The Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

Made25th November 1992

Laid before Parliament26th November 1992

Coming into force27th November 1992

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 116(1) of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 19921, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 27th November 1992.

Visiting forces2.

Regulation 3 of the Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) Regulations 19922 is amended by the addition after Class C of the following—

“Visiting forces
Class D
a person who has a relevant association, within the meaning of Part I of the Visiting Forces Act 1952, with a body, contingent or detachment of the forces of a country, to which any provision in that Part applies on that day.3

Michael Howard

Secretary of State for the Environment

23rd November 1992

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

25th November 1992

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends regulation 3 of the Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) Regulations 1992 which prescribe additional classes of persons to be disregarded for the purposes of discount. A new class, Class D, covers members of visiting forces and any of their dependants who are neither British citizens nor ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.