2013 No. 215
The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2013
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1A to the Local Government Finance Act 19921:
Citation, commencement, application and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 6th March 2013.
2
These Regulations apply in relation to billing authorities in England and for the purposes of the commencement of schemes2 on 1st April 2013.
3
In these Regulations—
“council tax benefit” means council tax benefit under Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19923;
“relevant billing authority” in relation to a person means the billing authority in whose area the dwelling in which the person is resident is situated.
Persons to be treated as having made an application for a council tax reduction2
1
A person who is resident in a dwelling in England and who falls within paragraph (2) is to be treated as having made an application for a reduction under the relevant billing authority’s scheme.
2
The persons referred to in paragraph (1) are any person who on or after the date these Regulations come into force—
a
has made a claim for council tax benefit which has not been determined;
b
is in receipt of council tax benefit; or
c
is a person whose payments of council tax benefit are suspended under regulation 11 or 13 of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 20014.
Date on which change of circumstances is to take effect3
1
Where—
a
by virtue of regulation 2(1) a person (P) is treated as having made an application for a reduction under a scheme;
b
on a day before 1st April 2013, P becomes a person to whom paragraphs (10) to (13) of regulation 50 of the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 20065 (change of circumstances in connection with non-dependants) apply; and
c
the effective date for the change of circumstances in accordance with the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (b) is a date after 31st March 2013 (D date),
the effective date for the purposes of the relevant provisions is the same as D date and no account is to be taken of the change of circumstances in determining the application for the reduction until that date.
2
In paragraph (1) “the relevant provisions” means—
a
a provision contained in the authority’s scheme by virtue of paragraph 46(10) to (13) of Schedule 1 to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 20126;
b
paragraph 107(10) to (13) of the scheme prescribed in the Schedule to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (England) Regulations 20127.
Notification of change of circumstances4
1
This regulation applies in relation to a person who is treated by virtue of regulation 2(1) as having made an application for a reduction under a scheme.
2
Where this regulation applies, the following provisions in the relevant billing authority’s scheme do not apply in relation to that person’s application—
a
a provision contained in the authority’s scheme by virtue of paragraph 4(7) of Schedule 8 to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012; or
b
paragraph 109(7) of the scheme prescribed in the Schedule to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (England) Regulations 2012.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
(This note is not part of the Regulations)