Paragraph 3 Class B: pensioners whose income is greater than the applicable amountI1

England and Wales

On any day class B consists of any person who is a pensioner—

(a)

who is for that day liable to pay council tax in respect of a dwelling of which he is a resident;

(b)

who, subject to paragraph 5, is not absent from the dwelling throughout the day;

(c)

in respect of whom a maximum council tax reduction amount can be calculated;

(d)

who does not fall within a class of person prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 2(9) of Schedule 1A to the 1992 Act as a class of person which must not be included in an authority’s scheme;

(e)

whose income for the relevant week is greater than his applicable amount;

(f)

in respect of whom amount A exceeds amount B where—

(i)

amount A is the maximum council tax reduction in respect of the day in the applicant’s case; and

(ii)

amount B is 2 6/7 per cent of the difference between his income for the relevant week and his applicable amount; and

(g)

who has made an application.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 27.11.2012, see reg. 1(1)