Commentary on Sections Part 2 - Register of Visitor Accommodation Providers Section 4 – Register of visitor accommodation providers
12.The section makes provision requiring WRA to establish and maintain a register of visitor accommodation providers.
13.Schedule 1 of the Act details the information to be contained in a visitor accommodation provider’s entry in the register.
14.This section requires WRA to publish, in such manner as it considers appropriate, the information contained in the register by virtue of Schedule 1.
15.There are two exceptions to this requirement. These are in respect of the name of an individual (whether or not contained in the entry for a visitor accommodation provider that is an individual), and the address of an individual’s sole or main residence.
16.An individual’s name can only be published in these circumstances if the individual consents to the publication, or the individual’s forename and surname are part of the business name of the VAP.
17.The address of an individual’s sole or main residence can only be published if either the individual consents to the publication or it is the address of premises at which the VAP provides or offers to provide visitor accommodation.
18.The register may also contain other information WRA considers appropriate. WRA may (but is not required to) publish this information, unless WRA is prohibited from publishing it by any enactment or rule of law.