VALUATION OF LAND ACT 1916 - SECT 9A Private valuations by Valuer-General

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.