Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025 (asc5)

(introduced by section 4)

SCHEDULE 1 INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REGISTER OF VISITOR ACCOMMODATION PROVIDERS

Information to be included in the register

1 A visitor accommodation provider’s entry in the register must contain the following information about the visitor accommodation provider (“VAP”)—

(a) the name of the VAP,

(b) any business name used by the VAP,

(c) the business address of the VAP,

(d) a statement as to whether the VAP is an individual, a partnership, a body corporate, an unincorporated body, or another kind of entity,

(e) if the VAP is—

(i) a company registered under the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), its company number, or

(ii) an overseas entity within the meaning of Part 1 of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10) registered under that Part, its overseas entity ID, and

(f) a statement as to whether the VAP is a charity, and if the VAP is a charity registered under the Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), its charity number.

2 A VAP’s entry in the register must contain the following information about the premises at which the VAP provides, or offers to provide, visitor accommodation—

(a) the name of—

(i) the premises (if the premises has a name);

(ii) the visitor accommodation provided at the premises (if the accommodation has a name),

(b) the address (including the county or county borough) of the premises,

(c) the type of visitor accommodation that the VAP provides, or offers to provide, at the premises, and

(d) the maximum number of people that can be accommodated in the visitor accommodation provided in or at the premises.

3 Where WRA has registered a person under section 8, or made any changes to a person’s entry under section 11—

(a) the entry must indicate that the person was registered or the entry changed under the section in question, and

(b) in the case of a change made under section 11, the entry must indicate the information in question,

but sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) cease to apply to an entry if the person provides WRA with the information necessary to satisfy WRA that the entry is complete and accurate.

Circumstances in which information need not be included in the register

4 (1) A requirement in paragraph 1 or 2 to include information of a particular description in an entry in the register does not apply if—

(a) WRA does not have the information in question, or

(b) WRA considers the information in question is, or is likely to be, inaccurate.

(2) Where WRA includes information of a kind described in sub-paragraph (b) in an entry, WRA may indicate in the entry that WRA considers the information is, or (as the case may be) is likely to be, inaccurate.

Partnerships and unincorporated bodies

5 Where a VAP is a partnership or unincorporated body—

(a) the reference in paragraph 1(a) to the name of the VAP is a reference to the name of—

(i) each member of the partnership;

(ii) each managing member of the unincorporated body, and

(b) the register must (in addition to the information listed in paragraph 1) contain the address of—

(i) each member of the partnership;

(ii) each managing member of the unincorporated body.

Interpretation

6 For the purposes of this Schedule—

(a) the business address of a partnership, a body corporate or an unincorporated body, is the address of its registered or principal office;

(b) “charity” means a charity registered under the Charities Act 2011 (c. 25) or an exempt charity (within the meaning of that Act).