The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2013
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2013/111 |
2013No. 111 (W. 16)
COUNCIL TAX, WALES
The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2013
22January2013
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 13A(4) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1B to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992( 1).
In accordance with section 13A(8) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
Title, commencement and application
1.-(1) The title of these Regulations is the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2013.
(2) These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they were made and apply in relation to Wales.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations-
"council tax benefit" means council tax benefit under Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 2);
"council tax reduction scheme" means a scheme made by a billing authority in accordance with the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2012( 3) or which applies in default in accordance with paragraph 6(1)(e) of Schedule 1B to the Local Government Finance Act 1992;
"relevant decision" has the same meaning as in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000( 4);
"relevant authority" means an authority administering council tax benefit;
"specified day" means the day on which these Regulations come into force;
"suspended" means suspended in accordance with regulation 11 or 13 of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001( 5).
Transitional provisions
3.-(1) A person who falls within one of the categories of person described in paragraph (2) is deemed to have made an application for a reduction under a council tax reduction scheme on the specified day.
(2) A person referred to in paragraph (1) is a person-
(a) who is in receipt of council tax benefit on the specified day;(b) who made a claim for council tax benefit which is not determined immediately before the specified day;(c) whose payments of council tax benefit have been wholly or partly suspended immediately before the specified day;(d) other than a person described in sub-paragraphs (a) or (c), who has applied for a revision of a relevant decision by a relevant authority and whose decision in respect of that revision is pending immediately before the...To continue reading
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