Regulation 1 Name, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations are called the Leasehold Valuation Tribunals (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2004.

These Regulations shall come into force on 31st March 2004.

In these Regulations —

• “the 1985 Act” (“Deddf 1985”) means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985^f1;

• “the 1987 Act” (“Deddf 1987”) means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987^f2;

• “the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002;

• “applicant” (“ceisydd”) means —

  1. (a)

     the person making an application to a tribunal; or

  2. (b)

     the person who is the claimant or applicant in proceedings before a court which are transferred by order of the court to a tribunal;

• “application” (“Cais”) means an application made to the tribunal under —

  1. (a)

     section 20ZA of the 1985 Act (consultation requirements)^f3;

  2. (b)

     section 27A of the 1985 Act (service charges)^f4;

  3. (c)

     paragraph 8(2) of the Schedule to the 1985 Act (insurers)^f5;

  4. (d)

     section 24 of the 1987 Act (appointment of managers)^f6;

  5. (e)

     Part 4 of the 1987 Act (variation of leases);

  6. (f)

     paragraph 3 of Schedule 11 to the 2002 Act (administration charges); or

  7. (g)

     paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to the 2002 Act;

• “hearing” (“gwrandawiad”) means a hearing before a tribunal to determine one or more of the following —

  1. (a)

     an application;

  2. (b)

     transferred proceedings; or

  3. (c)

     a representative application,

  but, for the purposes of the payment of a fee for a hearing, does not include—

  1. (i)

     a pre-trial review; or

  2. (ii)

     a hearing to consider dismissing an application as frivolous or vexatious;

• “representative application” (“cais cynrychioliadol”) means an application dealt with as a representative application under regulation 8 of the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2004^f7;

• “transferred proceedings” (“achos a drosglwyddwyd”) means proceedings which a court has transferred to a tribunal for determination; and

• “tribunal” (“tribiwnlys”) means a leasehold valuation tribunal.