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(1)Any question arising under this Part as to the value of a dwelling-house at the relevant time shall be determined by the district valuer in accordance with this section.
(2)A tenant may require that value to be determined F1. . . by a notice in writing served on the landlord not later than three months after the service on him of the notice under section 125 (landlord’s notice of purchase price and other matters) or, if proceedings are then pending between the landlord and the tenant for the determination of any other question arising under this Part, within three months of the final determination of the proceedings.
(3)If such proceedings are begun after a previous determination under this section—
(a)the tenant may, by notice in writing served on the landlord within four weeks of the final determination of the proceedings, require the value of the dwelling-house at the relevant time to be re-determined, and
(b)the landlord may at any time within those four weeks, whether or not a notice under paragraph (a) is served, require the district valuer to re-determine that value;
and where the landlord requires a re-determination to be made in pursuance of this subsection, it shall serve on the tenant a notice stating that the requirement is being or has been made.
(4)Before making a determination or re-determination in pursuance of this section, the district valuer shall consider any representation made to him by the landlord or the tenant within four weeks from the service of the tenant’s notice under this section or, as the case may be, from the service of the landlord’s notice under subsection (3).
(5)As soon as practicable after a determination or re-determination has been made in pursuance of this section, the landlord shall serve on the tenant a notice [F2 stating—
(a)the effect of the determination or re-determination,
(b)the matters mentioned in section 125(2) and (3) (terms for exercise of right to buy), and
(c)the effect of section 128A(2) (right of district valuer to serve review notice and of landlord and tenant to request that such a notice is served).]
[F3(5A)The landlord shall, as soon as practicable, serve a copy of the notice on the district valuer if—
(a)the district valuer requests it; or
(b)the landlord requests a review of the determination or re-determination under section 128A(2)(b).
(5B)The tenant shall, as soon as practicable, serve a copy of the notice on the district valuer if the tenant requests a review of the determination or re-determination under section 128A(2)(b).
(5C)For the purposes of subsections (5A) and (5B) it does not matter whether the request in question was made before, on or after the service of the notice in accordance with subsection (5).]
F4(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 128(2) repealed (22.9.2008 for E. and otherwise prosp.) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 306(5), 321(1), 325(2), Sch. 16 (with s. 306(12))
F2Words in s. 128(5) substituted (22.9.2008) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 306(6), 325(2) (with s. 306(12))
F3S. 128(5A)-(5C) inserted (22.9.2008) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 306(7), 325(2) (with s. 306(12))
F4S. 128(6) repealed (11.10.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 187(2), Sch. 22; S.I. 1993/2134, arts. 2, 4(b), Sch. 2 (with saving in Sch. 1 para. 4(1)).
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