2003 No. 3121
The Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings, Exempt Dwellings and Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (England) Order 2003
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 3(5)(a), 4(3), 4(4) and 113 of, and paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 19921 hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and application1
1
This Order may be cited as the Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings, Exempt Dwellings and Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004.
2
This Order applies to England only.
Amendment to the Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings) Order 19922
The Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings) Order 19922 is amended as follows:
a
in article 2, after the definition of “the Act” insert—
“care home” means a care home within the meaning of the Care Standards Act 20003, in respect of which a person is registered in accordance with Part 2 of that Act;
b
in article 3, before “Where” insert “Subject to article 3A,”;
c
after article 3, insert the following article—
3A
A care home shall be treated as comprising the number of dwellings found by adding one to the number of self-contained units occupied by, or if currently unoccupied, provided for the purpose of accommodating the person registered in respect of it in accordance with Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000, and each such unit shall be treated as a dwelling.
Amendment to the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 19923
In article 3 of the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 19924, for class I substitute—
Class I: an unoccupied dwelling which was previously the sole or main residence of a person who is an owner or tenant of the dwelling and who—
a
for the purpose of receiving personal care required by him by reason of old age, disablement, illness, past or present alcohol or drug dependence or past or present mental disorder has his sole or main residence in another place (not being a hospital, care home, independent hospital or hostel within the meaning of paragraphs 6 or 7 of Schedule 1 to the Act or accommodation provided in Scotland by a care home service within the meaning of section 2(3) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 20015); and
b
has been a relevant absentee for the whole of the period since the dwelling last ceased to be his residence;
Amendment to the Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 19924
For article 6 of the Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 19926 substitute—
6
For the purposes of paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Act, “hostel” means—
a
premises approved under section 9(1) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 20007, or
b
a building or part of a building—
i
which is solely or mainly used for the provision of residential accommodation in other than separate and self-contained sets of premises, together with personal care, for persons who require such personal care by reason of old age, disablement, past or present alcohol or drug dependence or past or present mental disorder, and
ii
which is not a care home or independent hospital for the purposes of that paragraph.
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
(This note is not part of the Order)