The Council Tax (Discount Disregards and Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) Order 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/619
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Council Tax (Discount Disregards and Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) Order 1995.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st April 1995 except for article 2 which shall come into force on 13th April 1995.

Section 2 Discount Disregards — the severely mentally impaired

For article 3(2)(a) of the Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 1992 there shall be substituted the following —

(a) an incapacity benefit under section 30A of the Social Security (Contributions and Benefits) Act 1992 ;.

Section 3 Discount Disregards — teacher training

Paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 1 to the Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 1992 shall be amended by the insertion at the beginning of the following —

Except in the case of a course for the initial training of teachers in schools,.

Section 4 Discount Disregards — Prescribed Educational Establishments

Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 1992 shall be amended by the insertion, after sub-paragraph (g), of the following —

(h) an institution accredited by the Teacher Training Agency or, in Wales, by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales under regulations for the time being in force under section 218(2) and (2A) of the Education Reform Act 1988 .

Section 5 Exempt Dwellings — students

Article 3 of the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992 shall be amended by the substitution for paragraph (2)(a) of Class N of the following —

(a) “relevant person” means —

(i) a student;

(ii) a student’s spouse or dependant being in either case a person who is not a British citizen and who is prevented, by the terms of his leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, from taking paid employment or from claiming benefits; or

(iii) a person to whom Class C (school and college leavers) of regulation 3(1) of the Council Tax (Additional Provision for Discount Disregards) Regulations 1992 applies;.

Section 6 Exempt Dwellings — persons under 18, unoccupied annexes and the severely mentally impaired

In article 3 of the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992, there shall be inserted, after Class R, the following—

Class S: dwelling occupied only by a person or persons aged under 18.

Class T: an unoccupied dwelling which —

forms part of a single property which includes another dwelling; and

may not be let separately from that other dwelling without a breach of planning control within the meaning of section 171A of the Town and County Planning Act 1990 .

Class U: a dwelling occupied only by a person or persons who is or are severely mentally impaired within the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and who would but for this Order be liable to pay the council tax..