{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-chargeable-dwellings-order-1992/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/549",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-chargeable-dwellings-order-1992",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992;\n“care home” means—\n(a)in relation to England, a care home within the meaning of the Care Standards Act 2000, in respect of which a person is registered in accordance with Part 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008; and\n(b)in relation to Wales, a place at which a care home service, within the meaning of Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016, is provided wholly or mainly to persons aged 18 or over;\n“HMO”—\n(a)in relation to England means a building or part of a building which is a “house in multiple occupation” as defined by section 254 of the Housing Act 2004 but as if subsections (1)(e) and (5) of that section were omitted;\n(b)in relation to Wales means a building or part of a building which is a “house in multiple occupation” as defined by section 254 of the Housing Act 2004 but—\n(i)as if subsections (1)(e) and (5) of that section were omitted, and\n(ii)in applying the test for when persons are to be treated as occupying a building or part of a building as their only or main residence under section 254(2)(c) of the Housing Act 2004, as if section 259(2)(b) of that Act were omitted;\n“multiple property” means property which would, apart from this Order, be two or more dwellings within the meaning of section 3 of the Act;\n“refuge” means a building in Wales that is a Class Y dwelling under regulation 29 of the Council Tax (Discounts, Disregards and Exemptions) (Wales) Regulations 2026.\n“single property” means property which would, apart from this Order, be one dwelling within the meaning of section 3 of the Act;\n“self-contained unit” means a building or a part of a building which has been constructed or adapted for use as separate living accommodation.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (W.) (2.4.2018) by The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/48), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (3.6.2026) by The Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings and Liability for Owners) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/88), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (W.) (3.6.2026) by The Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings and Liability for Owners) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/88), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (1.4.1997) by The Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings, Exempt Dwellings and Discount Disregards) Amendment Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/656), arts. 1(2), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 31.3.1992, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/549/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:26:59.402124+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}