19.This section requires VAPs to be registered in the register kept by WRA in respect of premises at which the VAP provides or offers to provide visitor accommodation (section 4(7) states that this means premises in Wales, where visitor accommodation is provided or offered, and which is occupied by the VAP).
20.The section also gives the Welsh Ministers the power to make regulations to exempt descriptions of persons from the requirement to register by reference to the type of visitor accommodation provided; the nature or content of the contracts under which the visitor accommodation is provided; the nature, status or any particular characteristic of the VAP; the nature, status or any particular characteristic of the people to whom the VAP provides accommodation; or any other matter. Regulations made under this power are subject to the affirmative procedure in the Senedd.
21.The section also states that if regulations are made by Welsh Ministers using the powers in this section to exempt a person from the requirement to register, sections 7 (penalties for failing to register) and 8 (power to register persons where no application has been made to WRA) will also not apply to that person.
Commentary on Sections Part 2 - Register of Visitor Accommodation Providers Section 5 – Duty of visitor accommodation providers to be registered