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Transitional provision

3.—(1) The amendment in regulation 2(4) does not apply to a person who, on 31st March 2015—

(a)is liable to pay council tax at a reduced rate by virtue of a council tax reduction under an authority’s scheme established under section 13A(2) of the Act; and

(b)is entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance,

until the first of the events in paragraph (2) occurs.

(2) The events are—

(a)the person makes a new application for a reduction under an authority’s scheme established under section 13A(2) of the Act; or

(b)the person ceases to be entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance.

(3) In this regulation “the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992.