Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Act 2026

Prospective

42 Visitor accommodation directory E+W

(1) Subsection (2)‍ applies in respect of information—

(a) WRA is required to publish in accordance with section 4(4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 5) (the register of visitor accommodation providers), and

(b) the Welsh Ministers are required to publish in accordance with section 34 of this Act (the visitor accommodation licences register).

(2) WRA and the Welsh Ministers must ensure that the information to which this‍ subsection applies is made available to the public, collectively, in the form of an electronic directory of premises at which visitor accommodation is provided.

(3) Accordingly, the directory must include—

(a) in relation to each premises at which visitor accommodation is provided—

(i) the name of the premises (if the premises has a name);

(ii) the address (including the county or county borough) of the premises;

(iii) the name of the VAP (or each VAP) registered to provide visitor accommodation at the premises (including any business name used by the VAP);

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

(v) the description of visitor accommodation provided at the premises by the VAP (or each VAP);

(vi) the name of that visitor accommodation (if the accommodation has a name and it is different to the name of the premises);

(vii) the maximum number of people that can be accommodated in the visitor accommodation;

(viii) any other information of a description given in subsection (1);

(b) in relation to premises at which a VAP provides regulated visitor accommodation—

(i) details of any licence held by the VAP in respect of the premises which the Welsh Ministers are required to make available by virtue of subsection (2);

(ii) confirmation of any exemption from the requirement to be licensed granted to the VAP in relation to the premises (or such part of the premises) at which that accommodation is provided, and

(c) in relation to premises at which the VAP provides visitor accommodation other than regulated visitor accommodation, confirmation that the VAP is not required to be licensed under Part 3 in relation to the provision of that accommodation at those premises.

(4) WRA may include any other information in the directory that relates to the exercise of the WRA’s functions under—

(a) this Act;

(b) the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 5);

(c) the Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 6);

(d) any regulations made under those Acts.

(5) The Welsh Ministers may include any other information in the directory that relates to the exercise of their functions under this Act and any regulations made under this Act.

(6) But the directory may not include any information that the Welsh Ministers or WRA must not publish by virtue of—

(a) in the case of the Welsh Ministers, section 34(5) of this Act;

(b) in the case of WRA, section 4(5) of the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 5).

(7) Subsections (2) and (3) apply in relation to premises in respect of which a VAP is registered, regardless of whether the VAP provides or offers to provide visitor accommodation at those premises on any given day; and references to “provided” etc. are to be read accordingly.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 42 in force at 4.3.2030, see s. 61(2)(b)