# Local Government Finance Act 1992, Paragraph 3


(1) The regulations may prescribe—
(a) classes of person who are to be entitled to a reduction under schemes;
(b) classes of person who must not be entitled to a reduction under schemes.
(2) The regulations may—
(a) allow specified authorities to determine (subject to regulations under sub-paragraph (1)) classes of person who are to be entitled to a reduction under schemes, or
(b) provide that specified authorities may not determine such classes.
(3) The regulations may require each scheme to state the classes of person (prescribed under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or determined under sub-paragraph (2)(a)) who are to be entitled to a reduction under the scheme.
(4) Any class of person prescribed under sub-paragraph (1)(a) may be determined by reference to, in particular, the matters listed in sub-paragraph (7).
(5) The regulations may require any class of person determined under sub-paragraph (2)(a) to be determined by reference to specified matters (which may include those listed in sub-paragraph (7)).
(6) If the regulations do not require a class of person to be determined as mentioned in sub-paragraph (5), the specified authority may determine that class by reference to, in particular, the matters listed in sub-paragraph (7).
(7) Those matters are—
(a) whether the Welsh Ministers consider, or the specified authority considers, any person to be in financial need;
(b) the income of any person liable to pay council tax in respect of any dwelling to which a scheme is to apply;
(c) the capital of any such person;
(d) whether any such person is in receipt of any specified benefit;
(e) the income and capital of any other person who is a resident of the dwelling, or whether any such person is in receipt of any specified benefit;
(f) the number of dependants of any person within paragraph (b) or (e);
(g) whether the person has made an application for the reduction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/14/schedule/1A/paragraph/3n1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992/schedule-1A/paragraph-3n1
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