994/542 and 1996/599.