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Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004)

Chapter 7 : Valuation Appeal Boards

65. Meetings

 

 

(1) The chairperson of an appeal board decides when and where the board meets, but must promptly convene a meeting if a majority of the members of the board request him or her, in writing, to convene a board meeting at such time and such place set out in the request.

 

(2) When hearing an appeal, an appeal board must sit in a municipality whose valuation roll is the subject of the appeal or review.

 

(3) If the chairperson is absent or not available, or if there is a vacancy in the office of chairperson, the other members of the appeal board must elect a member with experience in the administration of justice or the alternate for the chairperson to preside at the meeting or to act as chairperson.

 

(4) Meetings of an appeal board are open to the public, but a board may adjourn in closed session when deliberating an issue before the board.