{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-prescribed-requirements-england-regulations-2012/schedule-7/paragraph-8",
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  "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/7/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Procedure by which a person may appeal against certain decisions of the authority",
  "text": "(1) A person who is aggrieved by a decision of an authority which affects—\n(a) the person’s entitlement to a reduction under its scheme, or\n(b) the amount of any reduction to which that person is entitled,\nmay serve a written notice on that authority stating the matter by which, and the grounds on which, he is aggrieved.\n(2) The authority must—\n(a) consider the matter to which the notice relates;\n(b) notify the aggrieved person in writing—\n(i) that the ground is not well founded, giving reasons for that belief; or\n(ii) that steps have been taken to deal with the grievance, stating the steps taken.\n(3) Where, following notification under sub-paragraph (2)(b)(i) or (ii), the person is still aggrieved, or if the authority fails to notify the person aggrieved in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(b) within two months of the service of his notice, he may appeal to a valuation tribunal under section 16 of the 1992 Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 8 in force at 27.11.2012, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2885/schedule/7/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}