{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-england-amendment-no-2-regulations-2014/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3312",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-england-amendment-no-2-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "text": "(1) The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) for the definition of “contributory employment and support allowance” substitute—\n““contributory employment and support allowance” means an allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 that remove references to an income-related allowance and a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 as that Part has effect apart from those provisions;”;\n(ii) omit the definition of “service user group”;\n(b) after paragraph (7) insert—\n“(8) References in these Regulations to an applicant participating as a service user are to—\n(a) a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—\n(i) a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing; or\n(ii) a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,\nin their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services; or\n(b) the carer of a person consulted as described in sub-paragraph (a) where the carer is not being consulted as described in that sub-paragraph.”.\n(3) In regulation 6 (meaning of “family”)—\n(a) omit the “or” following paragraph (3)(a);\n(b) after paragraph (3)(b) insert—\n“; or\n(c) entitled to an award of universal credit.”.\n(4) In regulation 12(5) (persons treated as not being in Great Britain)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (h) omit “, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance”;\n(b) omit the “or” following sub-paragraph (h);\n(c) after sub-paragraph (h) add—\n“(ha) in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance and has a right to reside other than a right to reside falling within paragraph (4); or”.\n(5) In Schedule 1 (pensioners: matters that must be included in an authority’s scheme)—\n(a) in paragraph 8 (non-dependant deductions)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “£11.25” substitute “£11.36”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “£3.70” substitute “£3.74”;\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “£188.00” substitute “£189.00”;\n(iv) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) for “£188.00”, “£326.00” and “£7.45” substitute “£189.00”, “£328.00” and “£7.52” respectively;\n(v) in sub-paragraph (2)(c) for “£326.00”, “£406.00” and “£9.40” substitute “£328.00”, “£408.00” and “£9.49” respectively;\n(vi) in sub-paragraph (8)—\n(aa) omit the “or” following paragraph (a);\n(bb) after paragraph (b) add—\n“; or\n(c) who is entitled to an award of universal credit where the award is calculated on the basis that the person does not have any earned income.”;\n(vii) after sub-paragraph (11) insert—\n“(11A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (8), “earned income” has the meaning given in regulation 52 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013.”;\n(b) in the following provisions for “applicant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “applicant participating as a service user”—\n(i) paragraph 18(2)(f) (earnings of employed earners);\n(ii) paragraph 22(12) (notional income);\n(iii) paragraph 23(3) (income paid to third parties);\n(c) in paragraph 25 (treatment of child care charges)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (10)(c) and (e) after “Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008” insert “or the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (10)(g) for “or allowance to which sub-paragraph (vii) or (viii)” substitute “or allowance or payment to which sub-paragraph (v), (vii) or (viii)”;\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (13)(b) for “would be payable but for” substitute “has ceased to be payable by virtue of”;\n(d) in the following provisions for “social security contributions” substitute “national insurance contributions”—\n(i) paragraph 28(c) (disregard of changes in tax, contributions etc);\n(ii) in paragraph 29 (calculation of net profit of self-employed earners)—\n(aa) sub-paragraph (1)(b)(i);\n(bb) sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii);\n(cc) sub-paragraph (8)(a)(ii);\n(iii) paragraph 30(3) (calculation of tax and contributions of self-employed earners).\n(6) In Schedule 2 (applicable amounts)—\n(a) in column (2) of the Table in paragraph 1—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “£148.35” substitute “£151.20”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “£165.15” substitute “£166.05”;\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “£226.50” substitute “£230.85”;\n(iv) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) for “£247.20” substitute “£248.28”;\n(v) in sub-paragraph (3)(a) for “£226.50” substitute “£230.85”;\n(vi) in sub-paragraph (3)(b) for “£78.15” substitute “£79.65”;\n(vii) in sub-paragraph (4)(a) for “£247.20” substitute “£248.28”;\n(viii) in sub-paragraph (4)(b) for “£82.05” substitute “£82.26”;\n(b) in column (2) of the Table in paragraph 2 for “£66.33” in each place where it occurs substitute “£66.90”;\n(c) in the second column of the Table in Part 4—\n(i) in paragraph (1)(a) and (b)(i) for “£61.10” substitute “£61.85”;\n(ii) in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) for “£122.20” substitute “£123.70”;\n(iii) in paragraph (2) for “£24.08” substitute “£24.43”;\n(iv) in paragraph (3) for “£59.50” substitute “£60.06”;\n(v) in paragraph (4) for “£34.20” substitute “£34.60”.\n(7) In column (1) of the Table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (amount of alternative maximum council tax reduction)—\n(a) in paragraph (b)(i) for “£185.00” substitute “£187.00”;\n(b) in paragraph (b)(ii) for “£185.00” and “£241.00” substitute “£187.00” and “£243.00” respectively.\n(8) In Schedule 4 (sums disregarded from applicant’s earnings)—\n(a) in paragraph 5(1)(d)(ii) after “Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008” insert “or regulation 7 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013”;\n(b) in paragraph 6(6)(a) after “Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008” insert “or regulation 39(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013”.\n(9) In paragraph 19(2)(b) of Schedule 5 (amounts to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) for “£57.35” substitute “£57.90”.\n(10) In Schedule 6 (capital disregards)—\n(a) in paragraph 21(2)—\n(i) omit the “or” following paragraph (o);\n(ii) after paragraph (p) insert—\n“; or\n(q) universal credit.”;\n(b) in paragraph 22(2)(b) after “Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” insert “1996”;\n(c) in paragraph 22(2)(e) after “Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” insert “2008”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2012/2885, amended by S.I. 2012/3085, 2013/3181, 2014/107, 2014/448, 2014/513."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2007 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2012 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/376 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/379, amended by S.I. 2013/591, 2013/1508, 2014/107, 2014/147, 2014/516, 2014/597, 2014/884, 2014/1097, 2014/2309."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/207; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2002/2380."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/794 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:53:32.790224+00:00"
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