Amendment in relation to Council Tax Benefit
5.—(1) The Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006(1) (referred to in this regulation as “the Council Tax Benefit Regulations”) and the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006(2) (referred to in this regulation as “the Council Tax Benefit (SPC) Regulations”) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 9 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations and the Council Tax Benefit (SPC) Regulations (persons of prescribed description for the definition of family in section 137(1) of the Act)—
(a)in paragraph (1), for “aged 16 or over but under 19 who is treated as a child for the purposes of section 142 of the Act (meaning of child)” there shall be substituted “who falls within the definition of qualifying young person in section 142 of the Act (child and qualifying young person)”;
(b)at the end of paragraph (2)(a), there shall be inserted “or”; and
(c)paragraph (2)(b) shall be omitted.
(3) For regulation 45(3)(h) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (students who are excluded from entitlement to council tax benefit), there shall be substituted—
“(h)who is—
(i)aged under 19 and whose course of study is not a course of higher education, or
(ii)a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 142 of the Act (child and qualifying young person);”.
(4) In Schedule 1 paragraph 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations and the Council Tax Benefit (SPC) Regulations (applicable amounts), in paragraph (b) of column (1) of the table for “nineteenth” there shall be substituted “twentieth”.
(5) In Schedule 5 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 57(2)(c)(ii)(bb) and (4)(c)(ii)(bb) for “19” in both places it appears there shall be substituted “20”.