The Leasehold Valuation Tribunals (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2004

Representative applications and other provisions for securing consistency

8.—(1) Where it appears to a tribunal that numerous applications —

(a)have been made in respect of the same or substantially the same matters; or

(b)include some matters which are the same or substantially the same,

the tribunal may propose to determine only one of those applications (“the representative application”) as representative of all of the applications on those matters which are the same or substantially the same (“the common matters”), and shall give notice of the proposal to the parties to all such applications.

(2) A notice under paragraph (1) shall —

(a)specify the common matters;

(b)specify the application which the tribunal proposes to determine as the representative application;

(c)explain that the tribunal’s decision on the common matters in the representative application will apply to the common matters in any application made by a person to whom notice has been given under that paragraph;

(d)invite objections to the tribunal’s proposal to determine the representative application; and

(e)specify the address to which objections may be sent and the date (being not less than 21 days after the date that the notice was sent) by which the objections must be received by the tribunal.

(3) Where no objection is received on or before the date specified in the notice —

(a)the tribunal shall determine the representative application in accordance with these Regulations;

(b)the tribunal need not determine the matters mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) in any other application made by a person to whom a notice under paragraph (1) has been given; and

(c)the decision of the tribunal in respect of the representative application shall be recorded as the decision of the tribunal in respect of the common matters in any such other application.

(4) Where an objection is received on or before the date specified in the notice —

(a)sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph (3) shall apply only to those applications in respect of which no objection was made, and

(b)the application in respect of which an objection was made may be determined together with the representative application.