Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, extent, application and effect

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security and Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 3rd May 2022.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland except for regulation 3 which extends to England and Wales.

(3)

The amendments made by regulation 2(2) do not have effect in relation to a claim for housing benefit or state pension credit, made before the date these Regulations come into force.

(4)

Regulation 3 applies in relation to council tax reduction schemes^f1 made by billing authorities^f2 in England for financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2023.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: See section 13A(9) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for the definition of “council tax reduction scheme”. Section 13A was inserted by section 76 of the Local Government Act 2003. Section 13A was substituted by section 10 of the Local Government Finance Act 2012.
f2: See section 1(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for the definition of “billing authority”. Section 1(2) was amended by section 35(5) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19).