The Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals Regulations 1989

Time limits

17.—(1) An appeal by a person who is aggrieved as mentioned in section 24(4)(a) or (b) shall be dismissed unless it is initiated in accordance with these Regulations not later than the expiry of two months beginning with the day on which the authority or, as the case may be, the registration officer notified him in accordance with that subsection that his grievance was believed not to be well founded, or that steps had been taken to deal with the grievance, as the case may be.

(2) Where as mentioned in section 24(4)(c) a person has not been notified as provided in section 24(4)(a) or (b), an appeal by that person shall be dismissed unless it is initiated within four months of the date of service of the aggrieved person’s notice under section 24.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the president may authorise an appeal to be entertained where he is satisfied that the failure of the person aggrieved to initiate the appeal as provided by this regulation has arisen by reason of circumstances beyond that person’s control.