§ Mr. Bossomasked the Attorney-General why people wishing to appeal to the Lands Tribunal are compelled to pay £1 stamp fee to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue; and why the rules governing the Lands Tribunal can only be obtained by paying 9d. for them to His Majesty's Stationery Office or a bookseller.
The Attorney-GeneralThe fee of £1 is payable in accordance with Rules made by my noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor under the provisions of Section 3 of the Lands Tribunal Act, 1949, in cases which, before the setting up of the Lands Tribunal, would have been referred to an official arbitrator and is the same as the fee charged in those cases: on a rating appeal to the Lands Tribunal, the fee payable on the notice of appeal is only 2s. 6d. (which is the same as the fee which was previously payable on a rating appeal to Quarter Sessions).
The Lands Tribunal Rules, 1949, are a Statutory Instrument, and the price payable is the usual price charged by H.M. Stationery Office for Instruments of this size to cover the cost of production and distribution.