Cap. 110 Art. 8Supplementary return by owner.

(1) The owner of any developed tenement in respect of which a return has been delivered in accordance with the provisions of article 5 shall, before commencing thereafter to make any structural alteration of or addition to such developed tenement or to effect any renovation, deliver to the Land Valuation Officer full and true particulars of the proposed works on and in accordance with the prescribed form.

(2) Within ten days after the completion of the works of which a return has been delivered as aforesaid, or when, for any reason, the owner has not proceeded with the whole of such works, within ten days after the completion of such works as have in fact been carried out, the owner of such developed tenement shall deliver to the Land Valuation Officer full and true particulars of such works on and in accordance with the prescribed form.

(3) Whenever the Land Valuation Officer has reasonable grounds for belief that as the result of any structural alteration of or addition to any developed tenement the annual value of such developed tenement has been increased he shall proceed to re-assess such developed tenement and shall give the owner thereof written notice of the re-assessed annual value of the developed tenement together with reasonable details as to how that figure has been calculated.

(4) If the owner of such developed tenement does not accept the re-assessed annual value and no agreement is reached between him and the Land Valuation Officer within two weeks after the receipt of such notice or such further period as may be allowed in writing by the Land Valuation Officer in any particular case, then the Land Valuation Officer shall by application refer the re-assessment for final decision by the Board of Special Commissioners appointed by this Ordinance. advocate in Malta for a period or periods amounting, in the aggregate, to seven years, shall be chairman. Before entering upon their duties the chairman and members shall take and subscribe an oath, before the Attorney General, to exercise their functions under this Act with impartiality and in accordance with the law.

(2) There shall be no appeal from the decision of a Board of Special Commissioners for Land Valuation.

(3) Proceedings of such Board shall be summary and may on the application of the owner be held in camera, and no record of the evidence need be kept.

(4) Witnesses may be called either by the Land Valuation Officer or by the owner at the hearing, and no adjournment shall be granted save for grave cause in prejudice of justice.

(5) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this article, the ordinary rules of civil procedure shall be followed so far as is compatible with summary proceedings. The determination shall be deposited with the Registrar of Courts and shall not be accessible to the general public without the consent in writing of the owner concerned. The costs of the proceedings shall be summarily taxed by the Board, and shall be paid by the Government or by the owner according as the annual value ascertained shall not or shall exceed by one-fiftieth the value put forward by the owner.

(6) The Board shall have all the powers conferred by the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure upon the Civil Court, First Hall. Any warrant or order issued by the Board shall be signed by the Chairman thereof and certified by the registrar. The Registry of the Courts in Malta, or, as the case may be, the Registry of the Courts of Magistrates (Gozo) shall be the registry of the Board.