The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 673 (W.83)

COUNCIL TAX, WALES

The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003

Made

11th March 2003

Coming into force

1st April 2003

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (1) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order—

Name, commencement and application

1.—(1) This Order is called The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003 and comes into force on 1st April 2003.

(2) This Order applies to Wales only.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Local Government Finance Act 1992(1);

“the Principal Order” (“y Prif Orchymyn”) means the Council Tax (Discount Disregard) Order 1992(2);

“the relevant period” (“y cyfnod perthnasol”) for a course means the period commencing with the day on which a person begins that course and ending with the day (“the last day”) on which that person completes it, abandons it or is dismissed from it (which period includes any period of vacation between terms and before the last day).

Youth Training Trainees

3.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act, “youth training trainee” means a person who, on a particular day, is—

(a) under the age of 25; and

(b) undertaking a course of training in conformity with an individual training plan pursuant to arrangements which—

(i) are made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973(3); and

(ii) constitute a training scheme as defined in regulation 75(1)(b) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(4).

(2) A person is undertaking a course for the purposes of paragraph (1) above on a particular day if the day falls within the relevant period for that course.

Revocation

4.—(1) In Article 4 of the Principal Order the words

““youth training trainee” has the meaning given by paragraph 8 of and Schedule 1 to this Order” are deleted; and

(2) Part IV (Youth Training) of Schedule 1 to the Principal Order is deleted in its entirety.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(5)

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

11th March 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 1992 defines the phrase “youth training trainee” by reference to an “approved training scheme” as defined by section 28(6)(c) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.

Section 28(6)(c) of the 1992 Act was, however, repealed by section 41(5) of and Schedule 3 to the Jobseeker’s Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”) as part of the change from the “Unemployment Benefit” system to the “Jobseeker’s Allowance” system effected by the 1995 Act.

This Order, consequently, redefines the phrase “youth training trainee” in terms of the phrase “training scheme” as defined by regulation 75(1)(b) of the Jobseekers Allowance Regulations 1996.

(1)

1992 c. 14. The National Assembly for Wales can exercise the power under this section in relation to Wales: see article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

(2)

S.I. 1992/548 amended by S.I. 1994/543; S.I. 1995/619; S.I. 1996/636; S.I. 1996/971; S.I. 1996/3143; S.I. 1997/656 and S.I. 1998/291.

(3)

1973 c. 50 as amended by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19) and section 29(4) of and Part 1 of Schedule 7 to the Employment Act 1989 (c. 38).

(4)

S.I. 1996/207 as amended by S.I. 1996/1516; S.I. 1996/1517; S.I. 1996/1803; S.I. 1996/2545; S.I. 1997/65; S.I. 1997/454; S.I. 1997/563; S.I. 1997/827; S.I. 1997/1909; S.I. 1997/2197; S.I. 1997/2676; S.I. 1997/2677; S.I. 1997/2863; S.I. 1998/563; S.I. 1998/766; S.I. 1998/1174; S.I. 1998/1274; S.I. 1998/1698; S.I. 1998/2117; S.I. 1998/2231; S.I. 1998/2250; S.I. 1998/2874; S.I. 1999/530; S.I. 1999/714; S.I. 1999/1509; S.I. 1999/1516; S.I. 1999/1935; S.I. 1999/2165; S.I. 1999/2226; S.I. 1999/2556; S.I. 1999/2566; S.I. 1999/2640; S.I. 1999/2860; S.I. 1999/3083; S.I. 1999/3087; S.I. 1999/3108; S.I. 1999/3156; S.I. 1999/3324; S.I. 2000/239; S.I. 2000/636; S.I. 2000/678; S.I. 2000/681; S.I. 2000/721; S.I. 2000/724; S.I. 2000/979; S.I. 2000/1370; S.I. 2000/1444; S.I. 2000/1922; S.I. 2000/1978; S.I. 2000/1981; S.I. 2000/2194; S.I. 2000/2239; S.I. 2000/2545; S.I. 2000/2629; S.I. 2000/2910; S.I. 2000/3134; S.I. 2000/3176; S.I. 2000/3336; S.I. 2001/158; S.I. 2001/488; S.I. 2001/518; S.I. 2001/652; S.I. 2001/859; S.I. 2001/1029; S.I. 2001/1434; S.I. 2001/1711; S.I. 2001/2333; S.I. 2002/2314; S.I. 2001/2319; S.I. 2001/3070; S.I. 2001/3767; S.I. 2002/398; S.I. 2002/490; S.I. 2002/668; S.I. 2002/841; S.I. 2002/1397; S.I. 2002/1589; S.I. 2002/1701; S.I. 2002/2019; S.I. 2002/2020; S.I. 2002/2207; S.I. 2002/2314; S.I. 2002/2380; S.I. 2002/2402; S.I. 2002/2442 and S.I. 2002/2689

(5)

1998 c. 38.