New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VALUATION OF LAND ACT 1916 - SECT 14A

14A Valuer-General to ascertain land values

(1) The land value of each parcel of land in New South Wales, other than:

(a) lands of the Crown, or

(b) land that is within the Western Division and is not within the area of a rating or taxing authority,

is to be ascertained each year.

(2) The Valuer-General may at any time value any parcel of land, either on his or her own initiative or:

(a) in the case of lands of the Crown, on the application of the public authority by or on whose behalf the land is held, or

(b) in the case of land within the Western Division (including land referred to in paragraph (a)), on the application of the Western Lands Commissioner, or

(c) in the case of land within the area of a rating or taxing authority (including land referred to in paragraph (a) or (b)), on the application of that authority.

(4) The Valuer-General may separately value different parts of the same parcel of land, in which case this Act applies to each such part as if it were a separate parcel of land.

(5) Any land value ascertained under this Act is to be entered in the Register of Land Values.

(6) The power to ascertain a land value includes the power to reascertain that land value, and references in this Part to the ascertainment of land value are taken to include references to the reascertainment of land value.