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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/visitor-accommodation-register-and-levy-etc-wales-act-2025-commencement-order-2025/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2025/1305",
  "legislation_title": "The Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025 (Commencement) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/visitor-accommodation-register-and-levy-etc-wales-act-2025-commencement-order-2025",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1 October 2026",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1 October 2026—\n(a) section 4 (register of visitor accommodation providers);\n(b) section 5 (duty of visitor accommodation providers to be registered);\n(c) section 6(1) to (4) (applications to be registered);\n(d) section 8 (power to register persons where no application has been made to WRA);\n(e) section 9 (duty to notify WRA of changes and inaccuracies);\n(f) section 11(1) to (3) (power to change the register where no notice has been given to WRA);\n(g) section 12 (power to require information);\n(h) section 14 (removal of a person from the register on application to WRA);\n(i) section 16(1) to (3) (power to remove a person from the register when no application has been made);\n(j) section 23 (reviews and appeals) for all purposes except for in respect of a decision relating to a penalty under Part 2 of the Act;\n(k) section 24 (registration of partnerships and unincorporated bodies);\n(l) section 25(a) and (b) (interpretation of Part);\n(m) section 26 (registration: powers to make further or different provision);\n(n) section 27 (amendment of the Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 etc.);\n(o) section 55 (meaning of “relevant business” in this Chapter) in so far as not already in force;\n(p) section 56(1) to (6) (duties and liabilities of partnerships and unincorporated bodies) in so far as not already in force;\n(q) section 57 (power to make further provision about partnerships and unincorporated bodies) in so far as not already in force;\n(r) section 58 (death, incapacity and insolvency) in so far as not already in force;\n(s) section 59 (power to make provision about death, incapacity, insolvency and cases where a person ceases to exist) in so far as not already in force;\n(t) section 60 (power to make provision about transfers of businesses as going concerns) in so far as not already in force;\n(u) Schedule 1 (information to be included in the register of visitor accommodation providers);\n(v) Part 1 of Schedule 2 (amendments relating to Parts 2 and 3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2016 anaw 6."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/1305/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:20.967826+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."
}