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

Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2019.

(2) This Order comes into force on 1 April 2019.

(3) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

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;”

Rebecca Evans

Minister for Finance and Trefnydd, one of the Welsh Ministers

4 March 2019