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VALUATION OF LAND AMENDMENT BILL 2000




                         New South Wales




Valuation of Land Amendment Bill 2000


Contents
                                                                       Page

            1 Name of Act                                                2
            2 Commencement                                               2
            3 Amendment of Valuation of Land Act 1916 No 2               2
            4 Further amendment of Valuation of Land Act 1916 No 2
              by way of statute law revision                             2
            5 Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956 No 26            2
            6 Amendment of other Acts and instruments                    2


Schedules
            1 Amendment of Valuation of Land Act 1916                    3
            2 Further amendment of Valuation of Land Act 1916 by way
              of statute law revision                                   37
            3 Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956                 40
            4 Amendment of other Acts and instruments                   44
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, has
finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of NEW
SOUTH WALES.

                                              Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
                                              Legislative Assembly,
                                              Sydney,                       , 2000




                              New South Wales


Valuation of Land Amendment Bill 2000
Act No     , 2000



An Act to amend the Valuation of Land Act 1916 with respect to the valuation of
land, to make consequential amendments to the Land Tax Management Act 1956
and certain other Acts and instruments, and for other purposes.




I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill as
finally passed by both Houses.


                            Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1          Valuation of Land Amendment Bill 2000




The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:

   1     Name of Act
             This Act is the Valuation of Land Amendment Act 2000.

   2     Commencement
             This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by
             proclamation.

   3     Amendment of Valuation of Land Act 1916 No 2
             The Valuation of Land Act 1916 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

   4     Further amendment of Valuation of Land Act 1916 No 2 by way of
         statute law revision
             The Valuation of Land Act 1916 is further amended as set out in
             Schedule 2.

   5     Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956 No 26
             The Land Tax Management Act 1956 is amended as set out in
             Schedule 3.

   6     Amendment of other Acts and instruments
             Each Act and instrument referred to in Schedule 4 is amended as set
             out in that Schedule.




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Schedule 1           Amendment of Valuation of Land Act 1916
                                                                          (Section 3)


 [1]   Section 4 Definitions

       Omit the definition of General valuation from section 4 (1).
       Insert instead:
                    general valuation means a valuation referred to in section
                    14A (1).

 [2]   Section 4 (1)

       Insert in alphabetical order:
                    rating or taxing authority means a rating or taxing authority
                    referred to in section 47 (1).
                    Register of Land Values means the Register of Land Values
                    referred to in section 14CC.
                    valuing year means the year commencing 1 July.

 [3]   Section 4 (1), definition of "roll" or "valuation roll"

       Omit the definition.

 [4]   Section 4 (1), definition of "valuation recommendation"

       Omit "14B". Insert instead "13H".

 [5]   Section 4 (1A)

       Insert after section 4 (1):
             (1A) In this Act, a reference to land includes a reference to a stratum
                  and a reference to a parcel of land includes a reference to a
                  parcel that comprises a stratum.




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 [6]     Section 7D Valuer-General not required to determine certain valuations

         Omit "a valuation roll" wherever occurring.
         Insert instead "the Register of Land Values".

 [7]     Section 7D (3)

         Omit "the valuation roll".
         Insert instead "the Register of Land Values".

 [8]     Sections 7E, 7F, 7G, 7H, 7I, 7J and 7K

         Omit the sections.

 [9]     Section 8 Valuer-General

         Omit "valuation rolls and lists under this Act" from section 8 (4) (c).
         Insert instead "the Register of Land Values".

[10]     Section 9 Functions of Valuer-General

         Omit "valuation rolls and lists under this Act" from section 9 (1) (a).
         Insert instead "the Register of Land Values".

[11]     Section 9 (1) (b)

         Omit "such rolls, lists and databases".
         Insert instead "the Register of Land Values".

[12]     Sections 14 and 14A

         Omit the sections.

[13]     Section 14B Recommendations for valuations

         Renumber section 14B as section 13H and transfer it to the end of Part 1A.




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[14]   Part 1B

       Insert after Part 1A:


       Part 1B Valuation of land

       Division 1           Land to be valued


        14A    Valuer-General to ascertain land values
               (1) The land value of each parcel of land in New South Wales,
                   other than:
                   (a)    lands of the Crown, or
                   (b)    land that is within the Western Division and is not
                          within the area of a rating or taxing authority,
                     is to be ascertained each year.
               (2) The Valuer-General may at any time value lands of the Crown,
                   either on his or her own initiative or on the application of:
                   (a)     a rating or taxing authority, or
                   (b)     the public authority by or on whose behalf the land is
                           held.
               (3) The Valuer-General may at any time value land within the
                   Western Division, either on his or her own initiative or on the
                   application of:
                   (a)    a rating or taxing authority, or
                   (b)    the Western Lands Commissioner.
               (4) The Valuer-General may separately value different parts of the
                   same parcel of land, in which case this Act applies to each such
                   part as if it were a separate parcel of land.
               (5) Any land value ascertained under this Act is to be entered in
                   the Register of Land Values.
               (6) The power to ascertain a land value includes the power to
                   reascertain that land value, and references in this Part to the
                   ascertainment of land value are taken to include references to
                   the reascertainment of land value.


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         14B   Valuations to be made as at 1 July in current valuing year
               (1) Land that is valued for the purposes of a general valuation is to
                   be valued as at 1 July in the valuing year in which the valuation
                   takes place.
               (2) A land value for any year commencing 1 July may be
                   ascertained for a parcel of land even if it did not exist, as at
                   1 July in that year, in the form in which it exists when its value
                   is ascertained.
               (3) If any part of the parcel was, as at 1 July in that year, included
                   in another parcel of land for which a value as at that date has
                   been ascertained, the Valuer-General is to reascertain the value
                   of the residue of that other parcel.

         Division 2        How land is to be valued


         14C   Valuation of land in the Western Division
               (1) In making a valuation for use by a rating or taxing authority of
                   land in the Western Division, the Valuer-General is to assume:
                   (a)    if the land is freehold land, that the land is, as freehold
                          land, subject to such restrictions on the use and
                          disposition of the land as would be applicable if the
                          land were held under and in accordance with a lease
                          under the Western Lands Act 1901 that authorised the
                          use to which the land was put as at the date to which the
                          valuation of the land relates, and
                   (b)    if the land is not freehold land and is held under a lease
                          or other tenure under the Western Lands Act 1901, or
                          any other Act, that the land is freehold land and that it
                          is, as freehold land, subject to such restrictions on the
                          use and disposition of the land as are applicable to the
                          land by reason of its being the subject of the lease or
                          other tenure.
               (2) The restrictions referred to in subsection (1) are to be assumed
                   to apply to land at the date to which the valuation of the land
                   relates.




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        14D    Protected archaeological areas, wildlife districts, wildlife refuges
               and game reserves
               (1) On receipt of a copy of an order or revocation made under
                   section 65 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, or a
                   proclamation made under section 67, 68 or 69 of that Act, or a
                   conservation agreement under Division 7 of Part 4 of that Act,
                   the Valuer-General is to make a valuation of the land affected
                   by the order, revocation or proclamation.
               (2) Despite any other provision of this Act, the Valuer-General
                   must assume, in making a valuation for use by a rating or
                   taxing authority of land, the whole or part of which comprises:
                   (a)    a protected archaeological area within the meaning of
                          the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, that the land
                          so comprised may be used only for the purposes of such
                          a protected archaeological area as at the date to which
                          the valuation relates, or
                   (b)    a wildlife district within the meaning of that Act, that
                          the land so comprised may be used only for the
                          purposes of such a wildlife district as at the date to
                          which the valuation relates, or
                   (c)    a wildlife refuge within the meaning of that Act, that the
                          land so comprised may be used only for the purposes of
                          such a wildlife refuge as at the date to which the
                          valuation relates, or
                   (d)    a game reserve within the meaning of that Act, that the
                          land so comprised may be used only for the purposes of
                          such a game reserve as at the date to which the
                          valuation relates.

        14E    Community schemes, neighbourhood schemes and certain
               strata schemes
               (1) Land that is association property is not to be separately valued
                   unless the Valuer-General has been informed by:
                   (a)    the local council, or
                   (b)    the Chief Commissioner for Land Tax, or
                   (c)    a prescribed person,
                     that the land is used for commercial purposes.


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               (2) In valuing:
                   (a)    a community development lot or a precinct development
                          lot, or
                   (b)    a neighbourhood lot or strata parcel that is part of a
                          community scheme (whether or not it is also part of a
                          precinct scheme),
                    the Valuer-General is to take into account any benefits and
                    disadvantages applicable to the lot or parcel because of its
                    special status as part of the community scheme and, except in
                    the case of a community development lot, as part of a
                    subsidiary scheme or schemes.
               (3) In valuing a neighbourhood lot that is not part of a community
                   scheme the Valuer-General is to take into account any benefits
                   and disadvantages applicable to the lot as part of the
                   neighbourhood scheme.
               (4) In valuing a lot:
                   (a)    in a scheme referred to in subsection (2), the
                          Valuer-General is to take into account the value to the
                          proprietor of the lot of the interest attributable to the lot
                          in community property, precinct property or
                          neighbourhood property that is not used for commercial
                          purposes,
                   (b)    in a neighbourhood scheme referred to in subsection (3),
                          the Valuer-General is to take into account the value to
                          the proprietor of the lot of the interest attributable to the
                          lot in neighbourhood property that is not used for
                          commercial purposes.
               (5) Expressions used in this section have the same meanings as
                   they have in the Community Land Development Act 1989.

         14F   Valuation of mines and minerals
               (1) If a mine is situated partly in one area and partly in another, the
                   mine is to be valued as a whole, and the land value, improved
                   value and assessed annual value are to be apportioned between
                   the areas as the Valuer-General may direct.




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               (2) If any part of a mine is under the sea or under the tidal waters
                   of an estuary or harbour, the part is to be valued with and as
                   part of the mine, even though the overlying land and water are
                   not within the boundaries of any area.
               (3) If any part of a mine is separately occupied by a person for a
                   purpose other than mining, the part is taken to be distinct from
                   the mine, and is to be valued and rated accordingly.
               (4) To the extent to which the presence of coal in any land within
                   a colliery holding (within the meaning of the Mining Act 1992)
                   increases the land value of that land, the amount of the increase
                   is to be separately recorded in the Register of Land Values in
                   relation to that land.
               (5) Objection may be made under Part 3 against any apportionment
                   referred to in subsection (1) or the amount of any increase
                   referred to in subsection (4).

       14G     Valuation subject to heritage restrictions under EPI
               (1) Land that is heritage restricted on the date by reference to
                   which its land value is to be determined is to have its land
                   value determined on the basis of the following assumptions:
                   (a)    that the land may be used only for the purpose, if any,
                          for which it was used when the value is determined,
                   (b)    that all improvements on that land when the value is
                          determined may be continued and maintained in order
                          that the use of that land as referred to in paragraph (a)
                          may be continued,
                   (c)    that no improvements, other than those referred to in
                          paragraph (b), may be made to or on that land.
               (2) Land is heritage restricted as at a particular date if the
                   Valuer-General has determined that it would be reasonable to
                   make the assumptions referred to in subsection (1) in respect of
                   the land as at that date because of any provision of a planning
                   instrument concerned with the heritage significance or heritage
                   value of the land or any building, work or other thing on or in
                   the land.
               (3) The Valuer-General may, and on the application of the owner
                   of land must, make a determination as to whether a particular
                   parcel of land is heritage restricted.

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                (4) An application under subsection (3) is to be in the form
                    required by the Valuer-General and accompanied by such
                    supporting information as the Valuer-General may request.
                (5) The Valuer-General is not to determine that land is heritage
                    restricted as at a particular date if the land is the subject of a
                    listing on the State Heritage Register under the Heritage Act
                    1977 as at that date.
                     Note. Division 6 of Part 6 of the Heritage Act 1977 deals with heritage
                     valuations. In certain circumstances the Valuer-General is required to
                     make a heritage valuation of land that is listed on the State Heritage
                     Register under that Act.

          14H   Valuing rent-controlled land
                (1) Land that is rent-protected is to have its land value determined
                    taking into account any restriction imposed by the Landlord
                    and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1948 on the rent at which any
                    premises or part of premises on the land may be let.
                (2) Land is rent-protected if the Valuer-General has determined
                    that a fair rent is applicable to any premises or part of premises
                    on the land under the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act
                    1948.
                (3) The Valuer-General may, and on the application of the owner
                    of land must, make a determination as to whether a particular
                    parcel of land is rent-protected.
                (4) An application under subsection (3) is to be in the form
                    required by the Valuer-General and accompanied by such
                    supporting information as the Valuer-General may request.

          14I   Valuing Crown lease restricted land
                (1) Land that is Crown lease restricted is to have its land value
                    determined taking into account the restrictions on the
                    disposition or manner of use that apply to the land by reason of
                    its being the subject of the lease concerned.
                (2) Land is Crown lease restricted if it is subject to a lease referred
                    to in section 58F.




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        14J    Deduction of allowances
               (1) In determining the land value of land, there is to be deducted
                   the amount of any allowance or allowances ascertained under
                   Divisions 3 (Allowances for profitable expenditure) and 4
                   (Allowances for subdivision).
               (2) If more than one provision of this Division is applicable to the
                   determination of land value in a particular case, the applicable
                   provisions apply cumulatively.

        14K    Assumption as to physical condition of land
               (1) For the purpose of valuing any land, it is to be assumed:
                   (a)    that the physical condition of the land, and of any other
                          land, and
                   (b)    that the manner in which any other land may be used,
                     were the same on 1 July of the valuing year in respect of which
                     the land is being valued as they were on the date on which the
                     valuation is made.
               (2) For the purpose of ascertaining any allowance or
                   apportionment factor for any land, it is to be assumed:
                   (a)    that the physical condition of the land, and of any other
                          land, and
                   (b)    that the manner in which any other land may be used,
                     were the same on 1 July of the valuing year in respect of which
                     the allowance or apportionment factor is being ascertained as
                     they were on the date on which the land became eligible to
                     have an allowance or apportionment factor ascertained for it.

       Division 3           Allowances for profitable expenditure


        14L    Expenditure for which allowance is to be made
               (1) For the purpose of ascertaining the land value of any land, the
                   Valuer-General is to ascertain a reasonable allowance for
                   profitable expenditure by the owner, occupier or lessee in
                   respect of:
                   (a)    any effective land improvements on or appertaining to
                          the land, and

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                  (b)    any visible and effective improvements which, although
                         not on the land, have been constructed:
                         (i)     for the purpose of supplying water to the land, or
                         (ii)    for the purpose of draining the land, protecting
                                 the land from inundation or making some other
                                 provision for the more beneficial use of the land.
             (2) In the case of a stratum, the Valuer-General is also to ascertain
                 a reasonable allowance for profitable expenditure by the owner
                 or occupier on any visible and effective improvements which,
                 although not in the stratum, have been constructed exclusively
                 for the benefit of the stratum.
             (3) An allowance for profitable expenditure is to be calculated on
                 the assumption that:
                 (a)    the allowance is being calculated at the date by
                        reference to which the land value is being determined,
                        and
                 (b)    any improvements that have been taken into account for
                        the purpose of ascertaining the land value of the land
                        were in existence at the date referred to in paragraph (a).
             (4) An allowance for profitable expenditure is to be entered in the
                 Register of Land Values in respect of any land value to which
                 it relates.

       14M   No allowance in certain cases
             (1) No allowance is to be ascertained under this Division if:
                 (a)    the owner of the land was not the owner of the land
                        when the profitable expenditure was incurred, or
                 (b)    the profitable expenditure was incurred by an occupier
                        or lessee of the land, and the occupancy or lease has
                        been transferred or surrendered or has expired since that
                        expenditure was incurred, or
                 (c)    in the case of land zoned or otherwise designated for
                        use for any purpose (other than rural or non-urban
                        purposes) under a planning instrument, any building or
                        structure has been erected or any works have been
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                     (d)    the profitable expenditure was incurred more than 15
                            years before the date by reference to which the land
                            value is being determined.
               (2) Subsection (1) (c) does not apply to an allowance in respect of
                   a stratum.

        14N    Allowance not to exceed cost of improvements
                     The amount of an allowance for profitable expenditure is not
                     to exceed the cost of the improvements determined as at the
                     date by reference to which the land value is being determined.

       14O     No allowance for expenditure by the Crown
                     If land has been leased by the Crown or a statutory body, no
                     allowance is to be ascertained under this Division for
                     expenditure incurred by the Crown or body, except to the
                     extent to which the Crown or body has been reimbursed in
                     respect of the expenditure by the lessee (otherwise than by
                     payment of rent, rates or taxes).

        14P    Time at which allowance is to be calculated
                     An allowance for profitable expenditure is to be ascertained in
                     relation to a rating or taxing authority:
                     (a)     as at the 1 July by reference to which the land was
                             valued for the purposes of the valuation list for that
                             authority current at the time the land became eligible for
                             the allowance, and
                     (b)     as at the 1 July by reference to which the land has been
                             valued for the purposes of any subsequent valuation list
                             for that authority.

       14Q     Apportionment of joint expenditure
               (1) This section applies to the calculation of allowances for
                   profitable expenditure for improvements constructed on or for
                   the benefit of a number of parcels of land, where the profitable
                   expenditure has (by agreement or otherwise) been apportioned
                   between the various owners of the land.




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                (2) The proportion of the total profitable expenditure on any such
                    improvements to be allowed in relation to any one parcel of
                    land is to be the same as the proportion of the total cost of
                    those improvements that are paid or payable by the owner of
                    that parcel.

          14R   Allowance can be objected against
                (1) An objection under Part 3 may be made against a decision of
                    the Valuer-General:
                    (a)    to ascertain an allowance for profitable expenditure in
                           respect of any land, or
                    (b)    not to ascertain an allowance for profitable expenditure
                           in respect of any land, or
                    (c)    as to the amount of an allowance for profitable
                           expenditure in respect of any land,
                    in the same way as an objection may be made under that Part
                    against a decision of the Valuer-General as to the valuation of
                    any land.
                (2) An objection referred to in subsection (1) may be made on any
                    ground that is relevant to the decision concerned.

       Division 4            Allowances for subdivision


          14S   Definition
                    In this Division, subdivider, in relation to a lot in a deposited
                    plan, means the person who, immediately before the
                    registration of the plan, owned all the land comprising the lots
                    in the plan.

          14T   Lots which qualify for subdivision allowance
                (1) A lot in a deposited plan qualifies for an allowance for
                    subdivision if, as at the date by reference to which the
                    allowance is ascertained, the lot is owned by the subdivider.
                (2) If a lot qualifies for an allowance for subdivision, the
                    Valuer-General is to ascertain the allowance in respect of that
                    lot in accordance with this Division.


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               (3) An allowance for subdivision (including a nil allowance) is to
                   be entered in the Register of Land Values in respect of any land
                   value to which it relates.

        14U    How subdivision allowance is ascertained
               (1) The amount of the allowance for subdivision in respect of a lot
                   in a deposited plan is the proportionate amount of the discount
                   from sale price of all lots in that plan that in the opinion of the
                   Valuer-General would be applicable to the lot.
               (2) The discount from sale price, in relation to lots in a deposited
                   plan, means the amount (if any) that in the opinion of the
                   Valuer-General is the difference between:
                   (a)    the total of the land values of the lots had they been sold
                          separately, and
                   (b)    the total of the land values of the lots had they been sold
                          to one person.
               (3) An allowance for subdivision is to be ascertained in relation to
                   a rating or taxing authority:
                   (a)     as at the 1 July by reference to which the land was
                           valued for the purposes of the valuation list for that
                           authority current at the time the land became eligible for
                           the allowance, and
                   (b)     as at the 1 July by reference to which the land has been
                           valued for the purposes of any subsequent valuation list
                           for that authority.

        14V    Exclusion of subdivision allowances in certain circumstances
               (1) For the purposes of the Land Tax Management Act 1956, the
                   land value of a parcel of land is taken not to include an
                   allowance for subdivision in respect of any land tax year:
                   (a)    if any building has been erected on the land, or any
                          works have been carried out on the land, since the
                          deposited plan was registered, or




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                 (b)     if, as at 31 December before the beginning of that year,
                         more than 3 years have passed since the deposited plan
                         was registered,
                 and land tax under that Act is to be assessed and levied
                 accordingly.
             (2) For the purposes of the Local Government Act 1993, the land
                 value of a parcel of land is taken not to include an allowance
                 for subdivision in respect of any rating year:
                 (a)    if any building has been erected on the land, or any
                        works have been carried out on the land, since the
                        deposited plan was registered, or
                 (b)    if, as at 30 June before the beginning of that year, more
                        than 3 years have passed since the deposited plan was
                        registered,
                 and rates and charges under that Act are to be assessed and
                 levied accordingly.

       14W   Allowance can be objected against
             (1) An objection under Part 3 may be made against a decision of
                 the Valuer-General:
                 (a)    to ascertain an allowance for subdivision in respect of
                        any land, or
                 (b)    not to ascertain an allowance for subdivision in respect
                        of any land, or
                 (c)    as to the amount of an allowance for subdivision in
                        respect of any land,
                 in the same way as an objection may be made under that Part
                 against a decision of the Valuer-General as to the valuation of
                 any land.
             (2) An objection referred to in subsection (1) may be made on any
                 ground that is relevant to the decision concerned.




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       Division 5           Apportionment factors for mixed
                            development land


        14X    Owner may apply for apportionment factor for mixed
               development land
               (1) The Valuer-General may ascertain an apportionment factor for
                   the land value of mixed development land, either on his or her
                   own initiative or on the application of the owner of the land or
                   of a rating or taxing authority.
               (2) An apportionment factor ascertained by the Valuer-General
                   under this Division is to be entered by the Valuer-General in
                   the Register of Land Values in respect of the land value to
                   which it relates.

        14Y    How apportionment factor is determined
               (1) The apportionment factor is the proportion (expressed as a
                   percentage) that the rental value of the part of that land that is
                   non-residential land bears to the rental value of the mixed
                   development land as a whole.
               (2) Rental values are to be ascertained in relation to a rating or
                   taxing authority:
                   (a)    as at the 1 July by reference to which the land was
                          valued for the purposes of the valuation list for that
                          authority current at the time the land became mixed
                          development land, and
                   (b)    as at the 1 July by reference to which the land has been
                          valued for the purposes of any subsequent valuation list
                          for that authority.

        14Z    Apportionment factors can be objected against
               (1) An objection under Part 3 may be made against a decision of
                   the Valuer-General:
                   (a)    to ascertain an apportionment factor in respect of any
                          land, or
                   (b)    not to ascertain an apportionment factor in respect of
                          any land, or


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                 (c)       as to the amount of an apportionment factor in respect
                           of any land,
                 in the same way as an objection may be made under that Part
                 against a decision of the Valuer-General as to the valuation of
                 any land.
             (2) An objection referred to in subsection (1) may be made on any
                 ground that is relevant to the decision concerned.

     14AA    Apportionment factor to be reascertained in certain cases
                 If the land value of land in respect of which an apportionment
                 factor has been ascertained is altered (whether as the result of
                 being reascertained or on objection or appeal or for the
                 correction of a clerical error or misdescription), the
                 Valuer-General must reascertain an apportionment factor for
                 that land value.

     14BB    Definitions
             (1) For the purposes of this Division:
                 mixed development land means a parcel of land occupied or
                 used solely as the site of one or more buildings comprising:
                 (a)    one, or more than one, flat, and
                 (b)    one, or more than one, office.
                 non-residential land means:
                 (a)    a parcel of land that is not residential land or mixed
                        development land, or
                 (b)    a strata lot that is not residential land, or
                 (c)    a parcel of land occupied or used (whether wholly or
                        partly) as the site of an inn, or
                 (d)    a stratum separately valued under this Act that is not a
                        stratum referred to in paragraph (g) of the definition of
                        residential land.
                 residential land means:
                 (a)    a parcel of land occupied or used solely as the site of
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                     (b)    a parcel of land (not exceeding 2.428 hectares in area)
                            occupied or used solely as the site of one single
                            dwelling and for primary production, or
                     (c)    a parcel of land occupied or used solely as the site of
                            one building comprising two or more flats, or
                     (d)    a parcel of land occupied or used solely as the site of a
                            boarding house or lodging house, or
                     (e)    a strata lot occupied or used, or if not occupied or used
                            so constructed, designed or adapted as to be capable of
                            being occupied or used, as a separate dwelling, or
                     (f)    a strata lot designed and intended for use in conjunction
                            with a strata lot referred to in paragraph (e) for the
                            purpose of accommodating one, or more than one,
                            motor vehicle, or
                     (g)    a stratum separately valued under this Act that is
                            occupied or used, or if not occupied or used so
                            constructed, designed or adapted as to be capable of
                            being occupied or used, as a separate dwelling, but does
                            not include a parcel of land occupied or used solely as
                            the site of a hotel, motel, guest-house, backpacker
                            hostel, nursing home or other form of residential
                            accommodation prescribed under section 516 (1) (a) of
                            the Local Government Act 1993.
               (2) A parcel of land occupied or used as the site of one or more
                   buildings comprising one, or more than one, office is not mixed
                   development land by reason only that it comprises (in
                   addition) one, or more than one, flat, if the flat is, or the flats
                   are, intended for use for the purpose of accommodating a
                   person or persons responsible for the security or maintenance
                   of the building or buildings.
               (3) For the purposes of the definition of mixed development land
                   in subsection (1), a parcel of land does not cease to be
                   occupied or used solely as the site of one or more buildings
                   comprising one, or more than one, flat and one, or more than
                   one, office.
               (4) For the purposes of the definition of residential land in
                   subsection (1), a parcel of land does not cease to be occupied
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                  buildings comprising two or more flats, a boarding house or a
                  lodging house by reason of there being on the parcel of land
                  any building or improvement that is occupied or used for a
                  purpose ancillary to the single dwelling, building or buildings,
                  boarding house or lodging house, as the case may be.
             (5) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of
                 residential land in subsection (1), land is used for primary
                 production if it is used primarily for:
                 (a)    the cultivation of the land for the purpose of selling the
                        produce of the cultivation, or
                 (b)    the maintenance of animals or poultry on the land for
                        the purpose of selling them or their natural increase or
                        bodily produce, or
                 (c)    the keeping of bees on the land for the purpose of
                        selling their honey.
             (6) The reference in this section to a parcel of land is a reference
                 to a parcel of land required to be separately valued, or to land
                 included in one valuation, pursuant to this Act.
             (7) In this section:
                 flat means a room or a suite of rooms:
                 (a)     occupied or used as a separate dwelling, or
                 (b)     so constructed, designed or adapted as to be capable of
                         being occupied or used as a separate dwelling,
                  but does not include a strata lot or a dwelling, or a portion of a
                  building, under company title that is rated in accordance with
                  section 547 of the Local Government Act 1993.
                  inn has the same meaning as it has in the Innkeepers Act 1968.
                  office means a room or a suite of rooms:
                  (a)    separately occupied or used for a commercial, industrial
                         or professional purpose, or
                  (b)    so constructed, designed or adapted as to be capable of
                         being separately occupied or used for a commercial,
                         industrial or professional purpose,
                  but does not include a dwelling, or a portion of a building,
                  under company title that is rated in accordance with section 547
                  of the Local Government Act 1993.

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                     single dwelling means a house:
                     (a)    occupied or used as a separate dwelling, or
                     (b)    so constructed, designed or adapted as to be capable of
                            being occupied or used as a separate dwelling,
                     but does not include a lot in a strata plan or a property
                     commonly known as a shop and dwelling.
                     strata lot means a lot as defined in section 5 (1) of the Strata
                     Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973 or section 4 (1) of
                     the Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986.

       Division 6           Register of land values


      14CC     Register of Land Values
               (1) The Valuer-General is to keep a Register of Land Values in
                   such form as the Valuer-General thinks fit.
               (2) The Register is to contain such of the following kinds of
                   information in relation to land as is within the knowledge of
                   the Valuer-General:
                   (a)    information as to the ownership of the land,
                   (b)    information as to the occupation of the land,
                   (c)    information as to the value of the land,
                   (d)    information as to the title of the land,
                   (e)    information as to the location or description of the land,
                   (f)    information as to the area of the land,
                   (g)    such other kinds of information as is permitted or
                          required by this Act or the regulations to be entered in
                          the Register.
               (3) An entry in the Register as to a land value, allowance or
                   apportionment factor ascertained under this Part is conclusive
                   evidence of the ascertaining of the value, allowance or factor
                   on the date shown in the entry.




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     14DD    Alteration of the Register
             (1) The Valuer-General is to make such alterations to the Register
                 of Land Values as may be necessary for the following
                 purposes:
                 (a)   to give effect to any reascertainment of a land value,
                       allowance or apportionment factor,
                 (b)   to give effect to any decision on an objection or appeal
                       under this Act,
                 (c)   to correct any clerical error or misdescription.
             (2) If:
                 (a)     any such alteration affects a land value, allowance or
                         apportionment factor, and
                  (b)    under any other Act, any amount is payable by reference
                         to that land value, allowance or apportionment factor,
                  any overpayment is refundable, and any underpayment
                  recoverable, under that Act.

      14EE   Certificates of land value
             (1) The Valuer-General may issue a certificate to any person
                 certifying details of an entry in the Register of Land Values.
             (2) The Valuer-General may determine:
                 (a)   the means by which a certificate may be issued,
                       including electronically, and
                 (b)   the form of a certificate, including as a document or in
                       an electronic form or a form that may be produced from
                       an electronic message.
             (3) A certificate under this section is conclusive evidence, as at the
                 date specified in the certificate, that the details in the Register
                 of Land Values in relation to a particular matter are as set out
                 in the certificate.
             (4) The Valuer-General may determine:
                 (a)   the means by which an application for a certificate may
                       be made, and
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                     (c)    the fee to be paid for a certificate, and
                     (d)    the means by which the fee may be paid.

[15]   Section 15 Forms to be sent out by Valuer-General

       Omit "14B" from section 15 (2A). Insert instead "13H".

[16]   Section 15 (4)

       Omit "or valuation roll".

[17]   Sections 16-19

       Omit the sections.

[18]   Section 19B Valuation upon land becoming ratable on or after
       1 July 1977

       Omit "has no valuation in the roll" from section 19B (1).
       Insert instead "there is no valuation for it in the Register of Land Values".

[19]   Section 19B (4)

       Omit the subsection. Insert instead:
               (4) Land that becomes ratable is to be valued, for the purposes of
                   any relevant rating or taxing authority:
                   (a)    as at the 1 July by reference to which the land was
                          valued for the purposes of the valuation list for that
                          authority current at the time the land became ratable,
                          and
                   (b)    as at the 1 July by reference to which the land has been
                          valued for the purposes of any subsequent valuation list
                          for that authority.

[20]   Section 20 Valuation on application

       Omit "the valuation roll" from section 20 (4).
       Insert instead "the Register of Land Values".




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[21]   Section 20 (5)-(7)

       Insert after section 20 (4):
              (5) On making a valuation of land under this section, the
                  Valuer-General:
                  (a)   must make such alterations to the Register of Land
                        Values as are necessary to reflect the valuation, and
                  (b)   must issue a certificate to the person on whose
                        application the valuation was made certifying details of
                        the relevant entry in the Register of Land Values, as so
                        altered.
              (6) The Valuer-General may determine:
                  (a)   the means by which a certificate may be issued,
                        including electronically, and
                  (b)   the form of a certificate, including as a document or in
                        an electronic form or a form that may be produced from
                        an electronic message.
              (5) A certificate under this section is conclusive evidence, as at the
                  date specified in the certificate, that the details in the Register
                  of Land Values in relation to a particular matter are as set out
                  in the certificate.

[22]   Section 27 Where lands are to be separately valued

       Insert after section 27 (4):
             (4A) Land that is required to be separately valued under this section
                  is to be valued, for the purposes of any relevant rating or taxing
                  authority:
                  (a)     as at the 1 July by reference to which the land was
                          valued for the purposes of the valuation list for that
                          authority current at the time the land became required to
                          be separately valued, and
                  (b)     as at the 1 July by reference to which the land has been
                          valued for the purposes of any subsequent valuation list
                          for that authority.




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[23]   Section 27B Lots in subdivisions to be separately valued

       Omit section 27B (6). Insert instead:
               (6) Land that is required to be separately valued under this section
                   is to be valued, for the purposes of any relevant rating or taxing
                   authority:
                   (a)     as at the 1 July by reference to which the land was
                           valued for the purposes of the valuation list for that
                           authority current at the time the land became required to
                           be separately valued, and
                   (b)     as at the 1 July by reference to which the land has been
                           valued for the purposes of any subsequent valuation list
                           for that authority.

[24]   Section 29 Notice of valuations to owner

       Omit section 29 (1), (2) and (3). Insert instead:
               (1) On furnishing a valuation list to the council of a local
                   government area, the Valuer-General must cause notice of each
                   valuation contained in the list to be given to:
                   (a)    the owner of the freehold estate in the land, and
                   (b)    any lessee or occupier of the land who, under any Act,
                          is liable to pay any rate or tax to a rating or taxing
                          authority in respect of the land, and
                   (c)    any lessee of the land under a written lease for a term
                          exceeding 3 years who, under the lease, is liable to pay
                          the whole or any part of any rate or tax to a rating or
                          taxing authority in respect of the land, and
                   (d)    any mortgagee in possession of the land.

[25]   Section 29 (3A)

       Omit ", (2) or (3)".

[26]   Section 29 (3B)

       Omit "subsection (2)". Insert instead "subsection (1) (b), (c) or (d)".




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[27]   Section 29 (3C)

       Insert after section 29 (3B):
               (3C) In subsections (3A) and (3B), a reference to a valuation
                    includes a reference to an allowance or apportionment factor
                    and to the Valuer-General's refusal to determine an allowance
                    or apportionment factor.

[28]   Section 31 Objection by rating or taxing authority

       Insert after section 31 (2):
                (3) In this section, a reference to a valuation includes a reference
                    to an allowance or apportionment factor and to the
                    Valuer-General's refusal to determine an allowance or
                    apportionment factor.

[29]   Section 33

       Omit the section. Insert instead:

          33    Form of objection
                     An objection under this Part must be in writing, must specify
                     the grounds on which it is made and must identify, and be
                     signed by or on behalf of, the objector.

[30]   Section 34 Grounds of objection

       Insert after section 34 (2):
               (2A) In either case, an objection against the Valuer-General's refusal
                    to determine an allowance or apportionment factor may be
                    made on the ground that such an allowance or apportionment
                    factor should have been determined.

[31]   Sections 35, 35A, 35B, 35C, 36

       Omit sections 35 and 36. Insert instead:

          35    Time for lodging objection
                (1) Except as provided by section 35A, an objection must be
                    lodged with the Valuer-General, in accordance with the
                    regulations, not later than 60 days after:

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                     (a)    the date of service of the notice of valuation under
                            section 29, or
                     (b)    in the case of a valuation for the purposes of the Land
                            Tax Management Act 1956, the date of service of the
                            relevant land tax assessment under section 14 of the
                            Taxation Administration Act 1996.
               (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) (b), a reassessment of land
                   tax for a particular parcel of land is taken to be a relevant land
                   tax assessment, in relation only to that parcel, if it is based on
                   a land value, allowance or apportionment factor that differs
                   from the land value, allowance or apportionment factor on
                   which the original land tax assessment was based.

        35A    Objections lodged out of time
               (1) The Valuer-General may permit a person to lodge an objection
                   after the 60-day period.
               (2) The person seeking to so lodge the objection must state fully
                   and in detail, and in writing, the circumstances concerning and
                   the reasons for the failure to lodge the objection within the
                   60-day period.
               (3) The Valuer-General may grant permission unconditionally or
                   subject to conditions or may refuse permission.
               (4) The Valuer-General must give notice to the person of the
                   Valuer-General's decision and include in the notice the reasons
                   for refusing to grant permission or for imposing conditions on
                   the permission.
               (5) The notice is to be in a form approved by the Valuer-General.

        35B    Determination of objection
               (1) The Valuer-General must consider an objection and either
                   allow the objection or disallow the objection.
               (2) If the Valuer-General delegates the functions conferred by this
                   section, the delegate who considers the objection must be a
                   different person from, and not subordinate to, the person who
                   made the decision against which the objection is lodged.




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          35C   Notice of determination
                (1) The Valuer-General must give notice to the objector of the
                    determination of the objection.
                (2) The Valuer-General must, in the notice, give the reasons for
                    disallowing an objection or for allowing an objection in part
                    only.
                (3) The notice is to be in a form approved by the Valuer-General.
                (4) For the purposes of section 37, an objection is taken to have
                    been disallowed if notice of the Valuer-General's determination
                    of the objection has not been given within 90 days after the
                    objection was lodged with the Valuer-General.

           36   Rates and taxes payable despite objection or appeal
                     The making of an objection under this Part or an appeal under
                     Part 4 does not affect the valuation concerned, and rates, taxes
                     and duties may be imposed and recovered on the basis of the
                     valuation as if the objection or appeal had not been made.

[32]   Part 4 Appeals to the Land and Environment Court

       Omit Part 4. Insert instead:


       Part 4 Appeals to Land and Environment Court

       Division 1           Appeals


           37   Right of appeal
                (1) An owner of land may appeal to the Land and Environment
                    Court if the owner is dissatisfied with the Valuer-General's
                    determination of the owner's objection.
                (2) An appeal may not be made on the ground that the objection is
                    taken to have been disallowed, as referred to in section 35C (4),
                    unless written notice of the objector's intention to appeal on
                    that ground has been given to the Valuer-General at least 14
                    days before the appeal is made.



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               (3) No person or body has jurisdiction or power to conduct a
                   review or hear an appeal in respect of the determination of an
                   objection except as provided by this Part.

         38    Time for appeal
               (1) An appeal must be made not later than 60 days after the date of
                   issue of the notice of the Valuer-General's determination of the
                   objection.
               (2) The Land and Environment Court may allow a person to appeal
                   after the 60-day period.

         39    Grounds of appeal
                     The appellant's and respondent's cases on an appeal are not
                     limited to the grounds of the objection.

         40    Powers of Land and Environment Court on appeal
               (1) On an appeal, the Land and Environment Court may do any
                   one or more of the following:
                     (a)    confirm or revoke the decision to which the appeal
                            relates,
                     (b)    make a decision in place of the decision to which the
                            appeal relates,
                     (c)    remit the matter to the Valuer-General for determination
                            in accordance with the Court's finding or decision.
               (2) On an appeal, the appellant has the onus of proving the
                   appellant's case.

         41    Giving effect to decision on appeal
               (1) Within 60 days after the decision on appeal becomes final, the
                   Valuer-General must take any action that is necessary to give
                   effect to the decision, which may include altering the Register
                   of Land Values in any relevant respect.
               (2) If no appeal from a decision of the Land and Environment
                   Court is instituted within 30 days after the day on which the
                   decision is made, the decision of the Land and Environment
                   Court is taken, for the purposes of this section, to have become
                   final at the end of the 30-day period.


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       Division 2           Valuer-General may state case


          42    Valuer-General may state case
                (1) The Valuer-General may state a case on any question of law for
                    the opinion of the Land and Environment Court.
                (2) The Land and Environment Court's opinion on the stated case
                    binds the Valuer-General in relation to the question.

[33]   Section 47 Rating or taxing authorities

       Insert after "The council of a local government area." in section 47 (1):
                     The Chief Commissioner of State Revenue.

[34]   Section 47 (1A)

       Number the last paragraph of section 47 (1) as subsection (1A).

[35]   Section 47 (1B)

       Insert after section 47 (1A) (as numbered by item [34]):
               (1B) The area of the Chief Commissioner of State Revenue is the
                    whole of New South Wales.

[36]   Section 48 Furnishing valuation lists to authorities

       Omit section 48 (1) and (2). Insert instead:
                (1) Each rating or taxing authority is to be given a list (referred to
                    in this Act as a valuation list) containing such of the
                    information entered in the Register as relates to land within the
                    authority's area.
                (2) Valuation lists are to be furnished to each such authority:
                    (a)    in the case of a list to be furnished to the Chief
                           Commissioner of State Revenue, before 31 December
                           in each year, and
                    (b)    in the case of a list to be furnished to any other
                           authority, at least once every 4 years.




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[37]   Section 48 (3)

       Insert "(b)" after "subsection (2)".

[38]   Section 49

       Omit the section. Insert instead:

         49    Supplementary lists
               (1) Each rating or taxing authority is to be given a list (referred to
                   in this Act as a supplementary list) containing such of the
                   information entered in the Register in relation to land within the
                   authority's area as has changed since the authority was last
                   given a valuation list.
               (2) Supplementary lists are to be furnished to each such authority:
                   (a)   in accordance with any agreement in force between the
                         Valuer-General and the authority, or
                   (b)   if no such agreement exists, at such times as the
                         Valuer-General may determine.
               (3) Land that is valued for the purpose of preparing a
                   supplementary list for a rating or taxing authority under this
                   section is to be valued as at the 1 July by reference to which the
                   land was valued for the purposes of the current valuation list
                   for that authority.

[39]   Section 57 Notice to authorities of amendments or alterations of
       Register

       Omit "the roll". Insert instead "the Register of Land Values".

[40]   Sections 58, 58A, 58AA, 58AB, 58AC, 58AD, 58B and 58C

       Omit the sections.

[41]   Section 60A Determination of values at request of council

       Omit section 60A (3) and (4). Insert instead:
               (3) Land that is valued at the request of a council under this section
                   is to be valued, for the purposes of any relevant rating or taxing
                   authority:


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                    (a)    as at the 1 July by reference to which the land was
                           valued for the purposes of the valuation list for that
                           authority current:
                           (i)     in the circumstances referred to in subsection
                                   (1) (a), at the time the relevant planning
                                   instrument was made, amended or repealed, as
                                   the case may be, or
                           (ii)    in the circumstances referred to in subsection
                                   (1) (b), at the time the relevant water right was
                                   acquired, ceased or was varied, or
                           (iii) in the circumstances referred to in subsection
                                   (1) (c) or (d), at the time the request was made,
                                   and
                    (b)    as at the 1 July by reference to which the land has been
                           valued for the purposes of any subsequent valuation list
                           for that authority.

[42]   Part 6, heading

       Omit "valuation rolls". Insert instead "valuations".

[43]   Section 76 Copies of entries to be supplied

       Omit section 76 (1) and (1A).

[44]   Section 80B

       Insert after section 80A:

          80B   Valuers Registration Act 1975 not affected
                    Nothing in this Act affects the Valuers Registration Act 1975.

[45]   Section 81 Regulations

       Omit "the district valuation rolls" from section 81 (1) (b).
       Insert instead "the Register of Land Values".

[46]   Schedule 2 Savings, transitional and other provisions

       Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
                    Valuation of Land Amendment Act 2000


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[47]   Schedule 2, Part 3

       Insert after Part 2 of Schedule 2:


       Part 3 Provisions consequent on enactment of
              Valuation of Land Amendment Act 2000
           3   Definitions
                     In this Part:
                     the 2000 amending Act means the Valuation of Land
                     Amendment Act 2000.
                     the amended 1916 Act means the Valuation of Land Act 1916,
                     as amended by the 2000 amending Act.
                     the unamended 1916 Act means the Valuation of Land Act
                     1916, as in force immediately before the commencement of the
                     2000 amending Act.
                     the unamended 1956 Act means the Land Tax Management
                     Act 1956, as in force immediately before the commencement of
                     the 2000 amending Act.

           4   Valuations and valuation recommendations
               (1) Any valuation, allowance or apportionment factor made or
                   determined under the unamended 1916 Act or the unamended
                   1956 Act is taken to have been made or determined under the
                   amended 1916 Act.
               (2) Any valuation recommendation made under the unamended
                   1916 Act is taken to have been made under the amended
                   1916 Act.

           5   Valuation rolls and Register of Land Values
               (1) The information contained in:
                   (a)    any valuation roll prepared under the unamended
                          1916 Act, or




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                      (b)     the Register of Land Values prepared under the
                              unamended 1956 Act,
                      is taken to form part of the Register of Land Values under the
                      amended 1916 Act.
                 (2) Any valuation list prepared under the unamended 1916 Act is
                     taken to have been prepared under the amended 1916 Act.
                 (3) The information contained in the Register of Land Values
                     under the unamended 1956 Act is taken to form part of a
                     valuation list prepared for the Chief Commissioner of State
                     Revenue under the amended 1916 Act.

             6   Certificates
                      Any certificate issued under the unamended 1916 Act or the
                      unamended 1956 Act in relation to a valuation, allowance or
                      apportionment factor is taken to have been issued under the
                      amended 1916 Act.

             7   Continuation of former section 58AA
                 (1) Section 58AA, as in force immediately before the
                     commencement of the 2000 amending Act, continues to have
                     effect in relation to land that, as at that date, was within the area
                     of operations of the Sydney Water Board, as if that Act had not
                     been enacted.
                 (2) This clause ceases to have effect on a day to be appointed by
                     proclamation.

             8   Applications, notices and objections
                      Any application, notice or objection made, given or lodged
                      under the unamended 1916 Act or the unamended 1956 Act in
                      relation to a valuation, allowance or apportionment factor is
                      taken to have been made, given or lodged under the amended
                      1916 Act.




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           9   Application of new objections and appeals provisions to existing
               matters
                     The provisions of the amended 1916 Act with respect to
                     objections and appeals apply to any valuation, allowance or
                     apportionment factor under the unamended 1916 Act or the
                     unamended 1956 Act in the same way as they apply to any
                     valuation, allowance or apportionment factor under the
                     amended 1916 Act.

         10    Continuation of pending appeal proceedings
                     The provisions of the unamended 1916 Act and the unamended
                     1956 Act continue to apply to appeals under those Acts in
                     relation to any valuation, allowance or apportionment factor as
                     if the 2000 amending Act had not been enacted.

         11    Delegations
                     Any delegation in force under the unamended 1916 Act is
                     taken to be a delegation in force under the amended 1916 Act,
                     and may be amended or revoked accordingly.

         12    Construction of other references
                     Subject to this Schedule and the regulations, in any Act or
                     instrument:
                     (a)    a reference to a provision of the unamended 1916 Act
                            or the unamended 1956 Act for which there is a
                            corresponding provision in the amended 1916 Act
                            extends to the corresponding provision of the amended
                            1916 Act, and
                     (b)    a reference to any act, matter or thing referred to in a
                            provision of the unamended 1916 Act or the
                            unamended 1956 Act for which there is a corresponding
                            provision in the amended 1916 Act extends to the
                            corresponding act, matter or thing referred to in the
                            corresponding provision of the amended 1916 Act.




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          13   General saving
                   Subject to this Schedule and the regulations:
                   (a)   anything begun before the appointed day under a
                         provision of the unamended 1916 Act or the
                         unamended 1956 Act for which there is a corresponding
                         provision in the amended 1916 Act may be continued
                         and completed under the unamended 1916 Act or the
                         unamended 1956 Act as if the 2000 amending Act had
                         not been enacted, and
                   (b)   subject to paragraph (a), anything done under a
                         provision of the unamended 1916 Act or the
                         unamended 1956 Act for which there is a corresponding
                         provision in the amended 1916 Act (including anything
                         arising under paragraph (a)) is taken to have been done
                         under the corresponding provision of the amended 1916
                         Act.




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Schedule 2           Further amendment of Valuation of Land
                     Act 1916 by way of statute law revision
                                                                            (Section 4)


 [1]    The whole Act

        Omit "or stratum" wherever occurring (section 49A (1) excepted).

 [2]    The whole Act

        Omit "and strata" wherever occurring (the definition of Stratum in section
        4 (1) excepted).

 [3]    Section 4 Definitions

        Omit the definitions of State Valuation Office and Western Division from
        section 4 (1).
        Insert instead in alphabetical order:
                     Western Division has the same meaning as it has in the
                     Western Lands Act 1901.

 [4]    Section 7D Valuer-General not required to determine certain valuations

        Omit section 7D (2A) (a). Insert instead:
                      (a)    to make any valuation, or to determine any allowance or
                             apportionment factor, under this Act, or

 [5]    Section 26A Valuation of parcels that form part of the site of a building

        Omit "Strata Titles Act 1973" and "Strata Titles (Leasehold) Act 1986"
        wherever occurring in section 26A (7).
        Insert instead "Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973" and
        "Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986", respectively.

 [6]    Section 29 Notice of valuations to owner

        Omit "(in a form approved by the Valuer-General)" from section 29 (3B).



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 [7]   Section 31 Objection by rating or taxing authority

       Omit "(in a form approved by the Valuer-General)" from section 31 (1).

 [8]   Section 34 Grounds of objection

       Omit ", an apportionment factor or a rating base factor" from section 34 (3).
       Insert instead "or an apportionment factor".

 [9]   Section 34 (3)

       Omit ", the apportionment factor or the rating base factor".
       Insert instead "or the apportionment factor".

[10]   Section 49A Partial lists

       Omit "a valuation of any land or stratum or to determine an allowance under
       section 58, 58A, 58AA or 58AB, an apportionment factor under section
       58B or a rating base factor under section 58D or 58E" from section 49A (1).
       Insert instead "any valuation, or to determine any allowance or
       apportionment factor, under this Act".

[11]   Section 49A (1)

       Omit ", apportionment factor or rating base factor" wherever occurring.
       Insert instead "or apportionment factor".

[12]   Section 49A (2)

       Omit ", apportionment factors and rating base factors".
       Insert instead "and apportionment factors".

[13]   Section 50 No alteration by rating or taxing authorities except when
       authorised

       Omit "any inspector under the Audit Act 1902" from section 50 (2).
       Insert instead "any auditor under the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983".

[14]   Section 51 New lists to replace old

       Omit ", and copied from the existing valuation roll;".


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[15]    Section 58F Land rating factors--certain classes of lease from the
        Crown

        Insert "under Part 3" after "may be made" in section 58F (4).

[16]    Section 60 Assessed annual value for purposes of other Acts

        Omit the section. Insert instead:

          60    Assessed annual value for purposes of other Acts
                      The assessed annual value of land determined under this Act is
                      taken to be the assessed annual value of that land for the
                      purposes of the following Acts:
                      (a)    the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1948,
                      (b)    the Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973,
                      (c)    the Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986,
                      (d)    the Sydney Water Act 1994,
                      (e)    the Water Supply Authorities Act 1987.

[17]    Section 62 Taxes and rates under any authority

        Omit "or strata" wherever occurring in section 62 (1).

[18]    Section 77 Valuation for purposes of Real Property Act 1900

        Omit the section.

[19]    Schedule 1 Provisions relating to the Valuer-General

        Omit "Public Service Act 1979" from clause 5.
        Insert instead "Public Sector Management Act 1988 (Part 8 excepted)".

[20]    Schedule 1, clause 7

        Omit clause 7 (e). Insert instead:
                      (e)    if he or she becomes a mentally incapacitated person,




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Schedule 3        Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956




Schedule 3          Amendment of Land Tax Management
                    Act 1956
                                                                            (Section 5)


 [1]   Section 3 Definitions

       Omit "section 62U" from the definition of Register in section 3 (1).
       Insert instead "section 14CC of the Valuation of Land Act 1916".

 [2]   Section 9 Taxable value

       Insert after section 9 (2):
               (3) Despite subsection (2), the taxable value of land within a
                   colliery holding (within the meaning of the Mining Act 1992)
                   is the total sum of the land value of each parcel of that land less
                   the amount recorded in the Register in relation to each such
                   parcel as the amount by which the presence of coal in that
                   parcel increases the land value of that parcel.

 [3]   Section 9C Reduction in land value for flats

       Omit section 9C (2A). Insert instead:
             (2A) Apportionment factors for the purposes of this section are to be
                  ascertained in accordance with Division 5 of Part 1B of the
                  Valuation of Land Act 1916.

 [4]   Section 10 Land exempted from tax

       Omit "10F," from section 10 (1).

 [5]   Section 10F Taxation of land owned by Government Insurance Office
       and State Bank

       Omit the section.




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 [6]   Section 15

       Insert after section 14:

         15    Notice of assessment to contain certain matters
                     A notice of assessment under section 14 of the Taxation
                     Administration Act 1996 in relation to land tax must include a
                     statement as to the taxable value of the land, together with such
                     information as to the amounts determined under the Valuation
                     of Land Act 1916 as to:
                     (a)   the land value (or other relevant value) of the land, and
                     (b)   any allowances or apportionment factors relevant to the
                           land,
                     from which the taxable value of the land has been derived.

 [7]   Part 5 Objections and appeals

       Omit the Part.

 [8]   Part 7 Valuation of land

       Omit Divisions 1, 2, 2A and 4 of Part 7.

 [9]   Section 62J Land that is eligible to have unutilised value ascertained

       Insert after section 62J (1) (b):
                     (c)    a parcel of rural land (which may comprise one or more
                            lots or portions in a current plan within the meaning of
                            the Conveyancing Act 1919) which is zoned or
                            otherwise designated under an environmental planning
                            instrument so as to permit its use otherwise than as rural
                            land, or its subdivision into two or more lots or portions,
                            one or more of which has an area of less than 40
                            hectares.

[10]   Section 62J (2)

       Omit the subsection.




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[11]   Section 62K Unutilised value allowance to be ascertained on
       application of owner

       Insert after section 62K (1):
               (1A) If satisfied that the land to which such an application relates
                    satisfies the description in any of the paragraphs of section 62J
                    (1), the Chief Commissioner must refer the application to the
                    Valuer-General for determination of an unutilised value
                    allowance.

[12]   Section 62K (2) and (3)

       Omit "Chief Commissioner" wherever occurring.
       Insert instead "Valuer-General".

[13]   Section 62M Unutilised value allowance to be reascertained in certain
       cases

       Omit "Chief Commissioner". Insert instead "Valuer-General".

[14]   Section 62N Unutilised value allowance can be objected to

       Omit "Part 10 of the Taxation Administration Act 1996" from section
       62N (1).
       Insert instead "Part 3 of the Valuation of Land Act 1916".

[15]   Sections 62U-62X and 62ZA

       Omit the sections.

[16]   Section 68

       Omit the section. Insert instead:

          68    Valuer-General to furnish copies of Register of Land Values to
                Chief Commissioner
                     On request made by the Chief Commissioner, the
                     Valuer-General must furnish to the Chief Commissioner such
                     copies of the Register of Land Values, and of any valuation list
                     or supplementary list prepared by the Valuer-General, as the
                     Chief Commissioner may require.


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[17]   Schedule 2 Savings and transitional provisions

       Insert at the end of clause 1A (1):
                     Valuation of Land Amendment Act 2000

[18]   Schedule 2, Part 12

       Insert after Part 11:


       Part 12 Provisions consequent on enactment of
               Valuation of Land Amendment Act 2000
         26    Definition
                     In this Part, the 2000 amending Act means the Valuation of
                     Land Amendment Act 2000.

         27    Application of section 62K
                     Section 62K (1A), as inserted by the 2000 amending Act,
                     applies to an application made under section 62K (1) before the
                     commencement of that Act in the same way as it applies to an
                     application made under that subsection after that
                     commencement.

         28    Application of section 62N
                     Section 62N (1), as amended by the 2000 amending Act,
                     applies to an objection relating to an allowance determined
                     before the commencement of that Act in the same way as it
                     applies to an objection relating to an allowance determined
                     after that commencement.




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Schedule 4       Amendment of other Acts and instruments




Schedule 4          Amendment of other Acts and instruments
                                                                        (Section 6)



4.1    Administrative Decisions Tribunal Legislation Amendment
       (Revenue) Act 2000 No 72


 [1]   Schedule 3 Consequential amendment of other Acts

       Omit Schedule 3.1.

 [2]   Schedule 3

       Omit Schedule 3.2 [4].

4.2    Heritage Act 1977 No 136


       Section 123 Definitions

       Omit the definition of valuing law. Insert instead:
                  valuing law means the Valuation of Land Act 1916.

4.3    Land and Environment Court Act 1979 No 204


 [1]   Section 19 Class 3--land tenure, valuation, rating and compensation
       matters

       Omit "section 38" from section 19 (b). Insert instead "section 37".

 [2]   Section 19 (b1)

       Omit the paragraph.




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4.4    Local Government Act 1993 No 30


 [1]   Section 518B Mixed development land

       Omit "section 58C" from section 518B (1). Insert instead "section 14BB".

 [2]   Section 518B (4)

       Omit "determined under section 58B".
       Insert instead "ascertained under section 14X".

 [3]   Dictionary

       Omit "section 58 (2)" wherever occurring in the definition of land value.
       Insert instead "Division 3 of Part 1B".

 [4]   Dictionary

       Insert "includes" before "the holder" in paragraph (c) of the definition of
       owner.

4.5    Privacy and Personal Information Protection Regulation 2000


       Clause 5 Exemptions in relation to public registers

       Omit "any valuation roll" from clause 5 (2).
       Insert instead "the Register of Land Values".

4.6    Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973 No 68


 [1]   Section 89 Definitions

       Omit the definition of appropriate valuing Act. Insert instead:
                  appropriate valuing Act means the Valuation of Land
                  Act 1916.




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 [2]   Section 89, definition of "valuing authority"

       Omit the definition. Insert instead:
                  valuing authority means the Valuer-General.

 [3]   Section 92 Rating of lots

       Omit "section 58 or 58A" from section 92 (2) (c).
       Insert instead "Division 3 of Part 1B".

 [4]   Section 96 Certain valuations of interests in parcel not to be used for
       purposes of this Division

       Omit "valuation roll". Insert instead "Register of Land Values".

4.7    Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986 No 219


 [1]   Section 121 Definitions

       Omit the definition of appropriate valuing Act. Insert instead:
                  appropriate valuing Act means the Valuation of Land
                  Act 1916.

 [2]   Section 121, definition of "valuing authority"

       Omit the definition. Insert instead:
                  valuing authority means the Valuer-General.

 [3]   Section 124 Rating of lots

       Omit "section 58 or 58A" from section 124 (2) (c).
       Insert instead "Division 3 of Part 1B".

 [4]   Section 128 Certain valuations of interests in parcel not to be used for
       purposes of this Division

       Omit "valuation roll". Insert instead "Register of Land Values".




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4.8    Taxation Administration Act 1996 No 97


 [1]   Section 3 Definitions

       Omit ", the Land and Environment Court" from the definition of review in
       section 3 (1).

 [2]   Section 96 Review by Administrative Decisions Tribunal

       Omit section 96 (2) (b).

 [3]   Section 98 Review by Land and Environment Court of land value
       decisions

       Omit the section.

4.9    Water Supply Authorities (Finance) Regulation 1996


       Clause 4 Definitions

       Omit "section 58C" from the definition of mixed development land.
       Insert instead "section 14X".




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