Title: Valuation of Land (Miscellaneous) AmendmentBill 2009
Author: Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Category: parliamentary.copy
Document comments: lc53

Legislative Council—No 53
As introduced and read a first time, 4 February 2009

Valuation of Land (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2009

Valuation of Land (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2009
Part 1—Preliminary

Valuation of Land (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2009
Preliminary—Part 1

Valuation of Land (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2009
Part 2—Amendment of Valuation of Land Act 1971

Valuation of Land (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2009
Amendment of Valuation of Land Act 1971—Part 2

South Australia
Valuation of Land (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2009
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Valuation of Land Act 1971.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Valuation of Land Act 1971
3	Insertion of section 10A
10A	Method of valuation
4	Amendment of section 22A—Notional valuations to be made in certain cases
5	Amendment of section 22B—Heritage land
6	Amendment of section 23—Notice of valuation
7	Insertion of section 23A
23A	Reasons for valuation must be provided
8	Amendment of section 24—Objection to valuation

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Valuation of Land (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2009.
2—Amendment provisions
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Valuation of Land Act 1971
3—Insertion of section 10A
Before section 11 insert:
10A—Method of valuation
The Valuer‑General must, in making a valuation of land under this Act, have regard to other valuations in force under this Act.
4—Amendment of section 22A—Notional valuations to be made in certain cases
Section 22A(2a)—delete subsection (2a)
5—Amendment of section 22B—Heritage land
Section 22B(1)—after paragraph (b) insert:
		and
	(c)	disregard any existing division of the land or potential for division of the land that, in the opinion of the relevant valuing authority, enhances the value of the land.
6—Amendment of section 23—Notice of valuation
Section 23—after subsection (2) insert:
	(2a)	A notice of valuation under subsection (1) or an account, assessment or notice of a kind referred to in subsection (2), must include a statement setting out the rights of the owner or occupier under section 23A.
7—Insertion of section 23A
After section 23 insert:
23A—Reasons for valuation must be provided
	(1)	The Valuer‑General must, at the request of the owner or occupier of land in respect of which a valuation is in force under this Act, provide the owner or occupier (as the case may be) with a statement of reasons for the valuation, including details of other valuations in force under this Act to which regard has been had in making the valuation.
	(2)	No fee may be charged for the provision of a statement under this section.
8—Amendment of section 24—Objection to valuation
	(1)	Section 24(1a), (1b), (1c) and (1d)—delete subsections (1a), (1b), (1c) and (1d) and substitute:
	(1a)	An objection to a valuation may be made on the ground that the valuation is not fair or is unjust, inequitable or incorrect, whether by itself or in comparison with other valuations in force under this Act.
	(2)	Section 24(2)—after "based" insert:
and the reasons in support of those grounds

LC GP 104-B: the Hon John Darley MLC