The Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1993

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

23.  In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (amount of alternative maximum council tax benefit)—

(a) in Column (1) paragraph (b) of the Table(1)—

(i) for the words “does not exceed £105” there shall be substituted the words “is less than £105”, and

(ii) for the words “exceeds £105 per week but does not exceed £135 per week” there shall be substituted the words “is not less than £105 per week, but is less than £135 per week”;

(b) in paragraph 2 for the words from “any attendance allowance,” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words—

“(a) any attendance allowance, or any disability living allowance under section 71 of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

(b) any payment made under the Trusts, the Fund or the Independent Living Fund which had his income fallen to be calculated under regulation 24 (calculation of income other than earnings) would have been disregarded under paragraph 22 of Schedule 4 (income in kind); and

(c) any payment which had his income fallen to be calculated under regulation 24 would have been disregarded under paragraph 35 of Schedule 4 (payments made under certain trusts and certain other payments).”.

(1)

The figures originally in column 1 paragraph (b) of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations have been increased to the amounts shown above by the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/349) the relevant part of which (article 20) comes into force immediately before these Regulations; see regulation 1(1) above.