Section 9 Liability of spouses.

a person who is liable to pay council tax in respect of any chargeable dwelling of which he is a resident and any day is married to F1, or is the civil partner of, another person; and

that other person is also a resident of the dwelling on that day but would not, apart from this section, be so liable,

in relation to a chargeable dwelling in England, the person falls to be disregarded for the purposes of discount by virtue of paragraph 2 (severely mentally impaired) or 4 (students etc.) of Schedule 1 to this Act;

in relation to a chargeable dwelling in Wales, the person falls to be disregarded for the purposes of section 6(4) (see subsection (4C) of that section).