Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1999
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | SI 1999/1522 |
Year | 1999 |
1999 No. 1522
COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1999
Made 27th May 1999
Laid before Parliament 8th June 1999
Coming into force 1st April 2000
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions 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:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
Dwellings undergoing repair or alteration
2. In article 3 of the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 19922, for Class A there is substituted–
“Class A:(1) A vacant dwelling which–(a) requires, or is undergoing, or has undergone, major repair work to render it habitable, or(b) is undergoing or has undergone structural alteration,and which complies with the condition set out in paragraph (2).(2) The condition mentioned in paragraph (1) is that the dwelling has been vacant for a continuous period, being the shorter of–(a) a period of 12 months, and(b) a period beginning on the day on which the dwelling became vacant, and ending with the expiry of six months beginning on the day on which such major repair work or structural alteration was substantially completed.(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) above, “major repair work” includes structural repair work.”
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
26th May 1999
Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
27th May 1999
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 4 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 provides that the Secretary of State may prescribe by order classes of dwellings for which no council tax is payable. The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992 prescribes such classes of dwellings.
With effect from 1st April 2000, article 2 amends Class A in article 3 of that Order, to limit to a maximum of twelve months the exemption for a vacant dwelling subject to major repair work or structural alteration.
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