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| | Thursday 16 February 2012 |
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| | For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| | 4089-90, 4091-92, 4093 and 4095-96 |
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| | Local Government Finance Bill, As Amended |
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| | Page 5, line 17 [Clause 8], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4A) | In exercising its powers under subsection (1)(b), each authority must have regard |
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| | | to the impact of its scheme on the living standards of those persons in its area |
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| | | who, prior to the introduction of the scheme, were receiving council tax benefit. |
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| | | (4B) | In exercising its powers under subsection (1)(b), each authority must have regard |
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| | | to the impact of its scheme on the living standards of those persons in its area, |
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| | | below pensionable age, who are in employment or are actively seeking |
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| | Page 5, line 28 [Clause 8], leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’. |
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| | Page 5, line 29 [Clause 8], leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’. |
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| | Page 49, line 7 [Schedule 4], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(e) | require authorities to have regard to the impact of their scheme on— |
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| | | (i) | the numbers of persons in its area expected to receive a greater |
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| | | or lesser reduction in council tax than that which they had |
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| | | been entitled to receive under council tax benefit, and the |
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| | | amounts by which their entitlement is likely to increase or |
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| | | (ii) | the living standards of such persons, |
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| | | (iii) | the financial incentive on persons below pensionable age to |
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| | | seek or maintain employment.’. |
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| | Page 49, line 15 [Schedule 4], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(d) | notify all persons within their area receiving council tax benefit on or |
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| | | immediately following 1 April 2012, of the implications of the draft |
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| | | scheme, including the estimated impact of that scheme on their living |
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| | Page 49, line 44 [Schedule 4], leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’. |
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| | Page 50, line 2 [Schedule 4], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3B) | If the default scheme has the effect of reducing or removing a reduction to which |
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| | | any class of persons was entitled under council tax benefit, it must include such |
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| | | transitional provision relating to that reduction or removal as the Secretary of |
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| | | State, after consultation with representatives of local government, thinks fit.’. |
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| | Page 50, line 2 [Schedule 4], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3A) | The default scheme must be designed in such a way as to ensure, insofar as can |
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| | | reasonably be assessed, that no person below pensionable age, in or seeking |
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| | | employment, shall receive a lesser entitlement to a council tax reduction than that |
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| | | to which they would have been entitled under council tax benefit.’. |
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| | Page 50, line 5 [Schedule 4], leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’. |
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| | Page 50, line 39 [Schedule 4], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | In circumstances where a deficit arises in the billing authority’s collection fund |
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| | | the authority shall be able to make an application to the Secretary of State for a |
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| | | payment to cover that deficit.’. |
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