Gateshead Council Local Council Tax Support Scheme 2024/25
Part 8 - Alternative maximum Council Tax reduction for the purposes of calculating eligibility for a reduction under this scheme and amount of reduction: pensioners
33 Alternative maximum Council Tax reduction under this scheme: pensioners
(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the alternative maximum Council Tax benefit where the conditions set out in paragraph 15 (alternative maximum Council Tax reduction: pensioners) is fulfilled, is the amount determined in accordance with Schedule 4 (amount of alternative Council Tax reduction).
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where an applicant is jointly and severally liable for Council Tax in respect of a dwelling in which he is resident with one or more other persons, in determining the alternative maximum Council Tax benefit in his case, the amount determined in accordance with Schedule 4 shall be divided by the number of persons who are jointly and severally liable for that tax.
(3) Where an applicant is jointly and severally liable for Council Tax in respect of a dwelling with only his partner solely by virtue of section 9 of the 1992 Act (liability of spouses and civil partners), sub-paragraph (2) shall not apply in his case.