Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

156Joint and several liability to pay council tax

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In Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) (persons disregarded for the purposes of discount), after paragraph 11 (persons of other descriptions) insert—

12(1)Regulations under paragraph 11 made by the Welsh Ministers may amend Chapter 1 of Part 1 (but not this Schedule) for the purpose of providing that a person who, under the regulations, is to be disregarded for the purposes of discount on a particular day is also not to be jointly or severally liable to pay council tax in respect of any chargeable dwelling and that day.

(2)Regulations which make provision as described in sub-paragraph (1) may also make provision about how liability to pay the council tax in respect of a dwelling is to be determined.