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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-and-default-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-8",
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  "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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013",
  "text": "In Schedule 5 (capital disregards: pensioners)—\n(a) after paragraph 27 insert—\n“27A. Where a person elects to be entitled to a lump sum under section 8(2) of the Pensions Act 2014 or in accordance with regulations made under section 10 of that Act, or fails to make an election, and a lump sum payment has been made, an amount equal to—\n(a) except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the amount of any payment or payments made on account of that lump sum; or\n(b) the amount of that lump sum,\nbut only for so long as that person does not change that election in favour of an increase of pension.”;\n(b) in paragraph 28—\n(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (d) omit “or”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (e) for “.” substitute “;”;\n(iii) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—\n“(f) sections 50 to 53 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014; or\n(g) section 33 of the Care Act 2014.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/50/regulation/8",
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  "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."
}