Article 4 Amendment to the Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 1992

For article 6 of the Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 1992^f1 substitute—

“6.

For the purposes of paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Act, “hostel” means—

(a)

premises approved under section 9(1) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000^f2, or

(b)

a building or part of a building—

(i)

which is solely or mainly used for the provision of residential accommodation in other than separate and self-contained sets of premises, together with personal care, for persons who require such personal care by reason of old age, disablement, past or present alcohol or drug dependence or past or present mental disorder, and

(ii)

which is not a care home or independent hospital for the purposes of that paragraph.”