The Valuation Tribunals (Wales) Regulations 2005

Arrangements for appeals

28.—(1) It will be the duty of the President of a Valuation Tribunal to secure that arrangements are made for appeals to be determined in accordance with the following provisions of this Part.

(2) This paragraph applies where an appeal under this Part and an appeal under one or more of the following—

(a) regulations made under section 55 of the 1988 Act;

(b) regulations made under section 24 of the 1992 Act;

relate to the same property.

(3) Where paragraph (2) applies—

(a) the President will secure that the appeals are dealt with in such order as appears to that President best designed to secure the interests of justice;

(b) the valuation officer or the listing officer (as the case may be) and the billing authority must be joined as a party to an appeal under this Part;

(4) In paragraph (3), “valuation officer” (“swyddog prisio”) means the officer appointed under section 61(1)(a) of the 1988 Act.

(5) The Clerk must as soon as is reasonably practicable serve a copy of the notice of appeal on a person who has been made a party in accordance with paragraph (3).

(6) For the purposes of this regulation, “the President of a Valuation Tribunal” (“Llywydd Tribiwnlys Prisio”) also means, in cases dealt with under regulation 25(5), (7) or (8), the Director of the Governing Council of the Valuation Tribunal Service for Wales.