Valuation of Land Act 2001

The Minister may appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee to be the Valuer-General and that person holds that office in conjunction with State Service employment.

Subject to the State Service Act 2000, the Valuer-General is responsible for the direction, control and management of the valuation of land in accordance with this Act.

Without limiting subsection (2), the Valuer-General has the following functions:to establish and maintain valuation rolls under this Act by means of such databases or formats as the Valuer-General thinks appropriate; to enter valuations in the valuation rolls and databases; to determine adjustment factors as provided by Part 9A; to be responsible for the administration of contracts made under this Act for valuation services; to make valuations or provide other advice as required by or under this or any other Act; to deal with objections and appeals against valuations made under this Act; to monitor the quality of valuation services performed by valuation contractors.

Subsection (3)(c) does not prevent a rating authority from taking any action, with the approval of the Valuer-General, against a valuation contractor to recover loss arising from a contract for the provision of valuation services.