30(1)Section 55 (alteration of lists) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (4) (content of regulations)—
(a)in paragraph (b) after “as to the” there shall be inserted “ manner and ” and at the end there shall be added “ and the information to be included in a proposal ”
(b)in paragraph (d) for “making” there shall be substituted “ and subsequent to the making of ” and
(c)after paragraph (d) there shall be inserted—
“(dd)as to the circumstances within which and the conditions upon which a proposal may be withdrawn”.
(3)In subsection (5) (regulations about appeals), for the words from “about” to “its alteration” there shall be substituted “between a valuation officer and another person making a proposal for the alteration of a list—
(a)about the validity of the proposal; or
(b)about the accuracy of the list”.
(4)In subsection (7)(b) the words “at a prescribed rate” shall be omitted.
(5)The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (7)—
“(7A)The regulations may include provision that—
(a)where a valuation officer for a charging authority has informed the authority of an alteration of a list a copy of which has been deposited by the authority under section 41(6B) above, the authority must alter the copy accordingly;
(b)where the central valuation officer has informed the Secretary of State of an alteration of a list a copy of which has been deposited under section 52(6B) above, the Secretary of State must alter the copy accordingly.”