The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 140(4), 143(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 1 and 5 of Schedule 11 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988[1], and sections 19(1) and 26(3) of the Local Government Act 1992[2], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
- (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Changes for England (Valuation Tribunals) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force -
(3) For Schedule 1 to the principal regulations there is substituted Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
Transitional provision
3. - (1) Each member of a tribunal mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 2 holding office as such at the end of 31st March 1998 shall continue to hold such office until it terminates in accordance with regulation 6(2) of the principal regulations[5].
(2) Paragraph (3) applies to any vacancy in the membership of a tribunal mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 2 -
(3) Notwithstanding regulation 4(5) of the principal regulations[6], a vacancy to which this paragraph applies shall be filled by the body or bodies mentioned in relation to the tribunal in column 2 of Schedule 2.
(4) Where one body is so mentioned in relation to a tribunal, it shall fill all vacancies to which paragraph (3) applies until the number of vacancies so specified in column 3 of Schedule 2 has been filled in pursuance of this regulation.
(5) Where more than one body is so mentioned, each shall, in the order in which it is mentioned, fill the number of vacancies to which paragraph (3) applies until the number mentioned in column 3 of Schedule 2 in relation to each such body has been filled, and so on in rotation, until each such body has appointed the full number of members of the tribunal which it is entitled to appoint under regulation 4 of the principal regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
11th December 1997
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Name of tribunal | Area of jurisdiction | Appointing body or bodies | Numbers |
| The name of the county | Each of the following:
Cornwall, Cumbria, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex and the Isle of Wight
Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear and West Yorkshire
| The council of the county
The councils of the districts in the county
| |
| Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire and Luton | Bedfordshire County Council
Luton Borough Council
| 2
1
|
| Berkshire | Berkshire | Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Newbury District Council[7]
Reading Borough Council
Slough Borough Council
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
Wokingham District Council
| 1
2
2
2
2
1
|
| Birmingham | The City of Birmingham | Birmingham City Council | |
| Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes | Buckinghamshire County Council
Milton Keynes Borough Council
| 3
1
|
| Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | Cambridgeshire County Council
Peterborough City Council
| 3
1
|
| Central London | The City of London, the City of Westminster, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple | Westminster City Council and the Common Council | |
| Cheshire | Cheshire, Halton and Warrington | Cheshire County Council
Halton Borough Council
Warrington Borough Council
| 7
1
2
|
| Coventry and Solihull | Coventry and Solihull | Coventry City Council and Solihull Borough Council | |
| Derbyshire | Derbyshire and Derby | Derbyshire County Council
Derby City Council
| 7
2
|
| Devon | Devon, Plymouth and Torbay | Devon County Council
Plymouth City Council
Torbay Borough Council
| 5
1
1
|
| Dorset | Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole | Dorset County Council
Bournemouth Borough Council
Poole Borough Council
| 6
3
2
|
| Durham | Durham and Darlington | Durham County Council
Darlington Borough Council
| 5
1
|
| East Sussex | East Sussex and Brighton and Hove | East Sussex County Council
Brighton and Hove District Council
| 2
1
|
| East Yorkshire | The East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston-upon-Hull, Selby and York | North Yorkshire County Council
East Riding District Council
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
York City Council
| 1
3
2
1
|
| Essex North | Braintree, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, Tendring and Uttlesford | Essex County Council | |
| Essex South | Basildon, Brentwood, Castle Point, Epping Forest, Harlow, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock | Essex County Council
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Thurrock Borough Council
| 9
4
2
|
| Hampshire North | Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Hart, Rushmoor, Test Valley and Winchester | Hampshire County Council | |
| Hampshire South | Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Havant, New Forest, Portsmouth and Southampton | Hampshire County Council
Portsmouth City Council
Southampton City Council
| 5
1
1
|
| Herefordshire and Worcestershire | Herefordshire and Worcestershire | Worcestershire County Council
County of Herefordshire District Council
| 3
1
|
| Isles of Scilly | The Isles of Scilly | The Council of the Isles of Scilly | |
| Kent | Kent and the Medway Towns | Kent County Council
The Medway Towns District Council
| 8
1
|
| Lancashire | Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool | Lancashire County Council
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Blackpool Borough Council
| 15
2
3
|
| Leicestershire | Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland | Leicestershire County Council
Leicester City Council
Rutland District Council
| 14
10
1
|
| Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire County Council
North East Lincolnshire District Council
North Lincolnshire District Council
| 4
1
1
|
| London North East | Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Islington, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest | The councils of the boroughs in the area | |
| London North West | Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow and Hillingdon | The councils of the boroughs in the area | |
| London South East | Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark | The councils of the boroughs in the area | |
| London South West | Hammersmith and Fulham, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth | The councils of the boroughs in the area | |
| Manchester North | Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Tameside, Rochdale and Wigan | | |
| Manchester South | Manchester, Salford, Stockport and Trafford | The councils of the districts in the area | The councils of the districts in the area |
| North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire other than Selby and York | North Yorkshire County Council | |
| Nottinghamshire | Nottinghamshire and Nottingham | Nottinghamshire County Council
Nottingham City Council
| 2
1
|
| Severnside | Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire | The councils of the districts in the area | |
| Shropshire | Shropshire and The Wrekin | Shropshire County Council
The Wrekin District Council
| 3
1
|
| Staffordshire | Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent | Staffordshire County Council
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
| 3
1
|
| Teesside | Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees | The councils of the districts in the area | |
| West Midlands West | Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton | The councils of the districts in the area | |
| Wiltshire | Wiltshire and Swindon | Wiltshire County Council
Swindon Borough Council
| 5
2
|
Under Part II of the Local Government Act 1992, where recommendations for changes to local government in England are made by the Local Government Commission, the Secretary of State may make an order (a "reorganisation order").
The Regulations make amendments to the arrangements for valuation tribunals in areas where local authorities are affected by structural changes made by reorganisation orders which take effect from 1st April 1998. The Regulations amend the Valuation and Community Charges Tribunals Regulations 1989, which established valuation tribunals.
Regulation 2 makes new provision for appointments to the Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Devon, Essex South, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, Kent, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Shropshire Valuation Tribunals.
Regulation 3 makes transitional provision for the filling of vacancies in the membership of these tribunals.
[1] 1988 c. 41.back
[2] 1992 c. 19.back
[3] S.I. 1989/439, amended by S.I. 1991/1, S.I. 1993/292, S.I. 1995/363, S.I. 1995/624, S.I. 1995/3056, S.I. 1996/43 and S.I. 1997/75 (which substitutes the Schedule superseded by this regulation). Valuation and community charge tribunals were renamed valuation tribunals by section 15(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14).back
[4] Amended by S.I. 1993/292.back
[5] Regulation 6(2) is amended by S.I. 1995/363 and S.I. 1997175.back
[6] Regulation 4 is substituted by S.I. 1997175.back
[7] The district of Newbury is re-named the district of West Berkshire with effect from 1st April 1998.back
