The Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013

Persons to be treated as having made an application for a reduction

37.—(1) A person who falls within one of the categories of person described in paragraph (2) is to be treated as having made an application for a reduction under a scheme on 15 February 2014.

(2) A person referred to in paragraph (1) is a person who—

(a) is in receipt of a reduction under a 2013 scheme on 15 February 2014;

(b) has made an application for a reduction under a 2013 scheme which is not determined immediately before 15 February 2014;

(c) has served a written notice upon a relevant authority regarding a decision of the authority in relation to a claim for a reduction under a 2013 scheme, and whose decision in respect of the written notice is pending immediately before 15 February 2014;

(d) has appealed to the Valuation Tribunal for Wales against a decision of a relevant authority in relation to a claim for a reduction under a 2013 scheme, and whose appeal or decision in respect of the appeal is pending immediately before 15 February 2014;

(e) has appealed against the decision of the Valuation Tribunal for Wales in relation to claim for a reduction under a 2013 scheme, and whose appeal is pending immediately before 15 February 2014.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(e) an appeal against a decision relating to a claim for a reduction under a 2013 scheme is pending if—

(a) an appeal against the decision has been brought but not determined; or

(b) an application for permission to appeal against the decision has been made but not determined.