1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Title and commencement

   2. 2. Application

   3. 3. Interpretation

3. PART 2 Establishment of the Valuation Tribunal for Wales

   1. 4. Establishment of the Valuation Tribunal for Wales

   2. 5. Establishment of the Governing Council

   3. 6. Membership of the Governing Council

   4. 7. Welsh Ministers' appointee

   5. 8. Functions of the Governing Council

   6. 9. Appointment of Valuation Tribunal members

   7. 10. Duration of membership of the Valuation Tribunal

   8. 11. The President of the Valuation Tribunal

   9. 12. Chairpersons of the Valuation Tribunal

   10. 13. Regional representatives of the Valuation Tribunal

   11. 14. Disqualification from membership of the Valuation Tribunal

4. PART 3 Administration

   1. 15. Chief Executive

   2. 16. Employees

   3. 17. Allowances

   4. 18. Committees

   5. 19. Minutes

   6. 20. Accommodation and equipment

5. PART 4 Transitional Provisions

   1. 21. Appointment of members of old Tribunals

   2. 22. Continuing appointment of Chairpersons of old Tribunals

   3. 23. Transfer of employees to the Valuation Tribunal

   4. 24. Transfer of property, rights and liabilities

   5. 25. Transferred appeals

   6. 26. Winding Up

6. PART 5 Council Tax Appeals

   1. 27. Interpretation

   2. 28. Appeal Panels in special circumstances

   3. 29. Time limits

   4. 30. Initiating an appeal

   5. 31. Arrangements for appeals

   6. 32. Withdrawal

   7. 33. Disposal by written representations

   8. 34. Notice of hearing

   9. 35. Disqualification from participating

   10. 36. Representation at the hearing

   11. 37. Conduct of the hearing – Appeal Panels

   12. 38. Evidence: general

   13. 39. Evidence of lists and other documents

   14. 40. Decisions on appeals

   15. 41. Orders

   16. 42. Review of decisions

   17. 43. Records of decisions, etc

   18. 44. Appeals

   19. 45. Arbitration

   20. 46. Service of notices

7. PART 6 Revocations and Amendments

   1. 47. Amendment of the Council Tax (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) Regulations 1993

   2. 48. Revocation of the Valuation Tribunals (Wales) Regulations 2005

   3. 49. Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2005

   4. 50. Amendment of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations 2008

8. Signature

9. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      Appointment of Members

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Election procedure

      1. Part 1 – General

         1. 1. Eligible members must make an appointment within three months of...

         2. 2. The person or persons to be appointed must be a...

         3. 3. The Governing Council must secure that arrangements are made for...

         4. 4. The arrangements must make provision as described in paragraphs 5...

         5. 5. The Governing Council must fix a date for an election...

         6. 6. The chief executive must arrange for a preliminary notice of...

         7. 7. Nominations to be made to the chief executive must be...

         8. 8. Subject to paragraph 9(a), if the number of candidates for...

         9. 9. (a) In the case of an election of both a...

         10. 10. In the case of an election of the President—

         11. 11. In the case of an election of chairpersons—

         12. 12. In the case of an election of regional representatives—

         13. 13. Where any election results in a tie, the person or...

         14. 14. The chief executive must send to each eligible member a...

         15. 15. The notice of poll must— (a) state the purpose of...

         16. 16. The notice required by paragraph 15 must be served on...

         17. 17. The chief executive must send a duplicate voting paper to...

         18. 18. An eligible member must complete the voting paper by personally...

         19. 19. The chief executive must reject any voting paper which is...

         20. 20. On the election day the chief executive must count the...

         21. 21. The chief executive must publish a report on the poll...

         22. 22. (1) If a candidate withdraws their nomination, or notification of...

         23. 23. The validity of any election will not be affected by...

         24. 24. (1) The Governing Council may authorise electronic voting in any...

         25. 25. (1) In this Schedule the following terms have the meanings...

      2. Part 2 – Transition

         1. 26. For the purposes of applying Part 1 of this Schedule...

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      CONTENTS OF RECORDS MADE UNDER PART 5

10. Explanatory Note