SCHEDULECouncil Tax Reduction Scheme (Default Scheme) 2013

PART 11Students

CHAPTER 2

Income

Calculation of covenant income where a contribution is assessed77

1

Where a student is in receipt of income by way of a grant during a period of study and a contribution has been assessed, the amount of his covenant income to be taken into account for that period and any summer vacation immediately following must be the whole amount of the covenant income less, subject to sub-paragraph (3), the amount of the contribution.

2

The weekly amount of the student’s covenant must be determined—

a

by dividing the amount of income which falls to be taken into account under sub-paragraph (1) by 52 or 53, whichever is reasonable in the circumstances; and

b

by disregarding £5 from the resulting amount.

3

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the contribution must be treated as increased by the amount (if any) by which the amount excluded under paragraph 76(2)(g) falls short of the amount specified in paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 2 to the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 2003 (travel expenditure).