# The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 2013, Paragraph 3: Application of scheme: pensioners and persons who are not pensioners

Extent: E+W

(1) This scheme applies to—
(a) pensioners who fall within class A or B; and
(b) persons who are not pensioners who fall within class C or D.
(2) In this scheme—
(a) a person is a “pensioner” (“pensiynwr”) if—
(i) that person has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit; and
(ii) that person is not, and, if that person has a partner, that person’s partner is not—
(aa) a person on income support, on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or on an income-related employment and support allowance, or
(bb) a person with an award of universal credit; and
(b) a person is a “person who is not a pensioner” (“person nad yw’n bensiynwr”) if—
(i) that person has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit; or
(ii) that person has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit and that person, or if that person has a partner, that person’s partner, is—
(aa) a person on income support, on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or on an income-related employment and support allowance, or
(bb) a person with an award of universal credit.
(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (a)(ii)(bb) and (b)(ii)(bb) in sub-paragraph (2) an award of universal credit is to be disregarded—
(a) during the relevant period, or
(b) where regulation 60A of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 applies in respect of the award.
(4) In this paragraph—
“assessment period” (“cyfnod asesu”) has the same meaning as in the Universal Credit Regulations 2013;
“relevant period” (“cyfnod perthnasol”) means the period beginning with the day on which a person (“P”) and each partner of P has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit and ending with the day on which the last assessment period for universal credit ends.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/3035/schedule/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-default-scheme-wales-regulations-2013/schedule/paragraph-3
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