Gateshead Council Local Council Tax Support Scheme 2024/25

34 Amount of reduction under this scheme: Classes A to C and 1 to 3

(1) Where a person is entitled to a reduction under a scheme in respect of a day, the amount of the reduction to which he is entitled is as follows.

(2) Where the person is within class A, that amount is the amount which is the maximum Council Tax reduction in respect of the day in his case.

(3) Where the person is within class B, that amount is the amount found by deducting amount B from amount A, where "amount A" and "amount B" have the meanings given in paragraph 14 (pensioners whose income is greater than applicable amount)

(4) Where the person is within class C, that amount is the amount which is the alternative maximum Council Tax

(5) Where the person is within class 1, that amount is the amount which is the maximum Council Tax reduction in respect of the day in his case.

(6) Where the person is within class 2, that amount is the amount found by deducting amount B from amount A, where "amount A" and "amount B" have the meanings given in paragraph 17 (persons who are not pensioners whose income is greater than their applicable amount)

(7) Where the person is within class 3, that amount is any amount considered appropriate by the authority up to the maximum Council Tax liability in respect of the day in his case.

(8) Sub-paragraph (9) applies where both—
(a) sub-paragraph (2) or sub-paragraph (3), and
(b) sub-paragraph (4), apply to a person.

(9) The amount of the reduction to which he is entitled is whichever is the greater of—
(a) the amount of the reduction given by sub-paragraph (2) or sub-paragraph (3), as the case may be, and
(b) the amount of the reduction given by sub-paragraph (4).

(10) In respect of Classes 1 and 2, no reduction shall be made where the reduction to which he would otherwise
be entitled is less than £1 per benefit week.