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(1)[F1A registered person] may appeal—
(a)against any entry or amendment of an entry in the register [F2in relation to him], in such manner and within such period as may be prescribed, to the registration officer, who shall determine that appeal in such manner and within such period as may be prescribed; and
(b)against such a determination by the registration officer of an appeal by that person, to [F3the] sheriff of any sheriffdom which wholly or partly falls within the registration area.
(2)Where a person requests the registration officer to make or to amend an entry in the register relating to him and—
(a)the registration officer refuses to do so, the person may appeal to the sheriff against that refusal; or
(b)the registration officer fails to notify the person of the determination of the request within such period as may be prescribed, he shall be deemed to have refused the request and the person may appeal to the sheriff against the deemed refusal.
(3)In any case where a question arises as to which one of two or more registers for different registration areas a person is or should be registered in as being liable to pay the personal community charge the person may appeal to the sheriff of any sheriffdom which wholly or partly falls within any of the registration areas.
(4)If the sheriff upholds an appeal under subsection (1) or (2) above, the registration officer shall amend the register to give effect to the decision with effect from such date (which may be retrospective, immediate or prospective) as the sheriff may determine.
(5)In an appeal to which subsection (3) above applies, the registration officer of any registration area to which the appeal relates shall be given the opportunity to become a party to the appeal, and all the entries in the registers in which the person is entered as being liable to pay the personal community charge shall be made subject to the appeal proceedings.
(6)Subject to subsection (7) below, where an entry in the register shows that a person is liable to pay any of the community charges, that person shall pay the community charge notwithstanding that he has appealed against the entry, pending the determination of the appeal.
(7)Where a person is registered as being liable to pay the personal community charge in two or more registers and he has appealed against one or more registration, he shall be required to pay only the personal community charge relating to the first registration made, pending the determination of the appeal.
(8)In Schedule 8 of the M1Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (rules as to jurisdiction in Scotland) in paragraph 4(1)(c) after the word “proceedings” there shall be inserted the words “(other than proceedings under section 16 of the M2Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987)”.
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F1Words substituted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 25(2)
F2Words substituted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 25(3)
F3Word substituted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 25(4)
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F4Act repealed (prosp.) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), ss. 117(2), 119(2)(e), Sch.14 (with s. 118(1)(2)(4) and saving in s. 118(3) and subject to a saving for Sch. 2 para. 7A (16.8.1993) by S.I. 1993/1780, art. 2 and subject to amendments (11.6.1996) by 1995 c. 18, s. 41(4), Sch. 2 para. 10; S.I. 1996/1509, art. 2, Sch. and (29.11.1999 for specified purposes, otherwise prosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1), 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 15; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(a)(2) (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)
The repeal of the Act by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) was brought into force (1.4.1992) as regards Sch. 1 para. 19 by S.I. 1992/818, para. 2(b), Sch.
The repeal of the Act by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) was brought into force (1.10.1992) as regards ss. 3A, 9, 10(7A), 11B, 28, Sch. 2 paras. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 5 paras. 2-5, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25 by S.I. 1992/2183, art. 2(d), Sch. (with savings in art. 3)
The repeal of the Act by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) was brought into force (1.4.1993) as regards ss. 1-7, 14, 18(2A), 20(10), 25(1)(3), words in s. 26(1), ss. 26(2), 27, 33, Sch. 1, Sch. 3 paras. 1-4, 5(1), 7, Sch. 5 paras. 1, 6, 12, 13, 16, 19A, 20, 22-24, 26-49 by S.I. 1993/575, art. 2, Sch. (with savings in arts. 4, 5(b))
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