Valuation of Land Act 1916
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81 Regulations
81 Regulations
(1) The Governor may from time to time make regulations for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say—
(a) Defining the duties and powers of the Valuer-General, members of the Valuer-General’s staff, persons employed in the State Valuation Office, contract valuers and directors, officers, employees and agents of contract valuers.
(b) Determining the form and contents of the Register of Land Values, and making provision for whatever the Governor deems necessary for the proper preparation, completion, alteration, amendment, and custody thereof.
(c) Determining the mode in which valuation lists shall be prepared for and supplied to rating and taxing authorities, and making provision for whatever the Governor deems necessary in connection therewith.
(d) For giving effect to the provisions of this Act as to notices and objections and prescribing the manner of serving notices and what shall be conclusive proof of service.
(e) Determining the fees payable under the Act and the mode in which the same shall be paid and recoverable.
(f) Making provision for anything which is expressed to be prescribed or in respect of which regulations are contemplated by this Act.
(g) For the exercise of any powers by this Act conferred upon the Governor.
(h) Regulating valuation service contracts, including—
(i) regulating the matters that may or are to be the subject of valuation service contracts, and
(ii) regulating the process of inviting, receiving, assessing and accepting tenders for contested valuation service contracts.
(i) Prescribing the tables and methods to be used in calculating the values of the interests of lessors and lessees and of other persons having interests in any land.
(j) Making provision for any matter necessary in order to give full effect to this Act.
(k) (Repealed)
(2) (Repealed)
s 81: Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1978 No 137, Sch 5 (24); 1980 No 137, sec 3 (1); 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1996 No 140, Sch 1 [28] [29]; 2000 No 106, Sch 1 [45]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.92 [9].