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The Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2026

W.S.I. 2026/14 · Made 22 January 2026

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Council tax, wales

Made 22 January 2026

The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 23(5) of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2024 asc 6.

Contents

  1. 1Title
  2. 2Provision coming into force on 1 April 2026
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title

The title of this Order is the Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2026.

2Provision coming into force on 1 April 2026

Section 18 (discounts) of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024 comes into force on 1 April 2026, in so far as the section is not already in force.

Signature

Mark Drakeford

Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, one of the Welsh Ministers

22 January 2026

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the first commencement order made under the Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024 (“the Act”).

This Order brings the remaining provisions of section 18 of the Act into force on 1 April 2026. Section 18(2)(c) and (5) are already in force for the purposes specified in section 23(6) of the Act.