The Valuation Tribunals (Wales) Regulations 1995

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations establish new valuation tribunals in Wales and provide for the determination of appeals under section 23 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and section 16 and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in relation to community charge and council tax respectively.

Parts II and III provide for the establishment of the tribunals on 1st April 1996. Regulation 2 establishes tribunals for each of the four areas of jurisdiction set out in Schedule 1. Regulations 3 and 4 make provision for the number of members for each tribunal, the number to be appointed by each appointing council, their appointment and the duration of membership.

Regulations 5 and 6 deal with the appointment of the tribunal’s president and its chairmen. Regulation 7 provides for the circumstances in which a person is to be disqualified from membership. Regulation 8 provides for allowances payable to members.

Matters relating to staff, administration, accommodation and equipment are dealt with in regulations 9 to 12.

Part IV contains transitional provisions in relation to transferred appeals, the winding up of existing tribunals and initial appointments of members.

Parts V and VI provide for the procedure for dealing with appeals in relation to community charges and council tax respectively.

Part VII has effect to amend the Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals Regulations 1989 in order to disapply those Regulations in relation to the tribunals established by these Regulations.