{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-and-default-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013",
  "text": "In Schedule 6 (determining eligibility for a reduction: persons who are not pensioners)—\n(a) in paragraph 5 (non-dependant deductions: persons who are not pensioners)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “£11.75” substitute “£12.25”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “£3.90” substitute “£4.05”;\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “£189.00” substitute “£194.00”;\n(iv) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) for “£189.00”, “£328.00” and “£7.80” substitute “£194.00”, “£338.00” and “£8.10” respectively;\n(v) in sub-paragraph (2)(c) for “£328.00”, “£408.00” and “£9.85” substitute “£338.00”, “£420.00” and “£10.25” respectively;\n(vi) in sub-paragraph (6)(a) for “blind or treated as blind”, substitute “blind or severely sight-impaired or treated as such”;\n(b) in paragraph 21 (treatment of child care charges)—\n(i) for sub-paragraph (14)(c) substitute—\n“(c) who—\n(i) is registered as blind in a register compiled under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 (welfare services);\n(ii) 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(iii) 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(iv) 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;”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (14)(d) after “as blind” insert “or severely sight-impaired”;\n(c) in paragraph 23 (disregard of changes in tax, contributions etc.)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (c) for “small earnings exception”, substitute “small profits threshold”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (d) after “under the SSCBA”, insert “or a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014”;\n(d) in paragraph 25(3)(a) (calculation of deduction of tax and contributions of self-employed earners), for “small earnings exception” substitute “small profits threshold”.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}