Civil legal services: Appeals relating to council tax reduction schemes
3. In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act (services), after paragraph 8 (appeals relating to welfare benefits) insert—
“Appeals relating to council tax reduction schemes
8A—(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to an appeal on a point of law to the High Court, the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court relating to a council tax reduction scheme.
General exclusions
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to the exclusions in Parts 2 and 3 of this Schedule.
Specific exclusion
(3) The services described in sub-paragraph (1) do not include advocacy in proceedings in the High Court.
Definitions
(4) In this paragraph “council tax reduction scheme” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (council tax: England and Wales) (see section 13A(9) of that Act)(1).”
1992 c. 14. Section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 was substituted by section 10(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17).