# The Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2013, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”) prescribe conditions which must be fulfilled by care workers and various persons of other descriptions in order for them to be disregarded for the purposes of council tax discounts which are prescribed for by section 11 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”).
Regulation 2(a) and (b) amends the conditions of the 1992 Regulations so that care workers providing care to a person entitled to an attendance allowance at any rate, or the highest or middle rate of the care component of a disability living allowance under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, fulfil the requirements necessary to be disregarded for the purposes of section 11 of the 1992 Act.
Regulation 2(c) and (d) amends the requirement of the 1992 Regulations so that care workers providing care to a person entitled to the standard or enhanced rate of the daily living component of a personal independence payment under the Welfare Reform Act 2012 fulfil the requirements necessary to be disregarded for the purposes of the section 11 of the 1992 Act.
The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/639/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-additional-provisions-for-discount-disregards-amendment-wales-regulations-2013/note
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