Paragraph 135 Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012I1

England and Wales

(1)

Schedule 1 (pensioners: matters that must be included in an authority’s scheme) is amended as follows.

(2)

For paragraph 8(11)(a) substitute the following—

“(a)
is registered as severely sight-impaired in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.”.

(3)

In paragraph 21(2)(b)(i)—

(a)

omit “or 23(2)(a)”;

(b)

after “the Children (Scotland) Act 1995” insert “or in Wales placed with the applicant or the applicant’s partner by a local authority under section 81 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;”.

(4)

In paragraph 25(13)(c)—

(a)

omit the words from “blind in a register” to “(welfare services) or as”;

(b)

after “(registers of sight-impaired adults)” omit “or”;

(c)

after “the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994” insert “or is registered as severely sight-impaired in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”.

(5)

In paragraph 26(1)(a)(vii)—

(a)

omit the words from “is blind” to “(welfare services) or”;

(b)

after “(registers of sight-impaired adults)” omit “or”;

(c)

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 135 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(2)