Western Australian Consolidated Acts

VALUATION OF LAND ACT 1978 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This reprint is a compilation as at 14 October 2011 of the Valuation of Land Act 1978 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Valuation of Land Act 1978	74 of 1978	20 Oct 1978	1 Jul 1979 (see s. 2 and Gazette 11 May 1979 p. 1211)
Valuation of Land Act Amendment Act 1979	22 of 1979	31 Aug 1979	1 Jul 1979 (see s. 2)
Valuation of Land Amendment Act 1981	16 of 1981	26 May 1981	1 Jul 1981 (see s. 2)
Reprint of the Valuation of Land Act 1978 approved 2 Feb 1983 (includes amendments listed above)
Valuation of Land Amendment Act 1984	10 of 1984	31 May 1984	31 May 1984
Acts Amendment (Mining Tenements) (Rating) Act 1984 Pt. III	25 of 1984	31 May 1984	31 May 1984 (see s. 2(1))
Valuation of Land Amendment Act (No. 2) 1984	43 of 1984	21 Jun 1984	21 Jun 1984
Acts Amendment (Strata Titles) Act 1985 Pt. IV	40 of 1985	13 May 1985	30 Jun 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette 21 Jun 1985 p. 2188)
Valuation of Land Amendment Act 1986	7 of 1986	15 Jul 1986	1 Jul 1986 (see s. 2)
Valuation of Land Amendment Act (No. 2) 1986	73 of 1986	4 Dec 1986	1 Jan 1987
Valuation of Land Amendment Act 1987	20 of 1987	25 Jun 1987	1 Jul 1987 (see s. 2)
Local Government Amendment Act 1988 s. 17	10 of 1988	6 Jul 1988	6 Jul 1988 (see s. 2(1))
Land Tax Relief Act 1991 s. 5 5	56 of 1991	12 Dec 1991	12 Dec 1991 (see s. 2)
Valuation of Land Amendment Act 1992	8 of 1992	16 Jun 1992	s. 1 and 2: 16 Jun 1992; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 30 Jun 1992 (see s. 2)
Acts Amendment (Annual Valuations and Land Tax) Act 1993 Pt. 2 6	17 of 1993	29 Nov 1993	29 Nov 1993 (see s. 2)
Valuation of Land Amendment Act 1993	28 of 1993	15 Dec 1993	30 Jun 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 1995 p. 2523)
City of Perth Restructuring Act 1993 s. 34	38 of 1993	20 Dec 1993	1 Jul 1994 (see s. 3 and 34(2))
Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994 s. 19	32 of 1994	29 Jun 1994	1 Oct 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948)
Acts Amendment (Local Government and Valuation of Land) Act 1994 Pt. 3	69 of 1994	9 Dec 1994	30 Jun 1995 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 21 Apr 1995 p. 1357)
Strata Titles Amendment Act 1995 s. 99	58 of 1995	20 Dec 1995	14 Apr 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 15 Mar 1996 p. 981)
Reprint of the Valuation of Land Act 1978 as at 23 Apr 1996 (includes amendments listed above)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4	14 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)
Valuation of Land Amendment Act 1996	77 of 1996	14 Nov 1996	s. 1 and 2: 14 Nov 1996; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 28 Dec 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Dec 1996 p. 7153)
Transfer of Land Amendment Act 1996 s. 153(1) and (3)	81 of 1996	14 Nov 1996	14 Nov 1996 (see s. 2(1))
Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997 Pt. 62	31 of 1997	3 Oct 1997	30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Mar 1998 p. 1765)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997 s. 125	57 of 1997	15 Dec 1997	15 Dec 1997 (see s. 2(1))
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1998 s. 71 and 76	10 of 1998	30 Apr 1998	30 Apr 1998 (see s. 2(1))
Revenue Laws Amendment (Assessment) Act 1998 s. 11(2)	22 of 1998	30 Jun 1998	1 Jul 1998 (see s. 2)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2000 s. 44	24 of 2000	4 Jul 2000	4 Jul 2000 (see s. 2)
Reprint of the Valuation of Land Act 1978 as at 15 Jun 2001 (includes amendments listed above)
Taxation Administration (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002 s. 26 7	45 of 2002	20 Mar 2003	1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2383)
Acts Amendment and Repeal (Competition Policy) Act 2003 Pt. 14 8	70 of 2003	15 Dec 2003	21 Apr 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 20 Apr 2004 p. 1297)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 123	74 of 2003	15 Dec 2003	15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 129 9, 10	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80	84 of 2004	16 Dec 2004	2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))
Reprint 4: The Valuation of Land Act 1978 as at 10 Feb 2006 (includes amendments listed above)
Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 12 Div. 6	28 of 2006	26 Jun 2006	1 Jul 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2006 p. 2347)
Land Information Authority Act 2006 s. 166-182	60 of 2006	16 Nov 2006	1 Jan 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 8 Dec 2006 p. 5369)
Reprint 5: The Valuation of Land Act 1978 as at 2 Feb 2007 (includes amendments listed above)
Petroleum Amendment Act 2007 s. 107	35 of 2007	21 Dec 2007	19 Jan 2008 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 18 Jan 2008 p. 147)
Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 128	8 of 2009	21 May 2009	22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Land Administration Amendment Act 2009 s. 7	32 of 2009	26 Nov 2009	27 Nov 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Valuation of Land Amendment (Assessed Value) Act 2009	33 of 2009	26 Nov 2009	s. 1 and 2: 26 Nov 2009 (see s. 2(a)); Act other than s. 1 and 2: 11 Dec 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Dec 2010 p. 6262)
Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 51	19 of 2010	28 Jun 2010	11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)
Reprint 6: The Valuation of Land Act 1978 as at 14 Oct 2011 (includes amendments listed above)

² Under the Land Administration Act 1997 s. 281(3), a reference to the Land Act 1933 in a written law is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be read and construed as being a reference to the Land Administration Act 1997.

³ The name of the Local Government Act 1960 was changed to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1960 by the Local Government Act 1995 Sch. 9.2 cl. 2.

⁴ Repealed by the Interpretation Act 1984 s. 77(1).

⁵ The Land Tax Relief Act 1991 s. 5(2) relates to certain general valuations notified in 1991.

⁶ The Acts Amendment (Annual Valuations and Land Tax) Act 1993 s. 3 and 7 contain savings and transitional provisions.

⁷ The Taxation Administration (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002 s. 3 and 4 and Pt. 4 are transitional provisions that are of no further effect.

⁸ The Acts Amendment and Repeal (Competition Policy) Act 2003 s. 51(2) reads as follows:

(2) A person appointed Valuer-General under section 6(3) of the Valuation of Land Act 1978 and holding office immediately before the commencement of this section continues to hold office on and after that commencement as if appointed under section 6(3) of that Act as inserted by subsection (1) of this section.

⁹ The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

¹⁰ The State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 65 reads as follows:

65. Valuation of Land Act 1978

(1) In this regulation —

commencement day means the day on which the State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Part 2 Division 129 comes into operation;

the VL Act means the Valuation of Land Act 1978.

(2) If advice has been given under the VL Act section 32(9) before the commencement day, on or after the commencement day the advice is to be taken to refer to the time within which and the manner in which a review of the valuation may be sought.

(3) If the Valuer-General receives, before the commencement day, a notice in accordance with the VL Act section 33(1) (as in force when the notice was received by the Valuer-General) but does not before the commencement day refer the objection referred to in the notice to a Land Valuation Tribunal as an appeal, on and after the commencement day the Valuer-General must refer the valuation to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review as if the notice were a notice served on the Valuer-General under the VL Act section 33(1).

(4) If the Valuer-General receives, before the commencement day, a notice in accordance with the VL Act section 35(1) (as in force when the notice was received by the Valuer-General) but does not before the commencement day refer a decision referred to in the notice to a Land Valuation Tribunal as an appeal, on and after the commencement day the Valuer-General must refer the decision to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review as if the notice were a notice served on the Valuer-General under the VL Act section 35(1).

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
agent 4(1)
assessed value 4(1)
Authority 4(1)
capital value 4(1)
certified 29(3)
date of valuation 4(1)
determination of value 4(1)
document 16A(4)
general valuation 4(1)
gross rental value 4(1)
improvements 4(1)
information 16A(4)
interim valuation 4(1)
land 4(1)
latter valuation 5(1)(b)
merged improvements 4(1)
metropolitan region 4(1)
pastoral lease 5A(1)
person liable to pay any rate or tax assessed in respect of land 32(1a)
rateable land 4(1)
rating and taxing Acts 4(1)
rating or taxing authority 4(1)
residential equivalent value 31B(1)
site value 4(1)
staff of the Valuer-General 16A(4)
to value 4(1)
townsite 4(1)
trustee 4(1)
unimproved value 4(1)
vacant land 4(1)
valuation 4(1)
valuation district 4(1)
valuation related goods and services 39A(1)
valuation roll 4(1)
value 4(1)