Prospective

PART 4 E+W PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT VISITOR ACCOMMODATION

Advertising and marketing etc. E+W

43 Requirements relating to advertising and marketing etc. E+W

(1) A person must not advertise or otherwise market visitor accommodation (including regulated visitor accommodation) at premises without including, in a manner and form specified by the Welsh Ministers—

(a) the registration number for the premises, and

(b) instructions about how to find information about the premises, using that registration number, in the visitor accommodation directory made available to the public under section 42 (visitor accommodation directory).

(2) For the purposes of‍ subsection (1), the registration number for the premises is—

(a) where the person‍ advertising or otherwise marketing the accommodation is the VAP that provides or offers the accommodation, the registration number issued by WRA to the person in respect of the premises under Part 2 of the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 5), or

(b) where the person‍ advertising or otherwise marketing the accommodation is not a VAP issued a registration number in respect of the premises, the registration number issued to the VAP that is registered in respect of the premises in relation to the accommodation being advertised or otherwise marketed.

(3) A person (“P”) must not, in the course of trade or business, advertise or otherwise market or offer regulated visitor accommodation (regardless of whether P is a provider of the accommodation), unless P or another person holds a visitor accommodation licence in respect of the premises that relates to the regulated visitor accommodation in question.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 43 in force at 4.3.2030, see s. 61(2)(b)