The Valuation Tribunal Rules (Northern Ireland) 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules regulate the exercise of rights of appeal to the Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) and prescribe the practice and procedure in relation to proceedings before the Tribunal.

The Rules regulate appeals under the following provisions of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28)):

• Article 13(3) which enables a person to appeal against a determination of the Department of Finance and Personnel (“the Department”) as to the effective date of an alteration made in a valuation list;

• Article 54 which enables a person to appeal against a valuation decision of the Commissioner of Valuation for Northern Ireland; and

• Article 31A(12B) which enables a person to appeal to the Tribunal against the result of a review by the Department of a decision that a person is not entitled to a rate rebate for a property with a special facility for a person with a disability.

By virtue of the Rates (Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 150) the Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal has jurisdiction in relation to appeals under Articles 13(3) and 54 of the 1977 Order relating to—

(a) domestic property; and

(b) the non-domestic element of property used both for domestic and non-domestic purposes where—

(i) the net annual value of the non-domestic element of the property does not exceed £12,500; and

(ii) the appellant has, at the same time, made an appeal to the Tribunal in relation to the domestic element of the property.

The Rules also regulate appeals under regulation 12(1) of the Rate Relief (Education, Training and Leaving Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 148) which provides for an appeal to the Tribunal against the result of a review by the Department of a decision that a person is not entitled to exemption from rates under those Regulations.