Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025

CHAPTER 3 GENERAL

64 Power to make consequential, transitional etc. provision

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations—

(a) make provision that is incidental or supplementary to, or consequential on, any provision of this Act;

(b) make transitional or saving provision in connection with any provision of this Act.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may amend, modify, repeal or revoke any enactment (whenever enacted or made, and including any provision of this Act).

65 Regulations under this Act

(1) A power to make regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2) A power to make regulations under this Act includes power—

(a) to make different provision for different purposes or different areas;

(b) to make incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional or saving provision.

(3) The provision that may be made by virtue of subsection (2)(b) includes provision that amends, modifies, repeals or revokes any enactment (whenever enacted or made, and including any provision of this Act).

(4) A statutory instrument containing any of the following may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru—

(a) regulations under section 2(5);

(b) regulations under section 5(2);

(c) regulations under section 26(1);

(d) regulations under section 29(5);

(e) regulations under section 29(6);

(f) regulations under section 31(6);

(g) regulations under section 32(2);

(h) regulations under section 33(3);

(i) regulations under section 34(1);

(j) regulations under section 35(8);

(k) regulations under section 37(3);

(l) regulations under section 45(5);

(m) regulations under section 53(1);

(n) regulations under section 54(2);

(o) regulations under section 57;

(p) regulations under section 59(1);

(q) regulations under section 60(1);

(r) regulations under section 62;

(s) regulations under section 64(1), where the regulations amend, modify or repeal an enactment contained in primary legislation (including any provision of this Act).

(5) Any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of Senedd Cymru.

(6) In this section, “primary legislation” means the following—

(a) an Act of Senedd Cymru;

(b) an Assembly Measure;

(c) an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

66 Interpretation

(1) In this Act—

• “night” (“noson”) means a period starting on one day and ending on the next day;

• “overnight stay in visitor accommodation” (“arhosiad dros nos mewn llety ymwelwyr”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 29;

• “partnership” (“partneriaeth”) means—

  (a)

  a partnership within the Partnership Act 1890 (c. 39),

  (b)

  a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c. 24), or

  (c)

  a partnership or entity of a similar character formed under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;

• “principal council” (“prif gyngor”) means a council for a county or a county borough in Wales;

• “provide” (“darparu”), in relation to the provision of visitor accommodation, is to be interpreted in accordance with section 3;

• “return” (“ffurflen”) means a return of the kind mentioned in section 36;

• “vessel” (“llestr”) means a ship, boat, raft, or other apparatus constructed or adapted for floating on water, designed or adapted for human habitation;

• “visitor accommodation” (“llety ymwelwyr”) has the meaning given by section 2;

• “visitor accommodation provider” (“darparwr llety ymwelwyr”) and “VAP” (“DLlY”) are to be interpreted in accordance with section 3;

• “WRA” (“ACC”) means the Welsh Revenue Authority.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, the managing members of an unincorporated body are—

(a) each member of the unincorporated body holding office as president, chair, treasurer, secretary or any similar office;

(b) if there is no such office, each member holding office as a member of a committee by which the affairs of the body are managed;

(c) if there is no such office or committee, each member of the body.

(3) Where this Act imposes a duty on a principal council to publish a decision, report or other document other than a notice, the decision, report or other document must be—

(a) published—

(i) on the principal council’s website, and

(ii) in such other manner as the principal council considers appropriate;

(b) made available for inspection (without charge) at the offices of the principal council for at least 12 months after it is first published.

67 Coming into force

(1) This Part, subject to subsection (2), and Parts 1 and 3 (including Part 2 of Schedule 2) come into force on the day after the day this Act receives Royal Assent.

(2) Part 2 (including Part 1 of Schedule 2), and‍ Chapter 1 of this Part as it applies in relation to the register under Part 2, come into force on a day appointed by the Welsh Ministers in an order made by statutory instrument.

(3) An order under subsection (2) may make—

(a) transitional, transitory or savings provision in connection with the coming into force of a provision by virtue of that subsection;

(b) different provision for different areas (as well as for different purposes).

68 Short title

This Act may be referred to as—

(a) the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025, or

(b) Deddf Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru) 2025.