Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Made27 February 2007

Coming into force1 April 2007

The National Assembly for Wales, makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by section 116(1) of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 19921 and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales so far as exercisable in relation to Wales2:

Title, commencement, and application1

1

The title of these Regulations is the Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007 and they come into force on 1 April 2007.

2

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Care workers' weekly remuneration2

In paragraph 1(c) of the Schedule to the Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) Regulations 19923 for “£36”4 substitute “£44”.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19985

D. Elis-ThomasThe Presiding Officer of the National Assembly27 February 2007

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) Regulations 1992 provide for the conditions to be fulfilled where a care worker is to be disregarded for the purposes of a discount, which has the effect of reducing the amount of council tax payable in respect of a dwelling in which the care worker is resident. One of those conditions is that the care worker is paid no more than a specified weekly amount. Regulation 2 of these Regulations raises this amount from £36 to £44.

A regulatory appraisal has been carried out in connection with these Regulations and is available from the Local Government Finance Division, Department for Local Government and Culture, National Assembly for Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ (telephone 02920825111).