# The Community Charges (Demand Notices) (Additional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 1991, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations apply to Wales.
The Community Charges (General Reduction) Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act”) reduced the amount set by charging authorities for their personalcommunity charges for the financial year beginning 1st April 1991 by£140 (or such lesser amount as would reduce the amount to £0), and atsection 1(5) provided for the liability of chargepayers to be suspendeduntil they are served with a demand which is expressed to take accountof the provisions of the 1991 Act.
These Regulations provide for the manner in which account is to betaken of the provisions of the 1991 Act by Welsh charging authorities,and make consequential provision.
Regulation 3 amends the Community Charges and Non-Domestic Rating(Demand Notices) (Wales) Regulations 1990 (“the 1990 Regulations”) which make provision for the form and content of community chargedemand notices, the content of rate demand notices, and the informationto be supplied with them. Regulation 4 makes further provision withregard to the content of community charge demand notices. Regulations 5,6 and 7 require that all chargepayers receiving a notice issued to takeaccount of the provisions of the 1991 Act will receive with it aprescribed statement, in English and in Welsh, which includes astatement to the effect that the demand takes account of thoseprovisions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/877/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-charges-demand-notices-additional-provisions-wales-regulations-1991/note
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