{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-exceptions-to-higher-amounts-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-exceptions-to-higher-amounts-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/2068",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax (Exceptions to Higher Amounts) (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-exceptions-to-higher-amounts-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Local Government Finance Act 1992;\n“Class 1” (“Dosbarth 1”) means the class of dwellings described in regulation 4;\n“Class 2” (“Dosbarth 2”) means the class of dwellings described in regulation 5;\n“Class 3” (“Dosbarth 3”) means the class of dwellings described in regulation 6;\n“Class 4” (“Dosbarth 4”) means the class of dwellings described in regulation 7;\n“Class 5” (“Dosbarth 5”) means the class of dwellings described in regulation 8;\n“Class 6” (“Dosbarth 6”) means the class of dwellings described in regulation 9;\n“Class 7” (“Dosbarth 7”) means the class of dwellings described in regulation 10;\nreferences to the spouse or civil partner of a person include references to a person who is living with the other as if they were a married couple or civil partners.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 102(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 31.1.2016, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2026/89",
      "affecting_title": "The Council Tax (Exceptions to Higher Amounts) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/2068/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:00.876163+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."
}