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PART 3 E+W REGULATION OF VISITOR ACCOMMODATION

CHAPTER 2 E+W LICENSING

Other functions of the Welsh Ministers E+W

34 Duty to maintain a register in relation to licensing E+W

(1) The Welsh Ministers must establish and maintain a register of visitor accommodation licences.

(2) The register established under subsection (1)—

(a) must contain the information set out in subsection (3);

(b) may contain any other information in relation to the exercise of their functions under‍ or by virtue of this Act that the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.

(3) An entry in the register relating to a licence granted to a VAP under‍ this Chapter‍ must contain the following information—

(a) the name of the VAP;

(b) any business name used by the VAP;

(c) the business address of the VAP;

(d) the regulated visitor accommodation to which the licence relates;

(e) the premises to which the licence relates;

(f) the registration number issued by WRA to the VAP in respect of the premises under Part 2 of the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 5);

(g) the date the licence was granted and, where applicable, amended or renewed;

(h) the date on which the licence will expire;

(i) such information in relation to—

(i) the approval requirements;

(ii) the licence conditions,

as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.

(4) The Welsh Ministers must publish the information contained in an entry in the register under subsection (2)(a).

(5) But the Welsh Ministers must not publish—

(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 a 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 in respect of which a VAP is registered.

(6) The Welsh Ministers may publish information contained in the register by virtue of subsection (2)(b); but they may not publish information under this subsection if they are prohibited from publishing that information by any enactment or rule of law.

(7) For the purposes of this section, the “business address” of a partnership, a body corporate or an unincorporated body is the address of its registered or principal office.‍

Commencement Information

I1 S. 34 in force at 4.3.2030, see s. 61(2)(b)