Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) Order 1993

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1993 No. 150

COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) Order 1993

Made 28th January 1993

Laid before Parliament 3rd February 1993

Coming into force 24th February 1993

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 4 of the Local Government Finance Act 19921and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order–

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 24th February 1993.

S-2 General

General

2. The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 19922is amended in accordance with this Order.

S-3 Interpretation

Interpretation

3. In article 2, after paragraph (2) there is added–

S-3

“3 For the purposes of Classes A and C of article 3,

(i) a dwelling is vacant on any day if on the day it is unoccupied and substantially unfurnished; and

(ii) in considering whether a dwelling has been vacant for a period, any one period, not exceeding six weeks, during which it was not vacant shall be disregarded.”.

S-4 Exempt Dwellings

Exempt Dwellings

4. In article 3–

(a) for Class A there is substituted the following–

“Class A:

S-1

1 a vacant dwelling which

(a) requires or is undergoing major repair works to render it habitable;

(b) is undergoing structural alteration which has not been substan tially completed; or

(c) has been vacant for a continuous period of less than six months commencing on the day on which such repair works were, or such structural alteration was, substantially completed;

S-2

2 In paragraph (1) “major repair works” includes structural repair works;”;

(b) for Class C there is substituted the following–

“Class C: a vacant dwelling which has been such for a continuous period of less than six months ending immediately before the day in question;”;

(c) for sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) of Class D there is substituted the following–

“(b)

“(b) was previously his sole or main residence, if he has been a relevant absentee for the whole period since it last ceased to be such;”;

(d) for Class F there is substituted the following–

“Class F: an unoccupied dwelling in relation to which a person is a qualifying person in his capacity as personal representative and no person is a qualifying person in any other capacity, and–

(a) no grant of probate or of letters of administration has been made, or

(b) less than six months have elapsed since the day on which such a grant was made;”;

(e) for Class K there is substituted the following–

“Class K: an...

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