Regulation 1 Commencement, citation and interpretationI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Valuation Tribunal for England (Membership and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 30th September 2009.

In these Regulations—

• “the 2007 Act” means the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007;

• “the President” means the person who is for the time being the President of the Valuation Tribunal for England;

• “spent conviction”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to a conviction in Great Britain, means a conviction that is a spent conviction for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974^f1;

  2. (b)

     in relation to a conviction in Northern Ireland, means a conviction that is a spent conviction for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978^f2;

  3. (c)

     in relation to a conviction in the Channel Islands, means a conviction that is a spent conviction for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Jersey) Law 2001 or the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2002;

  4. (d)

     in relation to a conviction in the Isle of Man, means a conviction that is a spent conviction for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 2001; and

• “the VTE” means the Valuation Tribunal for England.