The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022

Local Government Finance Act 1992

20.—(1) Section 6(1) (persons liable to pay council tax) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992(2) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2), after paragraph (c), insert—

“(ca) in the case of a dwelling in Wales, the person is both such a resident and has a tenancy of the whole or any part of the dwelling which is a secure contract or an introductory standard contract;”.

(3) In subsection (6), at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, insert—

““introductory standard contract” has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 16 of that Act);”;

““secure contract” has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 8 of that Act);”.

(1)

Section 6 was amended by section 13 of the Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), section 74(1) of the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), article 2 of and paragraph 8 of the Schedule to the Housing Act 1996 (Consequential Amendments) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/74), and regulation 2 of the Council Tax (Joint and Several Liability of Care Leavers) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/210 (W. 68)).

(2)

1992 c. 14.