# The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (England) Regulations 2012, Paragraph 90: Amount of extended reduction (qualifying contributory benefits): pensioners

Extent: E+W+S

(1) For any week during the extended reduction period the amount of the extended reduction (qualifying contributory benefits) the applicant is entitled to is the greater of—
(a) the amount of council tax reduction to which the applicant was entitled by virtue of falling within any of classes A to C in the last reduction week before the applicant or the applicant’s partner ceased to be entitled to a qualifying contributory benefit;
(b) the amount of reduction under this scheme to which the applicant would be entitled under by virtue of falling within any of classes A to C for any reduction week during the extended reduction period, if paragraph 88 (extended reductions (qualifying contributory benefits): pensioners) did not apply to the applicant; or
(c) the amount of reduction under this scheme to which the applicant’s partner would be entitled by virtue of falling within any of classes A to C, if paragraph 88 did not apply to the applicant.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of a mover.
(3) Where an applicant is in receipt of an extended reduction (qualifying contributory benefits) under this paragraph and the applicant’s partner makes an application for a reduction under this scheme, the authority must not award a reduction in pursuance of that application during the extended reduction period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2886/schedule/paragraph/90 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-default-scheme-england-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-90
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