PART 2

REGISTER OF VISITOR ACCOMMODATION PROVIDERS

The register

Register of visitor accommodation providers
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1
The Welsh Revenue Authority (“WRA”) must establish and maintain a register of visitor accommodation providers (“the register”).
2
Schedule 1 makes provision about the information to be contained in a visitor accommodation provider’s entry in the register.
3
The register may contain any other information WRA considers appropriate.
4
WRA must publish,‍ in such manner as WRA considers appropriate, the information contained in the register by virtue of Schedule 1.
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But WRA must not publish (regardless of whether the information in question is contained in the entry for a visitor accommodation provider that is an individual)—
a
the name of an individual, unless—
i
the individual consents to the publication, or
ii
the individual’s forename and surname are part of the business name of the visitor accommodation provider (“VAP”);
b
the address of an individual’s sole or main residence, unless—
i
the individual consents to the publication, or
ii
the address is of premises at which the VAP provides or offers to provide visitor accommodation.
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WRA may publish, in such manner as WRA considers appropriate, information contained in the register by virtue of subsection (3); but WRA may not publish information under this subsection if WRA is prohibited from publishing that information by any enactment or rule of law.
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In this Part—
a
“registered” means registered in the register, and
b
a reference to premises at which a person or VAP provides, or offers to provide, visitor accommodation is a reference to premises—
i
in Wales,
ii
at which the person or VAP, in the course of trade or business, provides or offers to provide visitor accommodation, and
iii
occupied by the person or VAP.
S. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 67(2)