The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/673 (W.)
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Name, commencement and application

(1) This Order is called The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003 and comes into force on 1st April 2003.

(2) This Order applies to Wales only.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“the Act” (“ y Ddeddf ”) means the Local Government Finance Act 1992 ;

“the Principal Order” (“ y Prif Orchymyn ”) means the Council Tax (Discount Disregard) Order 1992 ;

“the relevant period” (“ y cyfnod perthnasol ”) for a course means the period commencing with the day on which a person begins that course and ending with the day (“the last day”) on which that person completes it, abandons it or is dismissed from it (which period includes any period of vacation between terms and before the last day).

Section 3 Youth Training Trainees

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act, “youth training trainee” means a person who, on a particular day, is—

(a) under the age of 25; and

(b) undertaking a course of training in conformity with an individual training plan pursuant to arrangements which—

(i) are made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 ; and

(ii) constitute a training scheme as defined in regulation 75(1)(b) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 .

(2) A person is undertaking a course for the purposes of paragraph (1) above on a particular day if the day falls within the relevant period for that course.

Section 4 Revocation

(1) In Article 4 of the Principal Order the words

“youth training trainee” has the meaning given by paragraph 8 of and Schedule 1 to this Order

(2) Part IV (Youth Training) of Schedule 1 to the Principal Order is deleted in its entirety.