{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-and-default-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-and-default-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-26.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/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 2013",
  "text": "In Schedule 3 (applicable amounts: persons who are not pensioners)—\n(a) in paragraph 10 (additional condition for the disability premium)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii) after “under that Act” insert “or a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014”;\n(ii) for sub-paragraph (1)(a)(vii) substitute—\n“(vii) is blind and in consequence is registered as blind in a register compiled under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 (welfare services), or is severely sight-impaired and in consequence 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 or section 77(1) of the Care Act 2014, or in Scotland has been certified as blind and in consequence is registered as blind in a register maintained by or on behalf of a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994; or”;\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (2), for “registered as blind” substitute “registered as blind or severely sight-impaired”, and for “treated as blind” substitute “treated as such”;\n(b) in paragraph 11 (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) in sub-paragraph (4)(b) for “who is blind or is treated as blind”, substitute “who is blind or severely sight-impaired or is treated as such”;\n(c) in paragraph 13(b) (disabled child premium) for “is blind or treated as blind”, substitute “is blind or severely sight-impaired or treated 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/26",
    "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."
}