Paragraph 3 I1

England and Wales

(1)

In a case of earnings from any employment or employments to which sub-paragraph (2) applies, £20.

(2)

This paragraph applies to employment—

(a)

as a part-time fire-fighter employed by a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004^f1 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;

F1(ab)

as a part-time fire-fighter employed by a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004;

F2(b)

a part-time fire-fighter employed by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service established under section 1A of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005;

(c)

as an auxiliary coastguard in respect of coast rescue activities;

(d)

in the manning or launching of a lifeboat if the employment is part-time;

(e)

as a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part I of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001^f2.

(3)

If—

(a)

any of the earnings of the applicant or, if he has a partner, his partner, or both of them, are disregarded under sub-paragraph (1); and

(b)

either of them has, or both of them have, other earnings,

so much of those other earnings as would not, in the aggregate with the earnings disregarded under that sub-paragraph, exceed £20.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 4 para. 3(2)(ab) inserted (1.10.2017) by The Fire and Rescue Authority (Police and Crime Commissioner) (Application of Local Policing Provisions, Inspection, Powers to Trade and Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/863), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 8(2)
F2: Sch. 4 para. 3(2)(b) 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(10)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 4 para. 3 in force at 27.11.2012, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: 2004 c. 21; amendments made to sections 2 and 4 are not relevant to these Regulations.
f2: S.I. 2001/1004.

Notes on Schedule 4

Footnotes

f1: And see also paragraph 17 of Schedule 1.