Notification of alteration
17.—(1) Within four weeks of altering a list a VO shall notify the relevant authority of the effect of the alteration; and the relevant authority shall as soon as reasonably practicable alter the copy of the list deposited at its principal office.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the VO shall notify the ratepayer and any proposer, as defined in paragraph (5), of—
(a)the effect of the alteration; and
(b)subject to paragraph (4), the effect of the application of this Part, and of Part 5, in relation to the alteration.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to alterations made solely to correct a clerical error, or to reflect—
(a)a change in the address of the hereditament concerned; or
(b)a change in the area of the relevant authority.
(4) Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply in relation to an alteration made to reflect—
(a)a decision of the VO that a proposal is well-founded;
(b)a decision, in relation to the hereditament which is the subject of the proposal, of a valuation tribunal, the VTE, the Lands Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal or a court; or
(c)an agreement under regulation 12.
(5) The proposer mentioned in paragraph (2) is any proposer for whom an appeal in relation to the hereditament has been referred to the VTE under regulation 13(1) and whose appeal has either—
(a)not been determined by the VTE; or
(b)has been so determined and either—
(i)an appeal has been made to the Lands Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal and has not been determined; or
(ii)the time for making an appeal to the Upper Tribunal has not yet expired.