The Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2014

Amendment to the Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings) Order 1992

3.  The 1992 Order is amended as follows—

(a) in article 2, after the definition of “multiple property” insert—

““refuge” means a building in Wales which is operated by a person otherwise than for profit and is used wholly or mainly for the temporary accommodation of persons who have been subject to any incident or pattern of incidents of—

(i)

controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour;

(ii)

physical violence;

(iii)

abuse of any other description (whether physical or mental in nature); or

(iv)

threats of any such violence or abuse,

from persons to whom they are or were married, are or were in a civil partnership or with whom they are or were co-habiting;”;

(b) in article 3, for “article 3A” substitute “articles 3A and 3B”;

(c) after article 3A, insert the following article—

“3B.   A refuge must be treated as a single dwelling.”