The Valuation Tribunal for Wales (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
PART 1General
Title, commencement and application1.
(1)
The title of these Regulations is the Valuation Tribunal for Wales (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
(2)
These Regulations come into force on 31 March 2014 and apply in relation to Wales.
PART 2Amendment
Amendment of Regulations2.
(1)
(2)
(3)
In regulation 29 (time limits)—
(a)
in paragraph (2) for “When” substitute “Subject to paragraph (2A), when”;
(b)
“(2A)
When the condition mentioned in section 16(7)(c) is fulfilled and the appeal by the aggrieved person relates to a billing authority’s decision to award a reduction under its council tax reduction scheme, the appeal will be dismissed unless the notice required by section 16(4)6 was served on the billing authority in accordance with paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 12 to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013 or paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 1 of the scheme prescribed in the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 20137, as the case may be.”
PART 3Savings
Interpretation3.
In this part of the Regulations—
“2010 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2010”) means the Valuation Tribunal for Wales Regulations 2010;
“2012 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2012”) means the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2012;
“Valuation Tribunal” (“Tribiwnlys Prisio”) means the Valuation Tribunal for Wales established under regulation 4 of the 2010 Regulations.
Saving provisions4.
The amendments made to the 2010 Regulations by regulation 2 do not have effect in relation to any appeals made to the Valuation Tribunal in relation to any applications made or reductions awarded under the provisions of a 2013 scheme.
These Regulations amend the Valuation Tribunal for Wales Regulations 2010 (“the 2010 Regulations”) that establish the Valuation Tribunal for Wales (“the Tribunal”) and make provision for its membership, administration and procedures.
The amendments take account of the introduction of local council tax reduction schemes made by billing authorities in accordance with the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013 (“the 2013 Regulations”) or that apply in default by virtue of paragraph 6(1)(e) of Schedule 1B to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”).
Under section 16 of the 1992 Act, a person may appeal to the Tribunal if that person is aggrieved by a decision made by a billing authority about the amount of council tax that is payable and the 2010 Regulations enable the Tribunal to deal with appeals relating to council tax reduction schemes.
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the 2010 Regulations to reflect the replacement of the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2012 with the 2013 Regulations.
Regulation 2 of these Regulations also amends the time limits in the 2010 Regulations so that decisions which affect a person’s entitlement to a reduction under a council tax reduction scheme which is in place on 1 April 2013 or the amount of any reduction under such a scheme will be dismissed unless the notice served under section 16(4) of the 1992 Act is served in accordance with the applicable time limits under the 2013 Regulations or the relevant scheme that applies in default by virtue of paragraph 6(1)(e) of the 1992 Act.
Regulation 4 is a savings provision which provides that the amendments made by regulation 2 do not have effect in relation to any appeals made to the Tribunal in relation to any applications made or reductions awarded under the provisions of a scheme made under the 2013 Regulations or a scheme which applies in default on 1 April 2013.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.