The Council Tax (Long-term Empty Dwellings and Dwellings Occupied Periodically) (Wales) Regulations 2022

Made: 23 March 2022

Coming into force: 1 April 2022

A draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru in accordance with sections 12A(14) and 12B(13) of that Act[^f00002].

Title and commencement

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• (1) The title of these Regulations is the Council Tax (Long-term Empty Dwellings and Dwellings Occupied Periodically) (Wales) Regulations 2022.

• (2) These Regulations come into force on 1 April 2022.

Amendments to the Local Government Finance Act 1992

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In sections 12A(1)(b) and 12B(1)(b) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for “100” substitute “300”.

Transitional provision

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For the purpose of the financial year beginning on 1 April 2022 only, the references to “300” inserted by regulation 2 into section 12A(1)(b) and 12B(1)(b) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 are to be interpreted as references to “100”.

Signed

Rebecca Evans — Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers — 23 March 2022

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend sections 12A and 12B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 to provide that for a financial year beginning on or after 1 April 2023, a billing authority in Wales may determine in relation to its area, that if on any day a dwelling is a long-term empty dwelling or a dwelling occupied periodically, the amount of council tax payable in respect of that dwelling and that day is increased by a percentage of not more than 300.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from Local Government Finance Reform, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c. 14. Sections 12A and 12B of the Act were inserted by section 139 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7).

[^f00002]: See also section 40 of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4) for provision about the procedure that applies to this instrument.