Consultation on the draft Non-Domestic Rating (Property in Common Occupation) (Wales) Regulations 2022
Q1. Does regulation 2 of the draft regulations provide clarity on the circumstances in which two or more occupied hereditaments must be treated as one hereditament? If not, how can it be improved?
Q2. Does regulation 3 of the draft regulations provide clarity on the circumstances in which two or more unoccupied hereditaments must be treated as one hereditament? If not, how can it be improved?
Q3. Do regulations 4 and 5 of the draft regulations provide clarity on the circumstances in which two or more hereditaments are to be considered as contiguous with each other? If not, how can they be improved?
Q4. Do you have any other comments about the draft regulations?
Q5. The Welsh Government would like your views on the effect the draft regulations would have on the Welsh language, specifically on:
i. opportunities for people to use Welsh; and
ii. on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than English.
What effects do you think there would be? How could positive effects be increased, or negative effects be mitigated?
Q6. Please also explain how you believe the draft regulations could be formulated or changed so as to have:
i. positive effects or increased positive effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language; and
ii. no adverse effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language.
Q7. We have asked a number of specific questions. If you have any related points which we have not specifically addressed, please use this space to record them.