The Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989

Conditions for exemption of care workers

63.—(1) The conditions set out in paragraph (2) below are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 10(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act.

(2) The conditions are that–

(a) the person’s employer with respect to the employment referred to in paragraph 10(1)(a) of that Schedule–

(i) is a public authority,

(ii) is a body established for charitable purposes only, or

(iii) is the other person, or one or more of the other persons, to whom care or support is provided under the employment, and was introduced to the person by a body established for charitable purposes only;

(b) the person is required to work under his contract of employment with that employer for at least 24 hours in each week providing the care or support;

(c) the person’s salary or wages with respect to the hours he is so required to work do not exceed £25 a week; and

(d) the day falls within a period during which the person is resident in premises which are provided by or on behalf of that employer for the better performance of the person’s duties under the employment.

(3) In paragraph (2)(a)(i) “public authority” means a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1972(1), the Common Council of the City of London, the Council of the Isles of Scilly and the Crown.

(1)

1972 c. 70; see section 270(1).