{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-default-scheme-england-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-default-scheme-england-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2886",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-default-scheme-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Applicable amounts: pensioners",
  "text": "(1) The applicable amount for a pensioner for a week is the aggregate of such of the following amounts as apply in his case—\n(a) an amount in respect of his personal allowance, determined in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (personal allowance);\n(b) an amount in respect of any child or young person who is a member of his family, determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Schedule (child or young person amounts);\n(c) if he is a member of a family of which at least one member is a child or young person, an amount determined in accordance with paragraph 3 of that Schedule (family premium);\n(d) the amount of any premiums which may be applicable to him, determined in accordance with Parts 3 and 4 of that Schedule (premiums).\n(2) In Schedule 2—\n“additional spouse” means a spouse by the party to the marriage who is additional to the party to the marriage;\n“patient” means a person (other than a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a youth custody institution) who is regarded as receiving free in-patient treatment within the meaning of regulation 2(4) and (5) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2005.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Including pensioners in polygamous marriages, by virtue of paragraph 5 of the scheme."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/3360."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2886/schedule/paragraph/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:13:07.026808+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}