PART 5Council Tax Appeals

Arrangements for appeals28

1

It will be the duty of the President of a Valuation Tribunal to secure that arrangements are made for appeals to be determined in accordance with the following provisions of this Part.

2

This paragraph applies where an appeal under this Part and an appeal under one or more of the following—

a

regulations made under section 55 of the 1988 Act;

b

regulations made under section 24 of the 1992 Act;

relate to the same property.

3

Where paragraph (2) applies—

a

the President will secure that the appeals are dealt with in such order as appears to that President best designed to secure the interests of justice;

b

the valuation officer or the listing officer (as the case may be) and the billing authority must be joined as a party to an appeal under this Part;

4

In paragraph (3), “valuation officer” (“swyddog prisio”) means the officer appointed under section 61(1)(a) of the 1988 Act.

5

The Clerk must as soon as is reasonably practicable serve a copy of the notice of appeal on a person who has been made a party in accordance with paragraph (3).

6

For the purposes of this regulation, “the President of a Valuation Tribunal” (“Llywydd Tribiwnlys Prisio”) also means, in cases dealt with under regulation 25(5), (7) or (8), the Director of the Governing Council of the Valuation Tribunal Service for Wales.