The Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Council Tax Reduction Scheme) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/56
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Council Tax Reduction Scheme) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 7th February 1996.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1992 Act ” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992 ;

“section 13 regulations” means regulations under section 13 of the 1992 Act;

“dwelling” has the meaning given by section 3 of the 1992 Act;

“relevant dwelling” means a dwelling in Wales; and

“the relevant year” means the financial year beginning on 1st April 1996.

Section 2 Amendments to the Local Government Finance Act 1992

(1) Insofar as the Secretary of State’s power to make section 13 regulations is exercisable as regards any case where a person is liable to pay an amount to a billing authority in respect of council tax for the relevant year in respect of a relevant dwelling, section 13(5) of the 1992 Act shall be read as if after paragraph (d) there were inserted the following—

(e) the location of the dwelling concerned in a new principal area established by section 20 of the Local Government Act 1972 (new principal local government areas in Wales).

(2) Subsection (3A) of section 32 of the 1992 Act shall be amended by the substitution, for the words “or non-domestic rates”, of the words “non-domestic rates or the grant paid to them under section 88A of the Local Government Finance Act 1988”.

(3) Nothing in this article shall affect the operation of the 1992 Act in relation to any financial year beginning before 1st April 1996.