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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-and-default-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2015/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2015/44",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-and-default-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013",
  "text": "In Schedule 1 (determining eligibility for a reduction: pensioners)—\n(a) in paragraph 3 (non-dependant deductions: pensioners)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “£11.30” substitute “£11.75”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “£3.75” substitute “£3.90”;\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “£188.00” substitute “£189.00”;\n(iv) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) for “£188.00”, “£326.00” and “£7.50” substitute “£189.00”, “£328.00” and “£7.80” respectively;\n(v) in sub-paragraph (2)(c) for “£326.00”, “£406.00” and “£9.45” substitute “£328.00”, “£408.00” and “£9.85” respectively;\n(vi) in sub-paragraph (8)—\n(aa) omit the “or” following paragraph (a);\n(bb) after paragraph (b) add—\n“; or\n(c) who is entitled to an award of universal credit where the award is calculated on the basis that the person does not have any earned income.”;\n(vii) after sub-paragraph (9) insert—\n“(10) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (8), “earned income” (“incwm a enillir”) has the meaning given in regulation 52 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013.”;\n(b) in paragraph 10(1) (meaning of “income”: pensioners)—\n(i) in paragraph (j)(xvi) omit “ordinary”;\n(ii) after paragraph (j)(xvi) insert—\n“(xvia) statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the SSCBA;”;\n(c) in paragraph 12 (earnings of employed earners: pensioners), after sub-paragraph (1)(j) insert—\n“(ja) statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the SSCBA;”;\n(d) in paragraph 13 (calculation of net earnings of employed earners: pensioners), in sub-paragraph (2)(d)—\n(i) omit “ordinary or additional”;\n(ii) after “statutory paternity pay” insert “, statutory shared parental pay”;\n(e) in paragraph 19 (treatment of child care charges: pensioners)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (11)(c) and (e) after “Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008” insert “or the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (15)—\n(aa) after “paternity leave” in both places where those words occur, insert “, shared parental leave”;\n(bb) omit “ordinary”;;\n(cc) after “maternity allowance under section 35 of that Act” insert “, statutory shared parental pay by virtue of section 171ZU or 171ZV of that Act”;\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (16)—\n(aa) after “paternity leave” insert “, shared parental leave”;\n(bb) omit “ordinary or additional” in both places where those words occur;\n(cc) after “statutory paternity pay” in both places where those words occur, insert “, statutory shared parental pay”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/376."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The “SSCBA” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c 4); see the definition in regulation 2 of the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013 and in paragraph 2 of scheme set out in the Schedule to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Schemes) (Wales) Regulations 2013."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/379."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/44/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:35:53.807258+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."
}