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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Changes for England (Valuation Tribunals) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force—
(a) for the purposes of paragraphs (2) to (5) of regulation 3, on 8th January 1998, and
(b) for all other purposes on 1st April 1998.
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(1) The Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals Regulations 1989 (“the principal regulations”) are amended as follows.
(2) For regulation 3 there is substituted—“
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There shall continue to be a valuation tribunal for each of the areas ascertained in accordance with column 2 of Schedule 1; and each tribunal shall be known by the name ascertained in accordance with column 1 with the addition of the words “Valuation Tribunal”.”
(3) For Schedule 1 to the principal regulations there is substituted Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
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(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.
(2) Paragraph (3) applies to any vacancy in the membership of a tribunal mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 2—
(a) created by an increase effective on 1st April 1998 in the number of its members;
(b) existing on that date by reason of the failure of an appointing body to make an appointment before that date, or
(c) occurring on or after that date.
(3) Notwithstanding regulation 4(5) of the principal regulations, 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
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 2(3)


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 WightMerseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear and West Yorkshire The council of the countyThe councils of the districts in the county
Bedfordshire Bedfordshire and Luton Bedfordshire County CouncilLuton Borough Council 21
Berkshire Berkshire Bracknell Forest Borough CouncilNewbury District CouncilReading Borough CouncilSlough Borough CouncilWindsor and Maidenhead Borough CouncilWokingham District Council 122221
Birmingham The City of Birmingham Birmingham City Council
Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire County CouncilMilton Keynes Borough Council 31
Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Cambridgeshire County CouncilPeterborough City Council 31
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 CouncilHalton Borough CouncilWarrington Borough Council 712
Coventry and Solihull Coventry and Solihull Coventry City Council and Solihull Borough Council
Derbyshire Derbyshire and Derby Derbyshire County CouncilDerby City Council 72
Devon Devon, Plymouth and Torbay Devon County CouncilPlymouth City CouncilTorbay Borough Council 511
Dorset Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole Dorset County CouncilBournemouth Borough CouncilPoole Borough Council 632
Durham Durham and Darlington Durham County CouncilDarlington Borough Council 51
East Sussex East Sussex and Brighton and Hove East Sussex County CouncilBrighton and Hove District Council 21
East Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston-upon-Hull, Selby and York North Yorkshire County CouncilEast Riding District CouncilKingston-upon-Hull City CouncilYork City Council 1321
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 CouncilSouthend-on-Sea Borough CouncilThurrock Borough Council 942
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 CouncilPortsmouth City CouncilSouthampton City Council 511
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Herefordshire and Worcestershire Worcestershire County CouncilCounty of Herefordshire District Council 31
Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly The Council of the Isles of Scilly
Kent Kent and the Medway Towns Kent County CouncilThe Medway Towns District Council 81
Lancashire Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool Lancashire County CouncilBlackburn with Darwen Borough CouncilBlackpool Borough Council 1523
Leicestershire Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Leicestershire County CouncilLeicester City CouncilRutland District Council 14101
Lincolnshire Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire Lincolnshire County CouncilNorth East Lincolnshire District CouncilNorth Lincolnshire District Council 411
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 CouncilNottingham City Council 21
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 CouncilThe Wrekin District Council 31
Staffordshire Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire County CouncilStoke-on-Trent City Council 31
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 CouncilSwindon Borough Council 52
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 3


Tribunal Appointing bodies Number of vacancies
Berkshire Reading Borough CouncilSlough Borough CouncilNewbury District CouncilWindsor and Maidenhead Borough CouncilBracknell Forest Borough CouncilWokingham District Council 333333
Cambridgeshire Peterborough City Council 12
Cheshire Warrington Borough CouncilHalton Borough Council 21
Devon Plymouth City CouncilTorbay Borough Council 22
Essex South Southend-on-Sea Borough CouncilThurrock Borough Council 21
Herefordshire and Worcestershire County of Herefordshire District Council 8
Kent The Medway Towns District Council 5
Lancashire Blackpool Borough CouncilBlackburn with Darwen Borough Council 32
Nottinghamshire Nottingham City Council 18
Shropshire The Wrekin District Council 9