# The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015, Regulation 7: Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013


In Schedule 1 (determining eligibility for a reduction: pensioners)—
(a) in paragraph 3 (non-dependant deductions: pensioners)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “£11.30” substitute “£11.75”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “£3.75” substitute “£3.90”;
(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “£188.00” substitute “£189.00”;
(iv) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) for “£188.00”, “£326.00” and “£7.50” substitute “£189.00”, “£328.00” and “£7.80” respectively;
(v) in sub-paragraph (2)(c) for “£326.00”, “£406.00” and “£9.45” substitute “£328.00”, “£408.00” and “£9.85” respectively;
(vi) in sub-paragraph (8)—
(aa) omit the “or” following paragraph (a);
(bb) after paragraph (b) add—
“; or
(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.”;
(vii) after sub-paragraph (9) insert—
“(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.”;
(b) in paragraph 10(1) (meaning of “income”: pensioners)—
(i) in paragraph (j)(xvi) omit “ordinary”;
(ii) after paragraph (j)(xvi) insert—
“(xvia) statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the SSCBA;”;
(c) in paragraph 12 (earnings of employed earners: pensioners), after sub-paragraph (1)(j) insert—
“(ja) statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the SSCBA;”;
(d) in paragraph 13 (calculation of net earnings of employed earners: pensioners), in sub-paragraph (2)(d)—
(i) omit “ordinary or additional”;
(ii) after “statutory paternity pay” insert “, statutory shared parental pay”;
(e) in paragraph 19 (treatment of child care charges: pensioners)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (11)(c) and (e) after “Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008” insert “or the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (15)—
(aa) after “paternity leave” in both places where those words occur, insert “, shared parental leave”;
(bb) omit “ordinary”;;
(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”;
(iii) in sub-paragraph (16)—
(aa) after “paternity leave” insert “, shared parental leave”;
(bb) omit “ordinary or additional” in both places where those words occur;
(cc) after “statutory paternity pay” in both places where those words occur, insert “, statutory shared parental pay”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/44/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-and-default-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2015/regulation-7
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