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RATES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1977 - SECT 53



53.(1) Where an appeal is made to the Commissioner under Article 51 and the
Commissioner is of the opinion that because of any difficulty arising or
likely to arise in connection with, or in the course of determining, the
appeal or for any other reason it is desirable that the appeal should be heard
and determined by the Lands Tribunal, the Commissioner, with the consent of
the President of the Lands Tribunal, may transfer the appeal to the Lands
Tribunal.

(2) Where an appeal is transferred to the Lands Tribunal under this Article,

(a)the Tribunal may exercise any power exercisable by it on an appeal under
Article 54 and paragraph (2) of that Article shall apply as it applies on an
appeal under that Article; and

(b)subject to any agreement as to costs, the costs of the appeal shall be
defrayed by the Department and any power to ask or apply for a review of the
taxation of any such costs shall (without prejudice to its exercise by the
other party to any such agreement) be exercisable by the Department.



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