{"id":"tas:sr-2026-045","name":"Proclamation under the Valuation of Land Act 2001","slug":"tas-sr-2026-045","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"45 of 2026","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":497816,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2026-045-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-06-30","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Valuation of Land Act 2001","content":"> Proclamation under the Valuation of Land Act 2001\n\nI, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, by this my proclamation made under [section 20(9) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-2001-102#GS20@Gs9@EN) [Valuation of Land Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-2001-102) –\n\n> > (a) fix 1 July 2026 as the date on and after which fresh valuations of all lands within the valuation districts comprising the municipal areas of Break O’Day, Burnie, Central Coast, Circular Head, George Town, Meander Valley and Northern Midlands come into force; and\n> \n> > (b) declare that this proclamation takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the *Gazette*.\n\n29 June 2026\n\nCAROLINE WELLS\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nNICHOLAS JOHN HENRY DUIGAN\n\nMinister for Parks and Heritage\n\nDisplayed and numbered in accordance with the *[Rules Publication Act 1953](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1953-050)*.\n\nNotified in the *Gazette* on 30 June 2026\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"I cannot determine whether this version changed the scope of the Valuation of Land Act 2001 because the operative proclamation text is not included. Proclamations commonly only fix commencement dates (no scope change). If the proclamation instead adds exclusions, new valuation methods, or retrospective application, that would broaden or alter scope; paste the text and I will compare it to the Act and prior proclamations and say whether the scope has materially changed."},"complexity_factors":["No operative text provided in the prompt (analysis provisional).","Typical proclamations are short (usually a few clauses) — provisional low complexity.","Complexity increases if proclamation includes: nested transitional provisions, retrospective commencement, multiple commencement dates or class exclusions.","Presence of delegations to Valuer‑General or administrative directions would raise complexity.","Cross‑references to the principal Act or to other amending instruments would increase complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"**Short answer — I can’t analyse the operative content yet because the proclamation text itself isn’t included.**\n\nBelow is a concise, plain-English guide to what a \"Proclamation under the Valuation of Land Act 2001 (Tas.)\" normally does, who it normally affects, and the concrete practical effects you should check for in the actual instrument. If you paste the proclamation text (or the link to the exact instrument text), I will give a line‑by‑line, section‑by‑section analysis and a final complexity rating tied to the actual wording.\n\n**What this kind of proclamation usually does (mechanically):**\n\n- **Sets commencement dates.** It commonly declares when particular sections of the Valuation of Land Act 2001 (or amendments) start to operate — for example, bringing new valuation rules into force on a specific day. The proclamation makes those parts legally effective.\n- **Declares valuation days or cycles.** It can fix the valuation date (the date land is to be valued) or the timing for a revaluation cycle that affects rates and land tax calculations.\n- **Applies transitional or savings arrangements.** It may specify how existing valuations are to be treated, how appeals work during the changeover, and whether previous decisions remain in force.\n- **Limits scope to particular provisions or classes of land.** It can commence only specified sections, or apply to particular categories of land (e.g. Crown land, exempt land, commercial vs residential) rather than the whole Act.\n- **Confers or confirms administrative steps.** It can direct the Valuer‑General (the decision‑maker in valuation matters) to take particular steps, or require agencies to prepare to implement the change.\n\n**Who is affected (typical):**\n\n- **Property owners and occupiers.** Changes can affect how much they pay in council rates and state land tax because valuations feed into those charges.\n- **Councils and state revenue agencies.** They use valuations to set and collect rates/taxes and will need to alter billing and budgeting if valuations change.\n- **Valuer‑General, registered valuers and valuation staff.** They must adopt the new valuation date, method, or administrative rules and meet any new compliance or data‑reporting obligations.\n- **Businesses in property services.** Conveyancers, property managers and developers may face changed transaction timing, disclosure requirements or contested valuations.\n\n**Why this matters (concrete mechanisms, not opinion):**\n\n- The proclamation fixes the legal moment from which new valuation rules affect money flows (rates, land tax) and rights (appeals, objections). That timing changes when liabilities arise and when people must act to protect their position.\n- It creates or removes administrative burdens: property owners may need to lodge objections or provide information; councils may need to reissue rates notices; valuers may need to run new valuation processes.\n\n**What to look for in the actual proclamation (key clauses that change legal and economic outcomes):**\n\n- **Exact commencement words** (which sections commence, and on what date). Those decide who is bound and when.\n- **Any valuation date or revaluation cycle specified.** That changes which market data the valuers use and which past transactions are relevant.\n- **Transitional provisions and savings.** These determine whether existing valuations, objections and appeals survive the change and how they’re treated.\n- **Scope limitations or exclusions.** If certain land classes are excluded or treated differently, that redistributes cost/benefit across landholders.\n- **Delegations or administrative directions.** Any instruction to the Valuer‑General or agencies that affects discretion or process flow.\n- **Retrospective effect.** If the proclamation purports to make something operate from an earlier date, that raises legal and implementation issues.\n\n**Costs, incentives and trade-offs to watch for (how behaviour changes):**\n\n- **Who pays vs who benefits.** A change that increases assessed land values will raise charges for many owners (diffuse costs) while producing revenue for state and local governments (concentrated receipts). Businesses providing valuation services may gain more work (concentrated benefit).\n- **Compliance and contesting costs.** Owners may spend time and money lodging objections or commissioning private valuations; the state bears administrative costs in processing them.\n- **Timing and budgeting impacts.** Councils and agencies may need to revise budgets if valuations change mid‑financial year.\n- **Implementation risk.** Short lead times increase risk of errors, backlogs or litigation if valuation staff cannot implement new rules cleanly.\n\n**How I will proceed once you provide the proclamation text:**\n\n- I will identify the operative clauses and explain, in plain language, what each does, who decides, and who pays.\n- I will call out any retrospective operation, unusual exemptions, or delegations of discretion that raise implementation or legal risk.\n- I will give a final complexity score and a concrete list of compliance actions for affected parties.\n\nIf you want a quick provisional judgment now: proclamations under valuation statutes are usually short and technical. When they simply fix commencement dates they are low in complexity (score 1–3). Complexity rises if they contain detailed transitional rules, exemptions by land class, retrospective operations, or new administrative directions.\n\nPlease paste the full proclamation text (or the specific clauses you want analysed) or a stable link to the instrument text and I’ll do the detailed statutory analysis."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2026-045","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2026-045/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2026-045/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2026-045/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2026-045/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2026-045/documents"}}