Part 3Amendment of Prescribed Requirements

Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012

4.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a)at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order, insert—

“approved blood scheme” means a scheme established or approved by the Secretary of State, or trust established with funds provided by the Secretary of State, for the purpose of providing compensation in respect of a person having been infected from contaminated blood products;;

“the London Emergencies Trust” means the company of that name (number 09928465) incorporated on 23rd December 2015 and the registered charity of that name (number 1172307) established on 28th March 2017;;

“the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme” means the scheme of that name administered by the Common Services Agency (constituted under section 10 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1));;

“the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” means the registered charity of that name (number 1173260) established on 30th May 2017;;

(b)in the definition of “main phase employment and support allowance”, after “2007” insert “or the applicant is a member of the work-related activity group”;

(c)in the definition of “member of the work-related activity group”, for “claimant” substitute “person”;

(d)in the definition of “qualifying person”, after “Caxton Foundation” insert “, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme, an approved blood scheme, the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund”.

(1)

1978 c. 29; section 10 deals with the establishment of the Common Services Agency, to which the Secretary of State may delegate functions.