# Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024, Paragraph 13: Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41)

Extent: E+W

(1) The 1988 Act is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 9—
(a) before paragraph 5, in the italic heading, omit “valuation officer or”;
(b) in paragraph 5, omit sub-paragraphs (1), (1A), (2) and (4);
(c) before paragraph 5ZC, in the italic heading, omit “: England”;
(d) before paragraph 5A, in the italic heading, omit “valuation officer or”;
(e) in paragraph 5A—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1), for “paragraph 5” substitute “paragraph 5(1B)” and omit “(2) or”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (2), for “valuation officer or, as the case may be, billing authority concerned” substitute “billing authority”;
(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)(a), omit “(2) or”;
(iv) in sub-paragraph (3), omit “(2) or”;
(v) in sub-paragraph (4), for “paragraph 5” substitute “paragraph 5(1B)”;
(vi) in sub-paragraph (5)(a), for “paragraph 5” substitute “paragraph 5(1B)”;
(f) in paragraph 5B, omit “valuation officer or, as the case may be,”;
(g) before paragraph 5BD, in the italic heading, omit “: England”;
(h) in paragraph 5BE, for sub-paragraph (5) substitute—
“(5) In this paragraph “valuation tribunal” means—
(a) for the purposes of an appeal relating to a hereditament situated in England, the Valuation Tribunal for England;
(b) for the purposes of an appeal relating to a hereditament situated in Wales, a valuation tribunal established under paragraph 1 of Schedule 11.”;
(i) before paragraph 5C, in the italic heading, omit “valuation officer or”;
(j) in paragraph 5C(6)(a), omit “(2) or”;
(k) in paragraph 5D(1), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “be recovered by the billing authority concerned as a civil debt due to the authority”;
(l) in paragraph 5E—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1), for “paragraphs 5ZC, 5ZD or 5A” substitute “paragraph 5ZC or 5ZD”, and after “above” insert “in relation to a hereditament situated in England”;
(ii) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) Any sums received by a valuation officer by way of a penalty under paragraph 5ZC or 5ZD in relation to a hereditament situated in Wales must be paid into the Welsh Consolidated Fund.”;
(m) in paragraph 5F(A1), for “Secretary of State” substitute “appropriate national authority”;
(n) in paragraph 5FB, for “Secretary of State” substitute “appropriate national authority”;
(o) in paragraph 5H, for “4M, 5, 5ZA, 5ZC or 5A” substitute “4M, 5ZA or 5ZC”.
(3) In Schedule 11—
(a) in paragraph 2, after sub-paragraph (c) insert—
“(cza) paragraph 5BB of Schedule 9;
(czb) paragraph 5BE of Schedule 9;”;
(b) after paragraph 11(1) insert—
“(1A) Regulations under paragraph 1 may also include provision that an appeal lies to the Upper Tribunal in respect of a decision or order given or made by a tribunal established under that paragraph on an appeal under paragraph 5C or 6AA of Schedule 9.”;
(c) in paragraph 11, in sub-paragraph (1A) (as inserted by paragraph (b)) before “5C or 6AA” insert “5BB, 5BE,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/6/schedule/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-wales-act-2024/schedule/paragraph-13
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