Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 E+W Amendments relating to council tax reduction schemes

Part 2 E+W Other amendments

LGFA 1992 E+W

3 E+W The LGFA 1992 is amended as follows.

4 E+W In section 10(1) (basic amount payable), for “13” substitute “ 13A ”.

5 (1) Section 66 (matters to be questioned only by judicial review) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) After subsection (2)(b) insert—

“(ba) a council tax reduction scheme, or any revision of such a scheme;”.

(3) In subsection (3), for “(b) to (e)” substitute “ (b) or (c) to (e) ”.

6 E+W In section 67 (functions to be discharged only by authority), after subsection (2)(a) insert—

“(aa) making or revising a council tax reduction scheme under section 13A(2);”.

7 (1) In Schedule 2 (administration), paragraph 21 (application of Schedule to cases where section 13A applies) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) For sub-paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) This paragraph applies where—

(a) a billing authority in England or a specified authority (within the meaning of Schedule 1B) in Wales makes a council tax reduction scheme, or

(b) a billing authority exercises the power under section 13A(1)(c) by determining a class of case in which liability is to be reduced.”

(3) In sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), after “Where” insert “ the scheme or ”.