The Valuation Tribunals (Wales) Regulations 1995

PART I GENERAL

Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Valuation Tribunals (Wales) Regulations 1995.

(2) Regulations 1 to 14 of these Regulations shall come into force on 1st January 1996 and all other regulations thereof shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “area”, in relation to a tribunal, means the area for which it is established by regulation 2;

• “chairman”, in relation to a tribunal, means a person appointed to the position of chairman under regulation 6 and the president of that tribunal;

• “clerk”, in relation to a tribunal, means the clerk of the tribunal appointed under regulation 9;

• “initial appointments” means the first appointments of members of a tribunal;

• “member” means a member of a tribunal;

• “old tribunal” means a valuation tribunal in Wales which existed immediately before 1st January 1996;

• “president”, in relation to a tribunal, means the president of that tribunal, appointed under regulation 5;

• “relevant old tribunal” means an old tribunal whose area, or the greater part of whose area, lies within the area of a tribunal established by regulation 2;

• “specified relevant old tribunal” means—

  (a)

  in relation to the South Wales Valuation Tribunal, the Mid Glamorgan Valuation Tribunal,

  (b)

  in relation to the East Wales Valuation Tribunal, the Gwent Valuation Tribunal,

  (c)

  in relation to the North Wales Valuation Tribunal, the Clwyd Valuation Tribunal, and

  (d)

  in relation to the West Wales Valuation Tribunal, the Dyfed Valuation Tribunal;

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

• “the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992(1);

• “tribunal” subject to regulations 15 and 34, means a tribunal established by regulation 2.

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

(5) These Regulations apply to tribunals in Wales and to proceedings in relation to appeals under section 23 of the 1988 Act or under section 16 or paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3 to, the 1992 Act.

(1)

1992 c. 14.