{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-exempt-dwellings-amendment-order-1994/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-exempt-dwellings-amendment-order-1994/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/539",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-exempt-dwellings-amendment-order-1994",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In article 2—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) after the definition of “the Act”, there shall be inserted the following definition—\n““caravan” shall be construed in accordance with Part I of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960;”;\n(ii) after the definition of “relevant absentee” there shall be inserted the following definitions—\n““secure tenant” means a tenant under a secure tenancy within the meaning of Part IV of the Housing Act 1985;\n“statutory tenant” means a statutory tenant within the meaning of the Rent Act 1977 or the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976;\n“tenant” means a person who—\n(i) has a leasehold interest in a dwelling which was granted for a term of less than six months;\n(ii) is a secure or statutory tenant of a dwelling; or\n(iii) has a contractual licence to occupy a dwelling;”;\n(iii) the definition of “the last occupation day” shall be deleted;\n(iv) in the definition of an “unoccupied dwelling” there shall be inserted after the words “ an “unoccupied dwelling” means” the words “, subject to paragraph (3) below,”;\n(b) for paragraphs (2) and (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—\n“(2) For the purposes of Classes A and C of article 3—\n(a) a dwelling is vacant on any day if on the day—\n(i) in the case of a dwelling consisting of a pitch occupied by a caravan or a mooring occupied by a boat, the caravan or boat is unoccupied; and\n(ii) in any other case, the dwelling is unoccupied and substantially unfurnished; and\n(b) in considering whether a dwelling has been vacant for any period, any one period, not exceeding six weeks, during which it was not vacant shall be disregarded.\n(3) For the purposes of Classes B and F of article 3, in considering whether a dwelling has been unoccupied for any period, any one period, not exceeding six weeks, during which it was occupied shall be disregarded.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1960 c. 62."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Housing Act 1985 c. 68; Rent Act 1977 c. 42; Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/539/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:39:37.294492+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."
}