The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 2013

19.  In Schedule 9 (capital disregards: persons who are not pensioners)—

(a) for paragraph 12(1) substitute—

“(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any arrears of, or any concessionary payment made to compensate for arrears due to the non-payment of the following, but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of the receipt of the arrears or of the concessionary payment—

(a) any payment specified in paragraphs 11, 13 or 14 of Schedule 7;

(b) an income-related benefit under Part 7 of the SSCBA(1);

(c) an income-based jobseeker’s allowance;

(d) any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001(2);

(e) working tax credit and child tax credit;

(f) an income-related employment and support allowance;

(g) universal credit;

(h) bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014.”;

(b) in paragraph 43(2) after “Secretary of State for Health” insert “and Social Care”;

(c) after paragraph 64 insert—

“65.   Any bereavement support payment in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(2) or (5) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017 (rate of bereavement support payment), but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.”

(1)

The “SSCBA” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4); see definition in regulation 2 of the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013 and in paragraph 2 of the scheme set out in the Schedule to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 2013.

(2)

S.I. 2001/1167.