The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1986

3.—(1) Any question arising under this Schedule as to the value of an interest in a defective dwelling shall be determined by the district valuer in accordance with this paragraph. N.I.

(2) Within the period beginning with the service on the person entitled to assistance of a notice under paragraph (2) of Article 9 and ending with the service of a copy of the agreement drawn up under paragraph (4) of that Article for execution by the parties, the person entitled to assistance or the Executive may, by notice in writing served on the district valuer, require the value to be determined or redetermined.

(3) If, after the end of that period but before the parties enter into an agreement for the acquisition of the interest of the person so entitled, there is a material change in circumstances affecting the value of the interest, that person or the Executive may by notice in writing served on the district valuer before the parties enter into such an agreement require that value to be determined or redetermined.

(4) In any case where, in accordance with sub-paragraph (3), the district valuer is required, after the end of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (2), to determine the value of an interest, then—

(a) the Executive shall, within 3 months of all the provisions of the agreement for the acquisition of the interest of the person so entitled by the Executive being agreed or determined, draw up an agreement for execution by the parties embodying those provisions and serve a copy of the agreement on that person; and

(b) paragraph (5) of Article 9 shall, instead of applying in relation to the agreement drawn up under paragraph (4) of that Article, apply in relation to the agreement drawn up under head (a) of this subparagraph.

(5) Before making a determination in pursuance of this paragraph, the district valuer shall consider any representation made to him by the person so entitled or the Executive within 4 weeks from the service of the notice under this paragraph.

(6) A person serving notice on the district valuer under this paragraph shall serve notice in writing of that fact on the Executive or, as the case may be, the person so entitled.

(7) In this paragraph “district valuer” has the meaning given in Article 2(2) of the [1977 NI 28] Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.