5Valuer-General

### 5 Valuer-General > > (1)  The Minister may appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee to be the Valuer-General and that person holds that office in conjunction with State Service employment. > > > (2)  Subject to the [State Service Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-085) , the Valuer-General is responsible for the direction, control and management of the valuation of land in accordance with this Act. > > > (3)  Without limiting [subsection (2)](#GS5@Gs2@EN) , the Valuer-General has the following functions: > > > > > > (a) to establish and maintain valuation rolls under this Act by means of such databases or formats as the Valuer-General thinks appropriate; > > > > > > > (b) to enter valuations in the valuation rolls and databases; > > > > > > > (ba) [*\[Section 5 Subsection (3) amended by No. 39 of 2006, s. 5, Applied:01 Jan 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-01-01/act-2006-039#GS5@Hpa@EN) to determine adjustment factors as provided by [Part 9A](#HP9A@EN) ; > > > > > > > (c) [*\[Section 5 Subsection (3) amended by No. 39 of 2006, s. 5, Applied:01 Jan 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-01-01/act-2006-039#GS5@Hpb@EN) to be responsible for the administration of contracts made under this Act for valuation services; > > > > > > > (d) to make valuations or provide other advice as required by or under this or any other Act; > > > > > > > (e) to deal with objections and appeals against valuations made under this Act; > > > > > > > (f) to monitor the quality of valuation services performed by valuation contractors. > > > (4)  [*\[Section 5 Subsection (4) inserted by No. 39 of 2006, s. 5, Applied:01 Jan 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-01-01/act-2006-039#GS5@Hpc@EN) [Subsection (3)(c)](#GS5@Gs3@Hpc@EN) does not prevent a rating authority from taking any action, with the approval of the Valuer-General, against a valuation contractor to recover loss arising from a contract for the provision of valuation services.