The Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals Regulations 1989

PART I general

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals Regulations 1989 and shall come into force for the purposes of regulations 4 to 8 and 11 on 7th April 1989, and for all other purposes on 1st May 1989.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations–

“the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;

“appointing body”, in relation to any member, or any vacancy for a member, means the body which in accordance with regulation 4 had the power to appoint that member or has the power to fill that vacancy;

“area”, in relation to a tribunal, unless the context otherwise requires, means the area for which it is established by regulation 3;

“chairman”, in relation to a tribunal, means a person appointed to the position of chairman under regulation 8;

“clerk” means the clerk of the tribunal appointed in pursuance of regulation 11;

“establishment date”, in accordance with regulation 3, means 1st May 1989;

“local valuation panel” means a local valuation panel established for the purposes of section 88 of the General Rate Act 1967(1);

“member” means a member of a tribunal;

“operative date” means 7th April 1989;

“president”, in relation to a tribunal, means the president of that tribunal appointed under regulation 7; and

“tribunal”, subject to regulation 15, means a tribunal established by regulation 3.

(2) In these Regulations a reference to a numbered section, unless the context otherwise requires, is a reference to the section so numbered in the Act.

(3) Any notice which is by virtue of any provision of these Regulations to be served on any person may be served by post.

(1)

1967 c. 9.