The Water and Sewerage Services to Dwellings (Collection of Unmetered Charges by Local Authority) (Scotland) Order 2014

Appeals

9.—(1) A person may appeal to a valuation appeal committee (established under section 29 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(1)) if aggrieved by—

(a) any decision of a local authority that—

(i) water charges and/or sewerage charges are payable to it in respect of a dwelling; or

(ii) the person is a person liable to pay those charges; or

(b) any calculation made by a local authority of an amount which that person is liable to pay to it in respect of water charges and/or sewerage charges,

and the committee must make such decision as they think just.

(2) No appeal may be made under paragraph (1) unless—

(a) the aggrieved person serves on the local authority a notice in writing, stating the matter by which and the grounds on which that person is aggrieved; and

(b) one of the conditions mentioned in paragraph (3) is fulfilled.

(3) The conditions are that—

(a) the authority on which the aggrieved person served the notice has given that person notice in writing that either—

(i) the authority believes the grievance is not well founded; or

(ii) steps have been taken to deal with the grievance,

and the person is still aggrieved;

(b) the period of two months, beginning with the date of service of the aggrieved person’s notice, has ended without that person being notified under sub-paragraph (a).

(1)

1994 c.39.