This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2013/3181 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 448
Council Tax, England
The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Made
27th February 2014
Laid before Parliament
5th March 2014
Coming into force
28th March 2014
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 113(1) of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992( 1 ):
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 28th March 2014.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to council tax reduction schemes made by billing authorities for financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2014.
Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012
2. —(1) The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 2 (applicable amounts)—
(a) in column (2) of the Table in paragraph 1, in sub-paragraph (3)(b) for “£82.50” substitute “£78.15”;
(b) in paragraph 3 for “£17.40” substitute “£17.45”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Brandon Lewis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
27th February 2014
1992 c.14 . Section 113(1) was amended by paragraphs 2 and 9(a) of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1999 (c.27) ; paragraphs 40 and 52 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c.26) and section 80 of the Localism Act 2011 (c.20) ; Schedule 1A was inserted by Schedule 4 to the Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c.17) .
S.I. 2012/2885 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2012/3085 , 2013/3181 .