Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 2954

The Local Government Changes for England (Valuation Tribunals) Regulations 1997

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Amendment of the principal regulations
     2.  - (1) The Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals Regulations 1989[3] ("the principal regulations") are amended as follows.

    (2) For regulation 3[4] there is substituted - 

" Establishment of tribunals
     3. There shall continue to be a valuation tribunal for each of the areas ascertained in accordance with column 2 of Schedule 1; and each tribunal shall be known by the name ascertained in accordance with column 1 with the addition of the words "Valuation Tribunal"."

    (3) For Schedule 1 to the principal regulations there is substituted Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Transitional provision
     3.  - (1) Each member of a tribunal mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 2 holding office as such at the end of 31st March 1998 shall continue to hold such office until it terminates in accordance with regulation 6(2) of the principal regulations[5].

    (2) Paragraph (3) applies to any vacancy in the membership of a tribunal mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 2 - 

(a) created by an increase effective on 1st April 1998 in the number of its members;

(b) existing on that date by reason of the failure of an appointing body to make an appointment before that date, or

(c) occurring on or after that date.

    (3) Notwithstanding regulation 4(5) of the principal regulations[6], a vacancy to which this paragraph applies shall be filled by the body or bodies mentioned in relation to the tribunal in column 2 of Schedule 2.

    (4) Where one body is so mentioned in relation to a tribunal, it shall fill all vacancies to which paragraph (3) applies until the number of vacancies so specified in column 3 of Schedule 2 has been filled in pursuance of this regulation.

    (5) Where more than one body is so mentioned, each shall, in the order in which it is mentioned, fill the number of vacancies to which paragraph (3) applies until the number mentioned in column 3 of Schedule 2 in relation to each such body has been filled, and so on in rotation, until each such body has appointed the full number of members of the tribunal which it is entitled to appoint under regulation 4 of the principal regulations.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.


Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

11th December 1997

[2] 1992 c. 19.back

[3] S.I. 1989/439, amended by S.I. 1991/1, S.I. 1993/292, S.I. 1995/363, S.I. 1995/624, S.I. 1995/3056, S.I. 1996/43 and S.I. 1997/75 (which substitutes the Schedule superseded by this regulation). Valuation and community charge tribunals were renamed valuation tribunals by section 15(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14).back

[4] Amended by S.I. 1993/292.back

[5] Regulation 6(2) is amended by S.I. 1995/363 and S.I. 1997175.back

[6] Regulation 4 is substituted by S.I. 1997175.back

[7] The district of Newbury is re-named the district of West Berkshire with effect from 1st April 1998.back