The Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) Regulations 1994

Appeals against certification

36.—(1) Subject to paragraph (5), where an interested person in relation to a hereditament in respect of which a value is certified by an appropriate valuation officer in pursuance of these Regulations is dissatisfied with the value so certified, he may appeal against the certification in accordance with this regulation.

(2) An appeal under paragraph (1) shall be initiated by serving, before 1 April 2001, a notice on the valuation officer stating the appellant’s reasons for being dissatisfied.

(3) Unless within four weeks of the date of the service of the notice of the appellant’s reasons under paragraph (2), either —

(a) the notice is withdrawn, or

(b) the appropriate valuation officer and the appellant agree in writing as to the value which should be certified,

the disagreement shall at the expiry of that period be referred by that officer to the relevant valuation tribunal as an appeal against that certification.

(4) Part VI of the Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) Regulations 1993 applies in relation to an appeal under this regulation.

(5) No appeal may be made against a certification given by an appropriate valuation officer for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(a) of Schedule 5 (central and local lists hereditaments treated from 1 April 1995 as one hereditament).