The Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2012

PART 1 Personal allowances

Personal allowance

1.  The amount specified in column (2) below in respect of each person or couple specified in column (1) is the amount specified for the purposes of paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 1.

Column (1)	Column (2)
Person, couple or polygamous marriage	Amount
(1) Single applicant or lone parent—
(a) aged under 65;	£142.70;
(b) aged 65 or over.	£161.25.
(2) Couple—
(a) both members aged under 65;	£217.90;
(b) one or both members aged 65 or over.	£241.65.
(3) If the applicant is a member of a polygamous marriage and none of the members of the marriage has attained the age of 65—
(a) for the applicant and the other party to the marriage;	£217.90;
(b) for each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the applicant.	£75.20.
(4) If the applicant is a member of a polygamous marriage and one or more members of the marriage are aged 65 or over—
(a) for the applicant and the other party to the marriage;	£241.65;
(b) for each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the applicant.	£80.40.

Child or young person amounts

2.—(1) The amounts specified in column (2) below in respect of each person specified in column (1) are the amounts, for the relevant period specified in column (1), specified for the purposes of paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1.

Column (1)	Column (2)
Child or young person	Amount
Person in respect of the period—
(a) beginning on that person’s date of birth and ending on the day preceding the first Monday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday;	£64.99;
(b) beginning on the first Monday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday and ending on the day preceding that person’s twentieth birthday.	£64.99.

(2) In column (1) of the table “the first Monday in September” means the Monday which first occurs in the month of September in any year.