6ALand value

#### 6A Land value 6A Land value > **s 6A, hdg:** Ins 1978 No 126, Sch 1 (3). > > > (1) The land value of land is the capital sum which the fee-simple of the land might be expected to realise if offered for sale on such reasonable terms and conditions as a bona-fide seller would require, assuming that the improvements, if any, thereon or appertaining thereto, other than land improvements, and made or acquired by the owner or the owner’s predecessor in title had not been made. > > > (2) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1), in determining the land value of any land it shall be assumed that— > > > > > (a) the land may be used, or may continue to be used, for any purpose for which it was being used, or for which it could be used, at the date to which the valuation relates, and > > > > > (b) such improvements may be continued or made on the land as may be required in order to enable the land to continue to be so used, > > > > but nothing in this subsection prevents regard being had, in determining that value, to any other purpose for which the land may be used on the assumption that the improvements, if any, other than land improvements, referred to in subsection (1) had not been made. > > > (3) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1), in determining the land value of any land, being land in relation to which, at the date to which the valuation relates, there was a water right— > > > > > (a) the land value shall include the value of the right, and > > > > > (b) it shall be assumed that the right shall continue to apply in relation to the land. > > > (4) For the purpose of determining the value of a water right, the value of any water secured by, or referable to, that right is to be ignored. > > **s 6A:** Ins 1978 No 126, Sch 1 (3). Subst 1981 No 118, Sch 1 (3). Am 1983 No 146, sec 2; 1989 No 123, Sch 1 (2); 2005 No 49, Sch 2 \[2\].