PART 2

COUNCIL TAX

Changes to council tax payable

Reduced amounts
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1
The 1992 Act is amended as follows.
2
In section 13—
a
in subsection (1), after “may” insert “, in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers must, in relation to Wales,”;
b
in subsection (3), for “12” substitute “11E, 11F”;
c
in subsection (4), after “thinks” insert “, or the Welsh Ministers think,”;
d
in subsection (7), after “thinks” insert “, or the Welsh Ministers think,”;
e
in subsection (8)—
i
in paragraph (a), after “billing authority” insert “in England”;
ii
after paragraph (b), insert—
ba
provision requiring the Welsh Ministers to specify in a report, for the purposes of the regulations, an amount in relation to each billing authority in Wales;
bb
provision requiring the Welsh Ministers to lay that report before Senedd Cymru;
;
f
after subsection (10), insert—
11
The Welsh Ministers may issue guidance about how a billing authority is to give effect to regulations made by them under this section.
12
A billing authority in Wales must have regard to guidance issued under subsection (11).
3
In section 13A—
a
in subsection (1)—
i
omit paragraph (b);
ii
in paragraph (c), for “(b)” substitute “pursuant to regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 13”.
b
omit subsections (4), (5) and (8);
c
in subsection (9), omit “or regulations under subsection (4)”.
4
In section 32—
a
in subsection (3)(a), omit “its council tax reduction scheme,”;
b
in subsection (12), omit paragraph (c).
5
In section 33—
a
in subsection (1), in the definition of “P”, omit “its council tax reductions scheme,”;
b
in subsection (1A), omit sub-paragraph (iii).
6
In section 66, in subsection (2), after paragraph (b), insert—
bza
a matter prescribed, or provided for, in accordance with subsections (1) or (2) of section 13, in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under that section;
.
7
Omit Schedule 1B.