The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016 No. 211 (W. 84)

SCHEDULE 3 E+W

PART 1 E+W Amendments to secondary legislation referencing primary legislation repealed by the 2014 Act

Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012 E+W

135.—(1) Schedule 1 (pensioners: matters that must be included in an authority’s scheme) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph 8(11)(a) substitute the following—

“(a) is registered as severely sight-impaired in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.”.

(3) In paragraph 21(2)(b)(i)—

(a) omit “or 23(2)(a)”;

(b) after “the Children (Scotland) Act 1995” insert “or in Wales placed with the applicant or the applicant’s partner by a local authority under section 81 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;”.

(4) In paragraph 25(13)(c)—

(a) omit the words from “blind in a register” to “(welfare services) or as”;

(b) after “(registers of sight-impaired adults)” omit “or”;

(c) after “the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994” insert “or is registered as severely sight-impaired in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”.

(5) In paragraph 26(1)(a)(vii)—

(a) omit the words from “is blind” to “(welfare services) or”;

(b) after “(registers of sight-impaired adults)” omit “or”;

(c) after “the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994” insert “or is registered as severely sight-impaired in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 135 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(2)