1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
(2) This Order applies to Wales only.
2. In article 3 of the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992(1) for Class A there is substituted–
(1) A dwelling which satisfies the requirement set out in paragraph (2) but which has not been such a dwelling for a continuous period of twelve months or more ending immediately before the day in question;
(2) the requirement referred to in paragraph (1) is that the dwelling is vacant and –
(a)requires or is undergoing major repair work to render it habitable, or
(b)is undergoing structural alteration, or
(c)has undergone either major repair work to render it habitable or structural alteration and fewer than six months have elapsed since the date on which the work was substantially completed and the dwelling has remained vacant continuously since that date;
(3) for the purposes of paragraph (2) above “major repair work” includes structural repair work;”.
3. The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1999(2) is revoked in relation to Wales.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(3)
D Elis Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
31st March 2000