Regulation 7 Certificates: generalI1

The appropriate valuation officer must certify the amount of the change in rateable value which falls to be certified under regulations 5 and 7 as soon as practicable after the circumstances calling for the certification come to the appropriate valuation officer’s attention (whether by virtue of an application by the ratepayer or otherwise).

Where, whether by reason of a decision of the Valuation Tribunal for Wales^f1 or otherwise, the appropriate valuation officer forms the opinion that a certificate under these Regulations is inaccurate, the appropriate valuation officer must certify the amount of rateable value which, in the appropriate valuation officer’s opinion, should be substituted for that originally certified.

A certificate under these Regulations has effect for each day beginning with the date that the circumstances which led to the certification (or amended certification) first arose, but ceases to have effect where paragraph (4) of this regulation applies (and see paragraphs (6) and (8) of this regulation).

This paragraph applies where the hereditament to which the certificate relates is no longer shown in a list for any day during the qualifying period, in relation to that day and any subsequent chargeable day.

Where, in the course of maintaining a list in relation to days falling within the qualifying period, the appropriate valuation officer forms the opinion that, as a result of a material change of circumstances, the amount of the change mentioned in regulation 5(1) is different from that certified under that paragraph, the officer must certify the different amount.

A certification under paragraph (5) above has effect from the date on which the material change of circumstances has occurred but ceases to have effect where paragraph (4) above applies.

Where, in the course of compiling a list^f2 during the qualifying period, the appropriate valuation officer forms the opinion that the amount of the change mentioned in regulation 5(1) is different from that certified under that paragraph, the officer must certify the different amount.

A certification under paragraph (7) above has effect from the date on which the list is compiled, but ceases to have effect when paragraph (4) applies.

A certification under regulations 5 or 7 or a specification under paragraph (10)(d) below may be made as an amendment to an existing certificate.

A certificate under these Regulations must specify the date on which—

Where the appropriate valuation officer is satisfied that a certificate has been issued in error, the officer may withdraw the certificate.

The appropriate valuation officer certifying the amount of rateable value or specifying a date in pursuance of these Regulations must—

The copy of a certificate provided to a ratepayer under paragraph (12)(b) may be—

Where a certificate is provided in accordance with paragraph (13)(b) the appropriate valuation officer must notify the ratepayer by electronic communication that the copy of the certificate is posted on the electronic portal.

Where a certificate is withdrawn under paragraph (11) the appropriate valuation officer must give notice of withdrawal of a certificate—

The information contained in a certificate issued under these Regulations must be retained by the appropriate valuation officer who issued it for a period of six years beginning on the day after the date of issue.

In this regulation—

• “electronic communication” (“cyfathrebiad electronig”) has the meaning given by section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000^f3;

• “electronic portal” (“porth electronig”) means an online facility provided by the appropriate valuation officer for use in connection with the provision of certificates under these Regulations;

• “material change of circumstances” (“newid perthnasol mewn amgylchiadau”), in relation to a hereditament, means a change in any of the matters mentioned in paragraph 2(7) of Schedule 6 to the Act^f4.