The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2024

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

3.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) at the appropriate places insert—

““the Horizon system” (“y system Horizon”) means any version of the computer system used by the Post Office known as Horizon, Horizon Legacy, Horizon Online or HNG-X;”;

““the Post Office” (“Swyddfa’r Post”) means Post Office Limited (registered number 02154540);”;

““Post Office compensation payment” (“taliad digollediad Swyddfa’r Post”) means a payment made by the Post Office or the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing compensation or support which is—

(a)

in connection with the failings of the Horizon system, or

(b)

otherwise payable following the judgment in Bates and Others v Post Office Ltd ((No. 3) “Common Issues”)(1);”;

““vaccine damage payment” (“taliad niwed drwy frechiad”) means a payment made under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979(2);”;

(b) in the definition of “qualifying person”, after “means” insert “a person who is in receipt of a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment or”.

(1)

[2019] EWHC 606 (QB).

(2)

1979 c. 17.