The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013

11.  In Schedule 10 (capital disregards: persons who are not pensioners)—

(a) after paragraph 2 insert—

“(2A) Any payment made to the applicant in respect of any travel or other expenses incurred, or to be incurred, by the applicant in respect of the applicant’s participation in a scheme prescribed in regulation 3 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) Regulations 2013(1) but only for 52 weeks beginning with the date of receipt of the payment.”;

(b) in paragraph 12—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(f) for “,” substitute “;”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (1)(f) insert—

“(g) universal credit,”;

(c) after paragraph 62 insert—

“63.   Any payment made by the Treasury to the applicant or the applicant’s partner under the Age-Related Payments Regulations 2013 (Equitable Life) as a qualifying Equitable Life annuitant.”

(1)

S.I. 2013/276.