# The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012, Paragraph 6

Extent: E+W

Where an applicant has ceased to occupy what was formerly the dwelling occupied as the home following his estrangement or divorce from his former partner or the dissolution of a civil partnership with his former partner, that dwelling for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which he ceased to occupy that dwelling or, where the dwelling is occupied as the home by the former partner who is a lone parent, for so long as it is so occupied.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2885/schedule/6/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-england-regulations-2012/schedule-6/paragraph-6
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