Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Act 2022

Background and Summary of the Act

2. Senedd Cymru (“the Senedd”) has passed three Acts that relate to taxation; the Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 (‘TCMA’), the Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (‘LTTA’) and the Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Act 2017 (‘LDTA’). These three Acts are collectively referred to as the ‘Welsh Tax Acts’ in the Act.

3. The Act provides the Welsh Ministers with a power to make changes, by means of regulations, to the Welsh Tax Acts and regulations made under those Acts, if the Welsh Ministers consider that it is necessary or appropriate to make those changes for or in connection with any of the four purposes specified in the Act.

4. The regulations can be made either under the draft affirmative procedure, or in urgent cases only, under the made affirmative procedure (discussed further below).