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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-default-scheme-england-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-96",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-default-scheme-england-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-96.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/96",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "96",
  "heading": "Duration of extended reduction period: persons who are not pensioners",
  "text": "(1) Where an applicant is entitled to an extended reduction, the extended reduction period starts on the first day of the reduction week immediately following the reduction week in which the applicant, or the applicant’s partner, ceased to be entitled to a qualifying income-related benefit.\n(2) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1), an applicant or an applicant’s partner ceases to be entitled to a qualifying income-related benefit on the day immediately following the last day of entitlement to that benefit.\n(3) The extended reduction period ends—\n(a) at the end of a period of four weeks; or\n(b) on the date on which the applicant to whom the extended reduction is payable has no liability for council tax, if that occurs first.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2886/schedule/paragraph/96",
    "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."
}