Amendment to the Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings) Order 19923.
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.”