PART 3

VISITOR LEVY
CHAPTER 5

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION RELATING TO THE LEVY

Welsh Ministers’ power to impose advertising and billing etc. requirements
53
1
The Welsh Ministers may by regulations impose requirements on visitor accommodation providers that provide or offer to provide visitor accommodation at premises in an area where a principal council has introduced or decided to introduce the levy, relating to—
a
the inclusion of information about the amount of levy payable on an overnight stay in visitor accommodation in an invoice, receipt or other document provided in connection with that stay;
b
when and how information relating to the existence, nature, and amount of the levy is to be provided.
2
Regulations under subsection (1)(b) may (among other things) require that—
a
an indication (wherever, whenever or however given) of the amount payable for an overnight stay in visitor accommodation includes information about the amount of levy payable in respect of the stay;
b
promotional and marketing material and other information made available in relation to visitor accommodation includes information about the amount of levy payable in respect of overnight stays in the accommodation;
c
information about the amount of levy payable in respect of overnight stays in visitor accommodation be displayed in visitor accommodation.
3
Regulations under subsection (1) may—
a
confer a power to impose a civil sanction on a person that has not complied with a requirement imposed by the regulations, whether or not the person imposing the civil sanction is a regulator for the purposes of Part 3 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (c. 13), and
b
make provision for appeals against civil sanctions imposed by virtue of paragraph (a).
4
In subsection (3) “civil sanction” means a sanction of a kind for which provision may be made under Part 3 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (fixed monetary penalties, discretionary requirements, stop notices and enforcement undertakings).
5
For the purposes of this section, a principal council has decided to introduce the levy if it has published a notice under section 48 stating that it is going to introduce the levy.
S. 53 in force at 19.9.2025, see s. 67(1)