The Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (Wales) Regulations 1999

Certification by appropriate valuation officer

11.—(1) The appropriate valuation officer shall certify a value for the purposes of A in regulation 2(1) which in the valuation officer’s opinion should be substituted for the rateable value shown in a list on 1st April 2000 as soon as practicable after the circumstances calling for the certification come to the valuation officer’s attention (whether by virtue of an application by the billing authority, the National Assembly for Wales or the ratepayer concerned, or otherwise).

(2) Where, whether by reason of a decision of a valuation tribunal or otherwise, the appropriate valuation officer forms the opinion that a certification under any of the foregoing provisions of these Regulations (other than such a certification which has been confirmed on appeal) is inaccurate, the valuation officer shall certify the value which in the opinion of the valuation officer should be substituted for that originally certified.

(3) A certification under paragraph (2) shall have effect for the purposes of the foregoing provisions of these Regulations in place of the previous certification, and any appeal against the previous certification under regulation 12 of these Regulations shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

(4) The valuation officer certifying a value pursuant to these Regulations shall send a copy of the certification to:

(a) the billing authority concerned or, insofar as it relates to a liability under section 54 of the Act, the National Assembly for Wales; and

(b) except in the case of a certification under regulation 4(3)(c)(i) the ratepayer concerned.

(5) The copy of a certification sent to the ratepayer in pursuance of paragraph above shall be accompanied by a statement of the effect, in relation to the certification of:

(a) regulation 12 of these Regulations; and

(b) where it is a certification under paragraph (2) above, paragraph (3) above,

and may be sent to the ratepayer’s last known address or to the address of the hereditament in question.

(6) The valuation officer certifying a value pursuant to these Regulations shall retain the certification and a person may at any reasonable time inspect it.

(7) Where the appropriate valuation officer certifies a value in respect of a defined hereditament pursuant to these Regulations, the billing authority shall apply the rules prescribed in regulations 8 and 10 having regard to the certification.