The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (England) Order 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/3396
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1) This Order—

(a) may be cited as the Council Tax (Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (England) Order 2006, and

(b) comes into force on 31st January 2007.

(2) This Order applies in relation to—

(a) billing authorities in England, and

(b) financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2007.

Section 2 Amendment of the Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 1992

(1) The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 1992 is amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (definition of students, etc. )—

(a) in Part I (apprentices)—

(i) in paragraph 1(1)(b) for “National Council for Vocational Qualifications” substitute “Qualifications and Curriculum Authority”,

(ii) for paragraph 1(1)(c) substitute—

(c) employed at a salary or in receipt of an allowance or both, which are, in total no more than £195 per week

(b) in paragraph 2(a) of Part II (students), for “the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges” substitute “the British Council”; and

(c) for paragraph 8(1) of Part IV (youth training), substitute—

(8)

(1) A person is a youth training trainee on a particular day if, on that day he is—

(a) under the age of 25; and

(b) undertaking training—

(i) pursuant to arrangements made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 ,

(ii) which is funded by the Learning and Skills Council for England.

(3) In Part I (establishments for students) of Schedule 2 (prescribed educational establishments)—

(a) omit paragraph 1(d), and

(b) in the definition of “further education” in paragraph 2, for “the Education Act 1944” substitute “section 2 of the Education Act 1996 ”.