The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2019

Amendments to the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992

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

(2) In article 3, at the end insert—

“Class X:

(1) a dwelling in Wales— (a) which is occupied by one or more care leavers; and (b) where every resident is either a care leaver, a relevant person, or a severely mentally impaired person. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)— (a) “care leaver” means a person who is— (i) aged 24 or under; and (ii) a category 3 young person as defined by section 104 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014(2); (b) “relevant person” has the meaning given by paragraph 2(a) of Class N; and (c) “severely mentally impaired” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act;”

(1)

S.I. 1992/558; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1992/2941, 1993/150, 1994/539, 1995/619, 1997/74, 1997/656, 1998/291, 1999/536, 2000/1025 (W. 61), 2004/2921 (W. 260) and 2005/3302 (W. 256).

(2)

2014 anaw 4.