The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012 No. 2885

SCHEDULE 1 E+W Pensioners: matters that must be included in an authority’s scheme

PART 5 E+W Amount of reduction under an authority’s scheme

Amount of reduction under a scheme: classes A to C E+W

10.—(1) Where a person is entitled to a reduction under an authority’s scheme in respect of a day, the amount of the reduction to which he is entitled is as follows.

(2) Where the person is within class A, that amount is the maximum council tax reduction amount in respect of the day in the applicant’s case.

(3) Where the person is within class B, that amount is the amount found by deducting amount B from amount A, where “amount A” and “amount B” have the meanings given in paragraph 3 (income greater than applicable amount).

(4) Where the person is within class C, that amount is the amount which is the alternative maximum council tax reduction in respect of the day in the applicant’s case.

(5) Sub-paragraph (6) applies where both—

(a) sub-paragraph (2) or sub-paragraph (3), and

(b) sub-paragraph (4),

apply to a person.

(6) The amount of the reduction to which he is entitled is whichever is the greater of—

(a) the amount of the reduction given by sub-paragraph (2) or sub-paragraph (3), as the case may be, and

(b) the amount of the reduction given by sub-paragraph (4).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 10 in force at 27.11.2012, see reg. 1(1)