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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 22U.K. Supplementary provisions as to elections by reference to pipe-line usage

Part IU.K. Procedure for and in connection with an election

Appeals against re-opening noticesU.K.

8(1)This paragraph applies where the Board serve notice under sub-paragraph (2) or sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 7 above; and in the following provisions of this paragraph such a notice is referred to as a “re-opening notice”.U.K.

(2)The electing participator may, by notice of appeal served on the Board within thirty days beginning on the date of the re-opening notice, appeal F1... against the re-opening notice.

(3)A notice of appeal under sub-paragraph (2) above shall state the grounds on which the appeal is brought.

(4)An appeal under this paragraph may at any time [F2before it is notified to the tribunal] be abandoned by notice served on the Board by the electing participator.

(5)A re-opening notice may be withdrawn at any time before it becomes effective.

(6)In any case where—

(a)the electing participator serves notice of appeal against a re-opening notice served under sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 7 above, and

(b)before the appeal is determined by the [F3tribunal] , the Board and the electing participator agree as to the modifications necessary to correct the effect of the error concerned,

the re-opening notice shall take effect subject to such modifications as may be necessary to give effect to that agreement; and thereupon the appeal shall be treated as having been abandoned.

(7)Subject to sub-paragraph (8) below, on an appeal against a re-opening notice the [F4tribunal] may vary the notice, quash the notice or dismiss the appeal; and the notice may be varied whether or not the variation is to the advantage of the electing participator.

(8)The provisions relating to the variation of a re-opening notice referred to in sub-paragraph (7) above shall not apply in respect of any such notice served under sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 7 above.

[F5(9)In an appeal under sub-paragraph (2)—

(a)paragraphs 14A to 14I of Schedule 2 to the principal Act shall apply as they apply in relation to an appeal against an assessment or determination made under that Act subject to any necessary modifications including the following;

(b)any reference in those paragraphs to an agreement under paragraph 14(9) shall be construed as a reference to an agreement under sub-paragraph (6) above.]