140 Adoption of the Council Tax Reduction Scheme. PDF 155 KB
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Minutes:
The Section 151 Officer submitted a report, which explained the
requirement to annually consider whether to revise or
replace the Council’s existing Council Tax Reduction Scheme and the requirement
to either adopt a new scheme or re-adopt the existing scheme by 31 January
2018.
Resolved that:
1)
The Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales)
Regulations 2013 (“the Prescribed Requirements Regulations”) by the National
Assembly for Wales (NAfW) on 26 November 2013, as
amended be noted;
2)
The amendments to “the Prescribed Requirements Regulations” contained in
the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme)
(Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, considered and approved by NAfW on 9 January 2018 be noted;
3)
The outcome of the consultation exercise undertaken by the Council in
December 2014 on the discretionary areas of the current scheme be noted;
4)
The current scheme (2017/2018) in relation to the discretionary areas
(as set out in section 3 of the report) remain unchanged from 2018/2019;
5)
The scheme as set out in section 3 of the report be
adopted and any amendments to the regulations made by NAfW be reflected in the scheme.