The Valuation Tribunal for Wales (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

PART 2 Amendment

Amendment of Regulations

2.—(1) The Valuation Tribunal for Wales Regulations 2010(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 27 (interpretation), in the definition of “council tax reduction scheme” (“cynllun gostyngiadau’r dreth gyngor”), for “the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2012”(2) substitute “the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013”(3).

(3) In regulation 29 (time limits)—

(a) in paragraph (2) for “When” substitute “Subject to paragraph (2A), when”;

(b) after paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) When the condition mentioned in section 16(7)(c) is fulfilled and the appeal by the aggrieved person relates to a billing authority’s decision to award a reduction under its council tax reduction scheme, the appeal will be dismissed unless the notice required by section 16(4)(4) was served on the billing authority in accordance with paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 12 to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013 or paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 1 of the scheme prescribed in the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 2013(5), as the case may be.”

(1)

S.I. 2010/713 (W. 69) as amended by S.I. 2013/547 (W. 59).

(2)

S.I. 2012/3144 (W. 316) as amended by S.I. 2013/112 (W. 17).

(3)

S.I. 2013/3029 (W. 301).

(4)

The Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14).

(5)

S.I. 2013/3035 (W. 303) as amended by S.I. 2014/66 (W. 6).