Land Valuers Licensing Act 1978 (WA)

Western Australia

Western Australia

Land Valuers Licensing Act 1978

An Act to provide for the licensing of land valuers and for related purposes.

This Act may be cited as the Land Valuers Licensing Act 1978.

This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by proclamation.

[3. Deleted: No. 56 of 1995 s. 26.]

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires —

approved means approved by the Commissioner;

Australian Property Institute means the incorporated association known as the Australian Property Institute;

Commissioner has the meaning given in the Fair Trading Act 2010 section 6;

corporation means any body corporate;

department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;

land includes any estate or interest in land;

licence means a licence under this Act;

licensed valuer means a person licensed under this Act;

licensed valuers code of conduct means the code published under section 26;

officer means —

• (a)

  in relation to a firm — a member of the firm or an employee of the firm whose sole or principal employment is in the service of the firm;

• (b)

  in relation to a corporation — any director, manager or secretary of the corporation or any employee of the corporation whose sole or principal employment is in the service of the corporation.

[Section 4 amended: No. 15 of 1984 s. 3; No. 56 of 1995 s. 27; No. 65 of 2003 s. 44(2); No. 74 of 2003 s. 74(2); No. 55 of 2004 s. 586; No. 21 of 2008 s. 671(2); No. 58 of 2010 s. 14 and 31; No. 9 of 2022 s. 424.]

[Part II heading deleted: No. 58 of 2010 s. 15.]

[Heading deleted: No. 58 of 2010 s. 16.]

[5-11. Deleted: No. 58 of 2010 s. 16.]

[Heading deleted: No. 58 of 2010 s. 17.]

[12-14. Deleted: No. 58 of 2010 s. 18.]

The Fair Trading Act 2010 section 61 and Part 6 of that Act apply to this Act.

[Section 15 inserted: No. 58 of 2010 s. 19.]

[15A-15C. Deleted: No. 58 of 2010 s. 20.]

• (1)

  Any person aggrieved by a reviewable decision of the Commissioner may apply to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review of the decision.

• (2)

  In subsection (1) —

person aggrieved means a person whose licence is affected by a reviewable decision or who, under Part III, applies for the grant of a licence or the renewal of a licence;

reviewable decision means a decision under Part III other than a determination of the form in which an application is to be made.

[Section 16 inserted: No. 55 of 2004 s. 592; amended: No. 58 of 2010…