# The Valuation Tribunals (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000, Regulation 4: Membership of tribunals


For regulations 4 and 5 there is substituted–
“Membership
4 (1) The Secretary of State shall determine the number of members of each tribunal.
(2) The number of members so determined in relation to a tribunal shall be a multiple of–
(a) the sum of any numbers specified in relation to that tribunal in column 4 of Schedule 1, or,
(b) where no number is so specified, the number of authorities specified or described in relation to that tribunal in column 3.
(3) An appointment to fill any vacancy in the membership of a tribunal shall be made by the relevant authority and the president of the tribunal.
Appointments: supplementary
5 (1) Where at the expiry of 28 days beginning on the day when a vacancy occurs or is created in the membership of a tribunal there has been no appointment made under regulation 4(3), the vacancy may be filled by the Secretary of State after consultation with the president of the tribunal concerned.
(2) No appointment under regulation 4(3) shall be valid if its effect would be that the aggregate number of members who–
(a) are members of a principal council, and
(b) have been appointed by, or (as the case may be) with the participation of, the relevant authority
exceeded the number equal to one third of the total of the number of members the authority concerned is entitled to participate in appointing in pursuance of regulation 4(3).
(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be construed as affecting the validity of the appointment of a member who becomes a member of a principal council after his appointment takes effect.
(4) In this regulation “principal council” means the council of a district, county or London borough, the Common Council of the City of London and the Council of the Isles of Scilly.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/409/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/valuation-tribunals-amendment-england-regulations-2000/regulation-4
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