1. These Rules may be cited as the Lands Tribunal Rules 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
2.—(1) In these Rules—
“the Act” means the Lands Tribunal Act 1949;
“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961(1);
“appeal against a determination” means an appeal against a determination of any question by a government department, authority or person from whom an appeal to which the determining authority is respondent lies to the Lands Tribunal;
“authority” means the person or body in respect of whose decision an appeal is brought;
“the office” means the office for the time being of the Lands Tribunal;
“party” in relation to an appeal, means the appellant, the authority and any person who has served notice of intention to respond in accordance with rule 7;
“the President” means the President of the Lands Tribunal, or the member appointed under section 2(3) of the Act to act for the time being as deputy for the President;
“proceedings” means proceedings before the Lands Tribunal;
“rating appeal” means an appeal from the decision of a valuation tribunal in relation to non-domestic rating;
“the registrar” means the registrar of the Lands Tribunal or, as respects any powers or functions of the registrar, an officer of the Lands Tribunal authorised by the Lord Chancellor to exercise those powers or functions;
“the Tribunal” means the member or members of the Lands Tribunal selected under section 3(2) of the Act to deal with a case;
“valuation officer” means a valuation officer appointed under section 61 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988(2) or any officer authorised by him in writing to act on his behalf;
(2) In these Rules, a form referred to by number alone means the form so numbered in Schedule 1 to these Rules.
1988 c. 14; section 61 was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) Schedule 13, paragraph 69.