Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 424

The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) (England) Order 2000

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" Class A:

    (1) a dwelling which satisfies the requirement set out in paragraph (2) unless it has been such a dwelling for a continuous period of twelve months or more ending immediately before the day in question;

    (2) the requirement referred to in paragraph (1) is that the dwelling is vacant and - 


(a) requires or is undergoing major repair work to render it habitable, or

(b) is undergoing structural alteration, or

(c) has undergone major repair work to render it habitable, if less than six months have elapsed since the date on which the work was substantially completed and the dwelling has continuously remained vacant since that date, or

(d) has undergone structural alteration, if less than six months have elapsed since the date on which the alteration was substantially completed and the dwelling has continuously remained vacant since that date;



    (3) for the purposes of paragraph (2) above "major repair work" includes structural repair work;".

Revocation
     3. The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1999[3] is revoked.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions


Beverley Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

22nd February 2000

[2] S.I. 1992/558. Relevant amendments are by S.I. 1993/150 and S.I. 1999/1522.back

[3] S.I. 1999/1522.back