Issue details
Welsh Government Proposals to Remove the Sanction of Imprisonment for the Non-payment of Council Tax
To provide the Committee with an update on the
outcome of a Welsh Government consultation paper. This will result
in new Regulations being introduced from April 2019 which will
remove the right of Local Authorities to undertake imprisonment
hearings in the Magistrates Court as part of the recovery of unpaid
debts against those who wilfully refuse or culpably neglect to pay
Council Tax.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Deleted
Notice of proposed decision first published: 14/11/2018
Report Type: Operational;
Department: Governance
Title (Welsh): Cynigion Llywodraeth Cymru i Ddiddymu’r Gosb o Garchar am beidio talu Treth y Cyngor
Description (Welsh): Rhoi’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i’r Pwyllgor ar ganlyniad papur ymgynghori Llywodraeth Cymru. Bydd hyn yn arwain at gyflwyno Rheoliadau newydd o fis Ebrill 2019 a fydd yn diddymu hawl Awdurdodau Lleol i gynnal gwrandawiadau carcharu yn y Llys Ynadon fel rhan o’r drefn o adennill dyledion heb eu talu yn erbyn y rhai hynny sy’n fwriadol yn gwrthod neu’n anghofio yn feius i dalu Treth y Cyngor.