Assessment Committee

Assessment Committee. This is a statutory committee for the purpose of making out the valuation list on which the poor rate is based. See VALUATION LIST and POOR LAWS. The committee is appointed and acts by virtue of the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 90). See s. 17 and First Sched. When the valuation list has been published, objection may be taken and relief asked for from the committee. The notice of objection must be in writing and give the general grounds relief on R. v. London Justices, (1897) 1 QB 433; R. v. Essex Justices, (1902) 1 KB 180. The committee has no power to administer an oath or to order costs. An appeal lies from the committee to the local Quarter Sessions, Imperial and Grand Hotels Co. v. Christchurch Union, 1905 (2) KB 239 (27 of 1957).