13HRecommendations for valuations

#### 13H Recommendations for valuations 13H Recommendations for valuations > > (1) Any valuation for which the Valuer-General is required under section 13C to invite tenders for contested valuation service contracts must, and any other valuation under this Act may, be made by the Valuer-General on the recommendation of a contract valuer. > > > (2) For the purpose of formulating recommendations in connection with a valuation, a contract valuer may exercise any relevant functions or discretions that expressly or impliedly belong to the Valuer-General and— > > > > > (a) that are specifically authorised by the relevant valuation service contract to be exercised by the contract valuer, or > > > > > (b) that, although not so specifically authorised, are ancillary to or otherwise relate to the making of the valuation. > > > > This subsection has effect subject to the valuation service contract. > > > (3) The Valuer-General may make a valuation on the basis of such a recommendation— > > > > > (a) without independently exercising relevant functions or discretions referred to in subsection (2), and > > > > > (b) without independently assessing the accuracy of the recommendation. > > > (4) Without limiting section 13F, the Valuer-General is to monitor and make general assessments of the standards of accuracy of recommendations. > > > (5) The Valuer-General may request that a recommendation be revised by the contract valuer who prepared it. > > > (6) If a contract valuer under a contested valuation service contract— > > > > > (a) fails to make a recommendation in respect of a valuation or class of valuations to which the contract applies, or > > > > > (b) fails to revise a recommendation, in respect of a valuation or class of valuations to which the contract applies, in accordance with a request under subsection (5), > > > > the Valuer-General may make the valuation or valuations concerned without the need for such a recommendation. > > > (7) Alternatively, the Valuer-General may negotiate and enter into an uncontested valuation service contract with some other contract valuer to provide the relevant recommendations. > > **s 13H (previously Sec 14B):** Ins 1996 No 140, Sch 1 \[10\]. Renumbered 2000 No 106, Sch 1 \[13\].