The Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2005

Proposals: general

6.—(1) A proposal shall be made by notice in writing served on the valuation officer which must —

(a) state the name and address of the proposer;

(b) state whether the proposer is, in respect of the property —

(i) the interested person;

(ii) the relevant authority; or

(iii) a person described in regulation 4(2)(c);

(c) identify the property to which the proposal relates;

(d) identify the respects in which it is proposed that the list be altered; and

(e) include —

(i) a statement of the grounds for making the proposal and, in the case of a proposal made on any of the grounds set out in regulation 4(1)(a), (c) or (g) to (o), a statement of the reasons for believing that those grounds exist;

(ii) in the case of a proposal made on the ground set out in regulation 4(1)(b), a statement of the nature of the change in question and of the date on which the proposer believes the change occurred;

(iii) in the case of a proposal made on the ground set out in regulation 4(1)(d) or (f), a statement identifying the alteration in question, whether by reference to the day on which the alteration was made or otherwise;

(iv) in the case of a proposal made on the ground set out in regulation 4(1)(e), the information specified in paragraph (2);

(v) in the case of a proposal made on the ground set out in regulation 4(1)(f), a statement of the day proposed in place of the day shown in the list; and

(vi) in the case of proposal made on one of the grounds set out in regulation 4 (1)(a) to (g), and (i) and (l), in respect of a hereditament occupied under a lease, easement or licence to occupy, the information specified in paragraph (3).

(2) The information required by paragraph (1)(e)(iv) is —

(a) the identity of the hereditament to which the decision in question relates;

(b) the name of the tribunal or court which made the decision;

(c) the date of the decision;

(d) the reasons for believing that the decision is relevant to the rateable value or other information to which the proposal relates; and

(e) the reasons for believing, in the light of the decision, that the rateable value or other information to which the proposal relates is inaccurate.

(3) The information required by paragraph (1)(e)(vi) is the amount payable each year, as at the date of the proposal, in respect of the lease, easement or licence to occupy.

(4) A proposal may deal with more than one hereditament only —

(a) if it is made on the grounds set out in regulation 4(1)(k) or (l); or

(b) where the person making the proposal does so in the same capacity as respects each hereditament and each hereditament is within the same building or the same curtilage.

(5) A proposal made on the grounds set out in regulation 4(1)(d) or (f) may include a request for either or both of the following —

(a) the restoration of the list to its state before the alteration was made; and

(b) a further alteration of the list in respect of the hereditament.