# The Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2013, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend (in relation to Wales) the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2890) (“the principal Regulations”), which set out the means test for determining the amount of grant which may be paid by local housing authorities under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (“the 2012 Act”) makes substantive changes to the current welfare benefits system.
Section 33 of the 2012 Act abolishes Council Tax Benefit, which is replaced, in Wales, by Council Tax Reduction Schemes made by local authorities or, in default, by the Welsh Ministers.
Part 4 of the 2012 Act introduces Personal Independence Payment, which replaces Disability Living Allowance, in respect of persons between the ages of 16 and 64.
Amendments to the principal Regulations effect these changes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/552/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-renewal-grants-amendment-wales-regulations-2013/note
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