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

Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992 E+W

12.  The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992(1) is amended as follows—

(a) in article 2(1)(2), at the appropriate place, insert—

““contract-holder” means a person who, in relation to a dwelling in Wales—

(i)

has a leasehold interest which was granted for a term of less than six months,

(ii)

has a secure contract within the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 8 of that Act), or

(iii)

has an introductory standard contract within the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 16 of that Act);”;

(b) in article 3(3)—

(i) in the definition of a Class D dwelling, in paragraph (1)(a), for “or tenant”, substitute “, tenant or contract-holder”;

(ii) in the definition of a Class E dwelling, in the words before paragraph (a), for “or tenant”, substitute “, tenant or contract-holder”;

(iii) in the definition of a Class F dwelling, in paragraph (2)(b), after “tenant”, insert “or contract-holder”;

(iv) in the definition of a Class I dwelling, in the words before paragraph (a), for “or tenant”, substitute “, tenant or contract-holder”;

(v) in the definition of a Class J dwelling, in the words before paragraph (a), for “or tenant”, substitute “, tenant or contract-holder”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 12 in force at 1.12.2022, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

S.I. 1992/558.

(2)

Article 2(1) was amended by article 3(a) of the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/539), article 2 of and paragraph 13 of the Schedule to the Housing Act 1996 (Consequential Amendments) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/74) and article 3(2) of the Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings, Exempt Dwellings and Discount Disregards) Amendment Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/656). There are other amendments to article 2 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

Article 3 was amended by article 4 of the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/150), article 4(b) to (d) of the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/539) and article 3 of the Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings, Exempt Dwellings and Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2921 (W. 260)). There are other amendments to article 3 which are not relevant to these Regulations.