The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 2012 No. 3145 (W. 317)

SCHEDULE Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales)

PART 2 Interpretation

Application of scheme: pensioners and persons who are not pensioners

3.—(1) This scheme applies to—

(a) pensioners who fall within class A or B(1); and

(b) persons who are not pensioners who fall within class C or D(2).

(2) In this scheme—

(a) a person is a “pensioner” if—

(i) that person has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit; and

(ii) that person is not, or, if that person has a partner, that person’s partner is not—

(aa) a person on income support, on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or on an income-related employment and support allowance, or

(bb) a person with an award of universal credit; and

(b) a person is a “person who is not a pensioner” if—

(i) that person has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit; or

(ii) that person has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit and that person, or if that person has a partner, that person’s partner, is—

(aa) a person on income support, on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or on an income-related employment and support allowance, or

(bb) a person with an award of universal credit.

(1)

See paragraphs 13 and 14 of this scheme.

(2)

See paragraphs 15 and 16 of this scheme.