PART 1

OVERVIEW OF ACT AND KEY TERMS USED IN ACT

Key terms

Visitor accommodation provider
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This section applies for the purposes of this Act.
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A person is a visitor accommodation provider (“VAP”) if that person—
a
in the course of trade or business,
b
provides, or offers to provide, visitor accommodation at premises in Wales, and
c
is an occupier of the premises at which the visitor accommodation is provided.
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A person provides visitor accommodation if that person enters into a contract under which, or in consequence of which, one or more people are entitled to reside for one or more nights in or at the accommodation.
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In subsection (3), “contract” does not include a contract of service, contract of apprenticeship, or contract for services under which a person entitled to reside in or at the visitor accommodation provides services to the VAP.‍
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In this Act—
a
“offers to provide”, in relation to visitor accommodation, includes advertising or otherwise marketing the accommodation, or otherwise making any person aware that the accommodation is available for stays;
b
references to a “visitor accommodation provider” (or a “VAP”) include, unless the context requires otherwise, a person registered under Part 2 of this Act, regardless of whether that person falls within subsection (2) at any given time.