The Valuation Tribunal for England (Council Tax and Rating Appeals) (Procedure) Regulations 2009

Appeal management powers

6.—(1) Subject to the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 11 to the 1988 Act(1) and of these Regulations, the VTE may regulate its own procedure.

(2) The VTE may give a direction in relation to the conduct or disposal of proceedings at any time, including a direction amending, suspending or setting aside an earlier direction.

(3) In particular, and without restricting the general powers in paragraphs (1) and (2), the VTE may—

(a) extend or shorten the time for complying with any regulation or direction;

(b) consolidate or hear together two or more sets of proceedings or parts of proceedings raising common issues, or treat an appeal as a lead appeal (whether in accordance with regulation 7 or otherwise);

(c) permit or require a party to amend a document;

(d) permit or require a party or another person to provide documents, evidence, information, or submissions to the VTE or a party;

(e) deal with an issue in proceedings as a preliminary issue;

(f) hold a hearing to consider any matter, including a case management issue;

(g) decide the form of any hearing;

(h) adjourn or postpone a hearing;

(i) require a party to produce a bundle for a hearing;

(j) stay proceedings; or

(k) suspend the effect of its own decision pending the determination by the Upper Tribunal(2) or a court of an application for permission to appeal against, and any appeal against or review of, that decision.

(1)

See paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 15 to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Housing Act 2007 (c.28).

(2)

The Upper Tribunal has replaced the Lands Tribunal; see S.I. 2009/1307.