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VALUATION OF LAND ACT 1960 - SECT 23 Appeal to Supreme Court

VALUATION OF LAND ACT 1960 - SECT 23

Appeal to Supreme Court

    (1)     The President of VCAT, on his or her own initiative or on the application of a party, may refer a matter that is the subject of an application under section 22 to the Supreme Court to be treated as an appeal to the Supreme Court if the President is satisfied that the matter raises questions of unusual difficulty or of general importance.

    (2)     The principal registrar of VCAT must notify the valuer-general of a referral to the Supreme Court under subsection (1).

    (3)     In addition to subsection (1), a matter that is or could be the subject of an application under section 22 may be treated as an appeal to the Supreme Court if, on the application of any party, the Court is satisfied that the matter raises questions of unusual difficulty or of general importance.

    (4)     For the purposes of subsection (3), a "party" includes a person who would be a party if the matter were the subject of an application under section 22.

    (5)     The prothonotary must notify the valuer-general of an application to the Supreme Court under subsection (3).

    (6)     Nothing in this section limits the application of section 77 of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 .

Note

Section 77 of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 permits VCAT to refer a matter to a more appropriate forum.

S. 24 substituted by No. 22/2006 s. 16.