# The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016, Regulation 7: Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013


In Schedule 3 (sums disregarded from applicant’s earnings: pensioners), for paragraph 5(1)(b) substitute—
“(b) is or are registered as blind in a register compiled under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 (welfare services), or 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 or have been certified as blind and in consequence are registered in a register maintained by or on behalf of a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994; or”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/50/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-and-default-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-7
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