7EProvision of releasable information

7E Provision of releasable information On the payment of any fees as may be set by the valuer-general, the valuer-general may, subject to and in accordance with any written policy directions of the Minister, supply to any person releasable information that— (a) forms part of the valuation record; and (b) is publicly available under section 7D. S. 8 amended by Nos 7762 s. 10(2), 8649 s. 6, 55/1989 s. 11(2)(e), 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), repealed by No. 94/2009 s. 11. S. 8AA inserted by No. 8649 s. 7, amended by No. 55/1989 s. 11(3)(e), substituted by No. 94/2009 s. 12. 8AA Fees for copy of valuation S. 8AA(1) amended by Nos 69/2011 s. 52(1), 58/2012 s. 123(1), 50/2024 s. 64(a). (1) A rating authority, other than a council or a collection agency, that has received a copy of the whole or part of a valuation for use under section 7AG must pay the valuer-general— (a) on receipt of the valuation, a fee for the use of the valuation; and (b) after that, fees in respect of the servicing of the valuation. S. 8AA(1A) inserted by No. 69/2011 s. 52(2), amended by No. 58/2012 s. 123(2), substituted by No. 67/2017 s. 49. (1A) A council or a collection agency that has been provided with a valuation by the valuer-general under section 11 or 13H is not required to pay a fee for the provision of that valuation. S. 8AA(1B) inserted by No. 69/2011 s. 52(2), amended by No. 58/2012 s. 123(3). (1B) A council or a collection agency that has requested a supplementary valuation under section 13DFB or 13N must pay the valuer-general— (a) on receipt of the valuation, a fee for the valuation; and (b) after that, fees in respect of the servicing of the valuation. S. 8AA(2) amended by No. 69/2011 s. 52(3). (2) A fee payable under this section is— (a) the fee agreed between the parties; or (b) in default of an agreement, the fee determined by the Minister. S. 8AA(3) amended by No. 50/2024 s. 64(b). (3) A fee is not payable under this section in relation to a general valuation unless the valuation or part of the valuation provided has been declared as generally true and correct by the Minister under section 7AF. S. 8A inserted by No. 6825 s. 6, amended by Nos 7235 s. 5(a)(b), 12/1989 s. 4(1)(Sch. 2 items 125.8–125.18), 55/1989 s. 11(2)(f) (3)(f)–(h), repealed by No. 91/1994 s. 38(e). S. 8B inserted by No. 7019 s. 2, repealed by No. 7762 s. 6. Pt 2 (Heading) substituted by No. 94/2009 s. 13, amended by No. 67/2015 s. 10. Pt 2 (Heading and ss 9–13) amended by Nos 6825 ss 7, 8, 6886 s. 3, 7315 s. 5(1), substituted as Pt 2 (Heading and ss 9–13H) by No. 8405 s. 2. Part II—Valuations for Local Government Act 1989 and rateable land Pt 2 Divs 1–3 (Headings and ss 9–13D) repealed.[[1]](#endnote-2) New s. 9 inserted by No. 94/2009 s. 14, substituted by No. 67/2017 s. 50, repealed by No. 50/2024 s. 93. New s. 10 inserted by No. 94/2009 s. 14, amended by No. 67/2015 s. 11, substituted by No. 67/2017 s. 51, repealed by No. 50/2024 s. 93. S. 11 (Heading) amended by No. 67/2017 s. 52(1). New s. 11 inserted by No. 94/2009 s. 14, substituted by No. 69/2011 s. 53, amended by No. 50/2024 s. 65(a). 11 General valuation to be made each year For the purposes of the **Local Government Act 1989**, the valuer-general must— S. 11(a) amended by No. 67/2017 s. 52(2)(a). (a) cause a general valuation of rateable land within an area to be made as at 1 January in each calendar year; and S. 11(b) amended by No. 67/2015 s. 12. (b) before 30 April that year, cause a general valuation made in accordance with paragraph (a)— S. 11(b)(i) amended by No. 50/2024 s. 65(b). (i) to be returned to the valuer-general; and S. 11(b)(ii) substituted by No. 67/2017 s. 52(2)(b). (ii) to be provided to the council of the municipal district to which the area relates. S. 12 (Heading) amended by No. 50/2024 s. 66(1). New s. 12 inserted by No. 94/2009 s. 14, amended by Nos 67/2017 s. 53, 50/2024 s. 66(2). 12 Minister may vary dates for general valuation in municipal district The Minister, after consultation with the valuer-general, may direct the valuer-general to cause a valuation of rateable land within a municipal district to be made as at, and returned before, dates other than those specified in section 11. Pt 2 Div. 3A (Heading) repealed by No. 94/2009 s. 15. Pt 2 Div. 3A (Heading and ss 13DA–13DJ) inserted by No. 55/1989 s. 8 (as amended by No. 78/1991 ss 16, 17). S. 13DA (Heading) substituted by No. 67/2017 s. 54. S. 13DA inserted by No. 55/1989 s. 8, amended by No. 91/1994 s. 3(2), substituted by No. 94/2009 s. 16. 13DA Valuations for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1989 S. 13DA(1) amended by Nos 69/2011 s. 54(1), 50/2024 s. 67(a). (1) The valuer-general, when making a valuation under this Act for the purposes of the **Local Government Act 1989**, may appoint one or more people to carry out the valuation. S. 13DA(2) amended by Nos 69/2011 s. 54(2), 50/2024 s. 67(a). (2) The valuer-general must not appoint a person under subsection (1) unless the person holds the qualifications or experience specified from time to time by the Minister by notice published in the Government Gazette. S. 13DA(3) amended by No. 69/2011 s. 54(3), repealed by No. 50/2024 s. 67(b). S. 13DB inserted by No. 55/1989 s. 8, repealed by No. 91/1994 s. 8(1). S. 13DC inserted by No. 55/1989 s. 8 (as amended by No. 78/1991 s. 16(a)–(f)). 13DC Valuations generally S. 13DC(1) substituted by No. 58/2012 s. 124. (1) In every valuation for the purposes of the **Local Government Act 1989**, each separate occupancy on rateable land must— (a) be computed at its net annual value, its capital improved value and, if required by a rating authority, its site value; (b) be allocated an AVPCC based on the Valuation Best Practice Specifications Guidelines. (2) A council may use in respect of rateable land within its municipal district valuations in force in respect of that land immediately before the constitution of the council for such period as the latest of the valuations might have been used by the council for which it was made. S. 13DC(3) substituted by Nos 17/1998 s. 3(1), 22/2006 s. 10, repealed by No. 94/2009 s. 17. S. 13DC(4) substituted by No. 22/2006 s. 10, repealed by No. 94/2009 s. 17. S. 13DC(5) substituted by Nos 17/1998 s. 3(2), 22/2006 s. 10. (5) In a general valuation, regard must be had to every circumstance affecting the land at the date the valuation is returned that, were it to occur or come into existence subsequently, would be a circumstance in which, under section 13DF(2), a supplementary valuation could be made. (6) If several parcels of land in the same municipal district are occupied by the same person and separated from each other only by a road or railway or other similar area across or around which movement is reasonably possible, the parcels must be regarded as together forming rateable land and valued accordingly. S. 13DC(7) amended by No. 91/1994 s. 9. (7) If any person is liable to be rated in respect of 2 or more unoccupied parcels of land in the same municipal district and the parcels form one continuous area, the parcels must be regarded as together forming rateable land and valued accordingly. (7A) If a portion of a parcel of land on which a building is erected is occupied separately, or is obviously adapted to being occupied separately, from other land in the parcel, that portion must be regarded as forming a separate rateable property and must be valued accordingly. (8) If any portion of a parcel or parcels of land forming rateable land for the purposes of a municipal rate or of a rate to be levied by any other rating authority using the valuation is subject— (a) to a rate levied in respect of that portion only; or (b) to a differential rate which differs from the rate levied in respect of the remainder of that parcel or those parcels— the value of the land must be apportioned so as to show separately the value of the portion. (9) If land comprising one undertaking extends continuously beyond the boundaries of any municipal district the value, for the purposes of any rate, of so much of the land as is within any one municipal district, must be assessed as part of the value of the whole of the land. S. 13DD inserted by No. 55/1989 s. 8 (as amended by No. 78/1991 s. 17(1), amended by Nos 105/1995 s. 5(a), 17/1998 s. 4(1), repealed by No. 67/2017 s. 55. S. 13DE inserted by No. 55/1989 s. 8 (as amended by No. 78/1991 s. 17(2)), amended by No. 17/1998 s. 4(2), repealed by No. 67/2017 s. 55. S. 13DF inserted by No. 55/1989 s. 8. 13DF Supplementary valuation S. 13DF(1) substituted by No. 67/2015 s. 13(1). (1) Despite anything in this or any other Act, a person referred to in section 13DA may carry out a supplementary valuation— (a) for the purposes of the **Local Government Act 1989**; or S. 13DF(1)(b) amended by No. 16/2025 s. 22(5)(d)(i). (b) for the purposes of the **Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund Act 2012** in relation to rateable land. (2) A supplementary valuation may be made in any of the following circumstances— (a) if any land which should be included in the valuation then in force is not included; S. 13DF(2)(ab) inserted by No. 67/2015 s. 13(2). (ab) if any land which should not have been included in the valuation then in force was included; (b) if the value of the land is materially altered by the approval of a planning scheme under the **Planning and Environment Act 1987** or an amendment to a planning scheme under that Act, or by the granting, refusal or cancellation of a permit under such a scheme; (c) if by reason of the sale of lots, any land in respect of which two or more persons are liable to be rated has been valued together as rateable land; (d) if by reason of the purchase of land or any other cause, any land in respect of which only one person is liable to be rated has been valued as if more than one person was liable to be rated; (e) if any land has become rateable since the return of the existing valuation; S. 13DF(2)(f) repealed by No. 93/1995 s. 218(1) (Sch. 2 item 8.2(a)), new s. 13DF(2)(f) inserted by No. 67/2015 s. 13(3). (f) if any land has ceased to be rateable land since the return of the existing valuation; S. 13DF(2)(g) amended by Nos 93/1995 s. 218(1) (Sch. 2 item 8.2(b)), 7/2017 s. 307(4), repealed by No. 17/2019 s. 57. (h) if by reason of the destruction or removal of buildings or other improvements on land or by reason of any physical changes of a permanent nature to land or improvements or by the making of roads or any other work of man or by adverse natural causes, the capital improved value, net annual value or site value of that land has been materially decreased; (i) if any land or part of any land is burdened by a covenant under section 3A(1) of the **Victorian Conservation Trust Act 1972** or, if upon variation or release of such a covenant, the capital improved value, net annual value or site value of that land has been materially decreased or materially increased; (j) if by reason of the erection or construction of buildings or other improvements on land or by reason of any physical changes of a permanent nature to land or improvements or by the making of roads or any other work of man or by favourable natural causes, the capital improved value, net annual value or site value of that land has been materially increased; (k) if there has been a change in occupancy which affects the net annual value of the land; S. 13DF(2)(ka) inserted by No. 34/2014 s. 30(1). (ka) if there has been a change in occupancy which affects the AVPCC allocation given to the land; S. 13DF(2)(l) repealed by No. 22/2006 s. 11(1)(a), new s. 13DF(2)(l) inserted by No. 85/2006 s. 172(2), expired by force of No. 6653 s. 13DF(10), new s. 13DF(2)(l) inserted by No. 58/2012 s. 125. (l) if there has been an error made in the AVPCC allocation given to the land, discovery of which has given rise to a change in the land use classification of the land; S. 13DF(2)(la) inserted by No. 67/2015 s. 13(4). (la) if any rateable land that was not leviable land has become leviable land since the return of the existing valuation; S. 13DF(2)(lb) inserted by No. 67/2015 s. 13(4). (lb) if any rateable land that was leviable land has become land that is not leviable land since the return of the existing valuation; (m) if by reason of the sale, transfer or conveyance of any land or the transfer, surrender or expiration of a lease of any land there are on the land any of the improvements described in paragraph (b) of the definition of ***improvements*** in section 2(1) which were not made by the person who is the owner or occupier of the land; (n) if for any reason other than a reason referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (m), the capital improved value, net annual value or site value— (i) of any land specified by Order of the Governor in Council published in the Government Gazette; or (ii) of the land in any area specified by Order of the Governor in Council published in the Government Gazette— is or is likely to have been materially altered as a consequence of any Act, proclamation, Order in Council, regulation, by-law or local law; (o) if any arithmetical error has been made in calculating any valuation upon which any rate is payable or if by reason of any error in describing the land or any matter relating to the land or any improvements to it, an incorrect valuation has resulted. S. 13DF(3) amended by Nos 22/2006 s. 11(1)(b), 50/2024 s. 68(a). (3) Any supplementary valuation when certified by the valuer-general under section 13DFA must be treated as a part of the valuation in force and has the effect of cancelling anything contained in the existing valuation which is not consistent with the supplementary valuation. S. 13DF(3A) inserted by No. 22/2006 s. 11(2), amended by Nos 34/2014 s. 30(2), 67/2017 s. 56(1), 50/2024 s. 68(b), 16/2025 s. 22(5)(d)(ii). (3A) Despite subsection (3), if the supplementary valuation was requested by a council, that council may, for the purposes of levying or adjusting a municipal rate or emergency services and volunteers funding levy, use the supplementary valuation before it is certified by the valuer-general. S. 13DF(4) amended by Nos 34/2014 s. 30(3), 16/2025 s. 22(5)(d)(ii). (4) If a supplementary valuation has been made in any of the circumstances referred to in subsection (2) other than paragraph (o), the amount of any rate or emergency services and volunteers funding levy payable in relation to that land must be calculated— S. 13DF(4)(a) substituted by No. 47/2020 s. 66. (a) in the case of a supplementary valuation carried out at the request of a council that nominates a day under section 13DFB(2A)— (i) for any period until the nominated day, by reference to the existing valuation; and (ii) from the day after the nominated day for the remainder of the period, upon the supplementary valuation; or S. 13DF(4)(b) substituted by No. 47/2020 s. 66. (b) in any other case— (i) for any period until the day of that return, by reference to the existing valuation; and (ii) from the day after that return for the remainder of the period, upon the supplementary valuation. S. 13DF(5) amended by Nos 34/2014 s. 30(4), 16/2025 s. 22(5)(d)(ii). (5) If a supplementary valuation has been made in any of the circumstances referred to in subsection (2)(l) or (2)(o), the council may adjust the rate or emergency services and volunteers funding levy payable retrospectively for any period it considers just. S. 13DF(6) amended by No. 50/2024 s. 68(c). (6) The valuer in carrying out a supplementary valuation must— (a) have regard to the general levels of value upon which the valuation in force within the municipal district or ward was based; and (b) assess the value that the land to which the supplementary valuation applies would have had if at the time at which the last valuation of the municipal district or ward was made it had been in the condition in which it is at the time of the making of the supplementary valuation, having regard to every circumstance which affects the value of the land at the time of the making of the supplementary valuation, if it is a circumstance requiring the making of a supplementary valuation of the land under subsection (2). S. 13DF(7) amended by Nos 105/1995 s. 5(b), 34/2014 s. 30(5), repealed by No. 67/2015 s. 13(5). S. 13DF(8) amended by No. 22/2006 s. 11(3). (8) The valuer must make entries on the return showing every alteration made on supplementary valuations or on an adjustment or determination of VCAT or the Supreme Court under Part III for as long as the valuation remains in force. S. 13DF(9) inserted by No. 85/2006 s. 172(3), expired by force of No. 6653 s. 13DF(10), new s. 13DF(9) inserted by No. 34/2014 s. 30(6), amended by No. 67/2017 s. 56(2). (9) For the purposes of subsection (5), a reference to a council includes the council acting in its capacity as a collection agency. S. 13DF(10) inserted by No. 85/2006 s. 172(3), expired by force of No. 6653 s. 13DF(10). S. 13DFA inserted by No. 22/2006 s. 12, amended by No. 67/2017 s. 57, substituted by No. 50/2024 s. 69. 13DFA Certification of supplementary valuation (1) If, after considering a supplementary valuation carried out under section 13DF, the valuer-general is satisfied that the valuation is correct, the valuer-general must so certify. (2) If, after considering a supplementary valuation carried out under section 13DF, the valuer-general is not satisfied that the valuation is correct, the valuer-general must inform the valuer who carried out the valuation, who must carry out a further supplementary valuation in accordance with section 13DF. (3) The valuer-general may at any time require the valuer to give further information concerning the supplementary valuation to the valuer-general. (4) If, within 2 months after receiving a supplementary valuation under section 13DF, the valuer-general has not certified the valuation or informed the valuer under subsection (2), the valuer-general is taken to have certified the valuation at the end of that period. (5) In calculating the period referred to in subsection (4), any time between the time when the valuer-general requires the valuer to give the valuer‑general further information under subsection (3) and the time when that requirement is complied with is not to be counted. S. 13DFB (Heading) amended by No. 50/2024 s. 70(1). S. 13DFB inserted by No. 94/2009 s. 18, amended by No. 69/2011 s. 55, substituted by No. 67/2017 s. 58. 13DFB Valuer-general to make supplementary valuation if requested by council (1) The valuer-general must cause a supplementary valuation under section 13DF to be made if so requested by the council of that municipal district. (2) A request made by a council under subsection (1) must— (a) be made to the valuer-general in writing; and (b) be accompanied by a report of the valuation data in the form prescribed by the Valuation Best Practice Specifications Guidelines. S. 13DFB(2A) inserted by No. 47/2020 s. 67. (2A) A request under subsection (1) may nominate a day for the purposes of section 13DF(4)(a), being a day that is within the period for which the existing valuation applies and is not earlier than the day on which the circumstances referred to in section 13DF(2) occurred in relation to the land for which the supplementary valuation is to be caused. S. 13DFB(3) amended by No. 50/2024 s. 70(2). (3) If a council requests a supplementary valuation to be caused by the valuer-general under subsection (1), the valuer-general must give the supplementary valuation to the council within 10 business days after the supplementary valuation is completed by, or returned to, the valuer-general (as the case requires). S. 13DG inserted by No. 55/1989 s. 8, amended by No. 94/2009 s. 19, repealed by No. 50/2024 s. 93. S. 13DH inserted by No. 55/1989 s. 8. 13DH Valuer's powers and duties (1) A valuer must return valuations in the prescribed form. (2) Before any valuation and return is made the person appointed to make it must make a statutory declaration that the valuation and return will be impartial and true to the best of that person's judgment and will be made by that person or under that person's immediate personal supervision. S. 13DH(3) repealed by No. 94/2009 s. 20. S. 13DI inserted by No. 55/1989 s. 8, amended by Nos 91/1994 s. 38(f), 94/2009 s. 21, repealed by No. 69/2011 s. 56. S. 13DJ inserted by No. 55/1989 s. 8, amended by Nos 91/1994 s. 38(g), 22/2006 s. 13, repealed by No. 67/2017 s. 59. Pt 2 Div. 4 (Heading and ss 13E–13G) inserted by No. 8405 s. 2, amended by Nos 8817 s. 3, 55/1989 s. 11(2)(g), repealed by No. 91/1994 s. 3(1)(b). Pt 2 Div. 5 (Heading and s. 13H) inserted by No. 8405 s. 2, repealed by No. 91/1994 s. 3(1)(b). Pt 2A (Heading) amended by No. 16/2025 s. 22(5)(e). Pt 2A (Heading and ss 13E–13P) inserted by No. 58/2012 s. 126. Part IIA—Valuations for Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund Act 2012 S. 13E inserted by No. 58/2012 s. 126, amended by No. 67/2017 s. 60.