{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-and-default-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-and-default-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-25.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2016/50",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-and-default-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 2013",
  "text": "In Schedule 2 (applicable amounts: pensioners)\n(a) in column (2) of the Table in paragraph 1 (personal allowances)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1) for “£151.20” and “£166.05” substitute “£155.60” and “£170.45” respectively;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (2) for “£230.85” and “£248.30” substitute “£237.55” and “£255.00” respectively;\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (3) for “£230.85” and “£79.65” substitute “£237.55” and “£81.95” respectively;\n(iv) in sub-paragraph (4) for “£248.30” and “£82.25” substitute “£255.50” and “£84.55” respectively;\n(b) in paragraph 6 (severe disability premium)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph 3 for “is blind or is treated as blind” substitute “is blind or severely sight-impaired or is treated as such”;\n(ii) for sub-paragraph (4) substitute—\n“(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), a person is blind or severely sight-impaired if that person—\n(a) is registered as blind in a register compiled under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 (welfare services);\n(b) is registered as severely sight-impaired in a register established and maintained by a local authority under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;\n(c) is registered as severely sight-impaired in a register established and maintained by a local authority under section 77(1) of the Care Act 2014; or\n(d) in Scotland, has been certified as blind and in consequence is registered in a register maintained by or on behalf of a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.”;\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (5) after “as blind”, in both places where those words occur, insert “or severely sight-impaired”;\n(iv) in sub-paragraph (6)(b) for “is blind or is treated as blind” substitute “is blind or severely sight-impaired or is treated as such”;\n(c) in paragraph 8(b) (disabled child premium) for “is blind” substitute “is blind or severely sight-impaired”, and for “as blind” substitute “as such”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/50/regulation/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:31:41.539569+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."
}