New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VALUATION OF LAND ACT 1916 - SECT 9A

9A Private valuations by Valuer-General

(1) The Valuer-General may make a valuation of land at the request of any person (a "private valuation") for the purposes of any agreement or other arrangement between parties (a "private agreement") that provides for the valuation to be made by the Valuer-General.

(2) The terms of the private agreement do not prevent the Valuer-General from delegating the making of the private valuation or from making the private valuation on the recommendation of a contract valuer.

Note: Section 8 (5) enables the Valuer-General to delegate the making of a private valuation to any person. Section 13H provides for the Valuer-General to make a private valuation on the recommendation of a contract valuer.

(3) A private valuation made by a delegate of the Valuer-General or by the Valuer-General on the recommendation of a contract valuer is, for the purposes of a private agreement, deemed to have been made by the Valuer-General (even if the private agreement provides for the valuation to be made by the Valuer-General as an expert valuer or on the basis of the Valuer-General’s own investigations, skill and judgment).

(4) The making of a private valuation under this section is at the discretion of the Valuer-General and the Valuer-General cannot be required to make a private valuation under this section.