2003 No. 673 (W.83)
COUNCIL TAX, WALES

The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003

Made
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 1 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order—

Name, commencement and application1.

(1)

This Order is called The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003 and comes into force on 1st April 2003.

(2)

This Order applies to Wales only.

Interpretation2.

In this Order—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Local Government Finance Act 19921;

“the Principal Order” (“y Prif Orchymyn”) means the Council Tax (Discount Disregard) Order 19922;

“the relevant period” (“y cyfnod perthnasol”) for a course means the period commencing with the day on which a person begins that course and ending with the day (“the last day”) on which that person completes it, abandons it or is dismissed from it (which period includes any period of vacation between terms and before the last day).

Youth Training Trainees3.

(1)

For the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act, “youth training trainee” means a person who, on a particular day, is—

(a)

under the age of 25; and

(b)

undertaking a course of training in conformity with an individual training plan pursuant to arrangements which—

(i)

are made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 19733; and

(ii)

constitute a training scheme as defined in regulation 75(1)(b) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 19964.

(2)

A person is undertaking a course for the purposes of paragraph (1) above on a particular day if the day falls within the relevant period for that course.

Revocation4.

(1)

In Article 4 of the Principal Order the words

““youth training trainee” has the meaning given by paragraph 8 of and Schedule 1 to this Order” are deleted; and

(2)

Part IV (Youth Training) of Schedule 1 to the Principal Order is deleted in its entirety.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19985
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
(This note is not part of the Order)

The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 1992 defines the phrase “youth training trainee” by reference to an “approved training scheme” as defined by section 28(6)(c) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.

Section 28(6)(c) of the 1992 Act was, however, repealed by section 41(5) of and Schedule 3 to the Jobseeker’s Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”) as part of the change from the “Unemployment Benefit” system to the “Jobseeker’s Allowance” system effected by the 1995 Act.

This Order, consequently, redefines the phrase “youth training trainee” in terms of the phrase “training scheme” as defined by regulation 75(1)(b) of the Jobseekers Allowance Regulations 1996.