The Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc. to Connected Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Qualifying report: requirements to be met in connection with obtaining and considering the report

6.—(1) The requirements specified in this regulation are as follows—

(a) the report is—

(i) obtained by a connected person,

(ii) made by an individual who is an evaluator within the meaning given by Part 3 and in respect of whom the requirements specified in paragraph (2) are met, and

(iii) given to the administrator;

(b) the report—

(i) is in writing,

(ii) states the date on which it was made, and

(iii) is authenticated by the evaluator; and

(c) there have been no material changes since the date on which the report was made to—

(i) the relevant property,

(ii) the terms of the substantial disposal, or

(iii) any circumstances relating to the substantial disposal.

(2) The requirements specified in this paragraph are that the administrator, having regard to the date on which the report was made, is satisfied that the individual making that report had sufficient relevant knowledge and experience to make a qualifying report.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)(ii), the individual making the report is to be taken to have met the requirements for being an evaluator in regulation 10(b) and (c) if the administrator has no reason to believe that the individual did not meet those requirements.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) the requirement that the report must be given to the administrator may be met by giving the administrator a copy of the report,

(b) the requirement for the report to be in writing is satisfied if the report is in electronic form and is capable of being read by the recipient in electronic form and reproduced by the recipient in hard-copy form, and

(c) the report is authenticated—

(i) in the case of a report in hard-copy form, it is signed, or

(ii) in the case of a report in electronic form if the identity of the sender is confirmed in a manner specified by the recipient, or where the recipient has not so specified, if the communication contains or is accompanied by a statement of the identity of the sender and the recipient has no reason to doubt the truth of that statement.