{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-default-scheme-england-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-default-scheme-england-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-3.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/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application of scheme: pensioners and persons who are not pensioners",
  "text": "(1) This scheme applies to—\n(a) pensioners who fall within any of classes A to C; and\n(b) persons who are not pensioners who fall within any of classes D to F.\n(2) In this scheme—\n(a) a person is a “pensioner” if—\n(i) he has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit; and\n(ii) he is not, or, if he has a partner, his partner is not—\n(aa) a person on income support, on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or on an income-related employment and support allowance, or\n(bb) a person with an award of universal credit; and\n(b) a person is a “person who is not a pensioner” if—\n(i) he has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit; or\n(ii) he has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit and he, or if he has a partner, his partner, is—\n(aa) a person on income support, on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or on an income-related employment and support allowance, or\n(bb) a person with an award of universal credit.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See paragraphs 13 to 15 of this scheme."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See paragraphs 16 to 18 of this scheme."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2886/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}