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—

    1. i

      controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour;

    2. ii

      physical violence;

    3. iii

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

    4. 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.