# The Valuation Tribunal for Wales Regulations 2010, Regulation 27: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) In this Part—
“appeal” (“apêl”), unless the context otherwise requires, means an appeal under—
(a)section 16 (appeals: general) of the 1992 Act;
(b)paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3 (penalties) to the 1992 Act; or
(c)paragraph 4 of Schedule 4A to the 1988 Act as it applies for the purposes of Part I of the 1992 Act (in this Part called an “appeal against a completion notice”);
“Appeal Panel” (“Panel Apêl”) means the members of the Valuation Tribunal convened in accordance with this Part for the purpose of disposing of an appeal;
“Clerk” (“Clerc”) means —
(a)the chief executive; and
(b)any other employee of the Valuation Tribunal appointed under regulation 15(6) to whom some or all of the functions of the Clerk in this Part have been delegated;
“council tax reduction scheme” (“cynllun gostyngiadau'r dreth gyngor”) means a scheme made by a billing authority in accordance with the Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013 or the scheme that applies in default by virtue of paragraph 6(1)(e) of Schedule 1B to the 1992 Act;
“electronic communication” (“cyfathrebiad electronig”) has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000;
“hearing” (“gwrandawiad”) means an oral hearing and includes a hearing conducted in whole or part by video link, telephone or other means of instantaneous two-way electronic communications;
“list” (“rhestr”) means a valuation list compiled under Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the 1992 Act;
“listing officer” (“swyddog rhestru”) in relation to an appeal, means the officer appointed under section 20 for the authority in whose area the dwelling to which the appeal relates is situated;
“notice of appeal” (“hysbysiad am apêl”) means a notice under regulation 30(1); and
“penalty” (“cosb”) means a penalty imposed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the 1992 Act.
(2) Any reference in this Part —
(a) to a party to an appeal, includes the appellant and any person entitled in pursuance of this Part to be served with a copy of the appellant’s notice of appeal; and
(b) to a numbered section is, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to the section so numbered in the 1992 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2010/713/regulation/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/valuation-tribunal-for-wales-regulations-2010/regulation-27
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