Title, commencement and application

1.-(1) The title of these Regulations is the Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) (Amendment No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2013 and they come into force on 24 May 2013.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Amendment of the Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) Regulations 1992

2.  Paragraph 3(a) of the Schedule to the Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) Regulations 1992(3) is amended as follows-

(a)at the end of paragraph (iv) omit "or"; and

(b)after paragraph (v) insert-

• "or

  (vi)

  armed forces independence payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011(4);".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) Regulations 1992 ("the 1992 Regulations") prescribe conditions which must be fulfilled by care workers and various persons of other descriptions in order for them to be disregarded for the purposes of council tax discounts which are prescribed for by section 11 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 ("the 1992 Act").

Regulation 2 amends the conditions of the 1992 Regulations so that care workers providing care to a person entitled to an armed forces independence payment fulfil the requirements necessary to be disregarded for the purposes of section 11 of the 1992 Act.

The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.