HC Deb 19 February 1948 vol 447 cc1446-7

Amendment made: In page 25, line 31 at end, insert: to each of the following persons, not being the maker of the proposal, that is to say—

  1. (a) the occupier of the hereditament to which the proposal relates; and
  2. (b) the rating authority for the area in which the hereditament in question is situated."—[Mr. Bevan.]

Mr. J. Edwards

I beg to move, in page 25, line 32, to leave out from "that" to "where," in line 33, and to insert: a copy of the proposal need not be transmitted under this Subsection to the occupier of the hereditament (not being the rating authority). This follows the Amendment to line 31. The proviso to Subsection (2) of the Clause relieves the valuation officer of the duty to send a copy of a proposal to the occupier where the proposal merely requires a reduction in value, and the Amendment varies this to the extent of requiring the valuation officer to send notice in such circumstances where the occupier is the rating authority.

Amendment agreed to.

Further Amendments made: In line 37, at the beginning, insert: Any of the following persons, that is to say. In line 38, after "relates," insert: or the rating authority for the area in which the hereditament is situated. In line 40, after "section," insert: in the case of such an owner (not being the rating authority) or such an occupier as aforesaid, on the occupier or, in the case of the rating authority (not being such an occupier) on the rating authority. In line 41, at end, insert: and the valuation officer shall, within seven days of the date on which a notice of objection is served on him, transmit a copy thereof to the maker of the proposal. In page 26, line 22, after the first "the," insert: date when a copy of the notice of objection is received by the appellant or, as the case may be, from the. In line 24, at end, insert: (b) where the rating authority for the area in which the hereditament in question is situated have neither made the objection nor are themselves the appellant, on that authority; and."—[Mr. Edwards.]