46Cost recovery

46 Cost recovery

[Section 46 Substituted by No. 39 of 2006, s. 24, Applied:01 Jan 2007]

(1)  A rating authority must pay to the Valuer-General the cost, as determined by the Valuer-General, of –

(a) making and furnishing to the rating authority a valuation list; and

(b) the provision of supplementary valuation services as provided by section 18 or 21 .

(2)  Before a contract is entered into by the Minister for the provision of valuation services under section 20 , the Valuer-General must advise the rating authority of the methods to be used in determining the cost under subsection (1) .

(3)  On confirmation by the Valuer-General that valuation services have been provided in accordance with section 20 , a rating authority must pay to the valuation contractor or, as may be appropriate, to the Valuer-General, the cost of providing those valuation services.

(4)  An amount payable to the Valuer-General under this section is a debt due to the Crown and may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction.