12.—(1) Article 45 of the principal Order (new valuation lists) shall be amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (1) (preparation and issue of new valuation lists) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(1) The Department may require the Commissioner to prepare and publish a new valuation list containing a general revaluation of such hereditaments as the Department may determine.”.
(3) In paragraph (2) (commencement of new valuation lists), for the word “issued” there shall be substituted the word “ published ”.
(4) For paragraph (3) (regulations with respect to new valuation lists) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—
“(3) The manner, form and date of publication of a new valuation list shall be determined by the Department.
(3A) When the Commissioner publishes a new valuation list, he shall—
(a)send a certified copy of the list—
(i)to the Department; and
(ii)to each district council; and
(b)make the list available for inspection by the public in electronic form.”.
(5) In paragraph (4) (references to the valuation list), for the word “the” there shall be substituted the word “ a ”.
(6) For paragraph (5) (alteration of new valuation list before it comes into force) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(5) The Commissioner may alter, and the district valuer may cause to be altered, a new valuation list in relation to any hereditament after the list has been published but before it comes into force and the Commissioner or, as the case may be, the district valuer shall serve a certificate showing any such alteration on—
(a)the Department;
(b)the occupier of the hereditament; and
(c)the district council or any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker, if the council or undertaker so requests.”.
(7) In paragraph (10) (power to make changes before issue of new valuation list), for the words “issue of the” there shall be substituted the words “ publication of a ”.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 12 wholly in operation at 1.12.2006, see art. 1(3) and S.R. 2006/464, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 (with transitional provisions in S.R. 2006/468, art. 3(1), Sch)