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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-england-regulations-2012/schedule-1/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-england-regulations-2012/schedule-1/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2885",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Applicable amounts",
  "text": "(1) The applicable amount for a pensioner for a week is the aggregate of such of the following amounts as apply in his case—\n(a) an amount in respect of his personal allowance, determined in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations;\n(b) an amount determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Schedule in respect of children or young persons who are members of his family;\n(c) if he is a member of a family of which at least one member is a child or young person, an amount determined in accordance with paragraph 3 of that Schedule (family premium);\n(d) the amount of any premiums which may be applicable to him, determined in accordance with Parts 3 and 4 of that Schedule (premiums).\n(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) In Schedule 2—\n“additional spouse” means a spouse of either party to the marriage who is additional to the other party to the marriage;\n“patient” means a person (other than a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a youth custody institution) who is regarded as receiving free in-patient treatment within the meaning of regulation 2(4) and (5) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2005.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(1)(b) substituted (12.1.2018 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1305), regs. 1(1), 7(a) (with reg. 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(1)(b) substituted (11.2.2025 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/39), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 6(1A)-(1C) omitted (11.2.2025 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/39), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(2) substituted (13.1.2014 with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3181), regs. 1(1), 2(7)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 6 in force at 27.11.2012, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Including pensioners who are in polygamous marriages by virtue of regulation 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/3360."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2885/schedule/1/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:13:07.880127+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."
}