The Valuation Tribunals (Wales) Regulations 1995

These Regulations establish new valuation tribunals in Wales and provide for the determination of appeals under section 23 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and section 16 and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in relation to community charge and council tax respectively.

Parts II and III provide for the establishment of the tribunals on 1st April 1996. Regulation 2 establishes tribunals for each of the four areas of jurisdiction set out in Schedule 1. Regulations 3 and 4 make provision for the number of members for each tribunal, the number to be appointed by each appointing council, their appointment and the duration of membership.

Regulations 5 and 6 deal with the appointment of the tribunal’s president and its chairmen. Regulation 7 provides for the circumstances in which a person is to be disqualified from membership. Regulation 8 provides for allowances payable to members.

Matters relating to staff, administration, accommodation and equipment are dealt with in regulations 9 to 12.

Part IV contains transitional provisions in relation to transferred appeals, the winding up of existing tribunals and initial appointments of members.

Parts V and VI provide for the procedure for dealing with appeals in relation to community charges and council tax respectively.

Part VII has effect to amend the Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals Regulations 1989 in order to disapply those Regulations in relation to the tribunals established by these Regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 41. See definition of “prescribed” in section 146(6). Paragraphs 1, 5, 6, 8, 11, 15 and 16 of Schedule 11 are amended by paragraph 88 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14).

[^f00002]: 1992 c. 53. See paragraph 28 in Part 1 of Schedule 1.

[^f00003]: 1992 c. 14.

[^f00004]: 1982 c. 32.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1993/290, as amended by S.I. 1994/1746.

[^f00006]: Schedule 4A is inserted by paragraph 36 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42).

[^f00007]: S.I. 1990/582, as amended by S.I. 1990/769 and 1882, 1991/1 and 471 and 1993/291.

[^f00008]: S.I. 1994/3279.

[^f00009]: 1978 c. 40. Section 2(5B) and paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1978 Act were repealed by the Local Government Finance (Repeals, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/776) subject to savings for certain purposes relating to rates and precepts in relation to a period ending before 1st April 1990.

[^f00010]: 1976 c. 70. Section 78(5)(a) and (b) and part of section 78(6) were substituted by the Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals (Transfer of Jurisdiction) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/440). Section 78 was repealed by section 3(1) and Schedule 3 to the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60) subject to savings as to the making of drainage rates in respect of financial years beginning before 1993. Section 45(5) and (6) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59) contains the provisions formerly in section 78(5) and (6) of the 1976 Act and relates to appeals against determination in relation to financial years beginning in or after 1993.

[^f00011]: 1967 c. 9. Such appeals were transferred, and the 1967 Act was amended by the Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals (Transfer of Jurisdiction) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/440).

[^f00012]: S.I. 1967/637 as amended by S.I. 1989/440.

[^f00013]: S.I. 1989/439 to which there are amendments not relevant to this regulation.

[^f00014]: 1950 c. 27.

[^f00015]: See section 17(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. Schedule 4A is inserted by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), Schedule 5, paragraph 36 and amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 13, paragraph 83.

[^f00016]: S.I. 1993/291.

[^f00017]: S.I. 1993/290.

[^f00018]: Regulations under section 13 were made by S.I. 1992/554 and by S.I. 1993/175. Regulations under Schedule 2 were made by S.I. 1992/613; a relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1992/3008.

[^f00019]: 1972 c. 70. See, in particular, section 270(3).

[^f00020]: Paragraph 10A was inserted by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 13, paragraph 88(9).

[^f00021]: 1950 c. 27.

[^f00022]: S.I. 1989/439 to which there are amendments not relevant to this regulation.