Norfolk Island Continued Laws Amendment (Land Valuation) Ordinance 2019 (Cth)

Norfolk Island Continued Laws Amendment (Land Valuation) Ordinance 2019

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance.

Dated 14 November 2019

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Nola Marino

Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Territories
Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments  2

Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015  2

1  Name

This Ordinance is the Norfolk Island Continued Laws Amendment (Land Valuation) Ordinance 2019.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this Ordinance specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this Ordinance	The day after this Ordinance is registered.	16 November 2019

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Ordinance as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Ordinance.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Ordinance. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Ordinance.

3  Authority

This Ordinance is made under section 19A of the Norfolk Island Act 1979.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this Ordinance is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Ordinance has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015

1  Before item 192 of Schedule 1

Insert:

191C  At the end of subsection 23(1)

Add “However, the valuer‑general is not required to make available the owner’s name and address for service under this Act.”.

191D  Subsection 24(1)

After “Valuation roll information”, insert “(except for the owner’s name and address for service under this Act)”.

191E  Subsection 24(2)

Omit “section 38(1)”, substitute “section 25(1)”.

191F  Subsection 24(2) (note)

Repeal the note.

191G  Subsection 25(1)

After “after making a valuation”, insert “mentioned in paragraph 21(a) or (b)”.

191H  Section 28 (heading)

Omit “division one”, substitute “this Part”.

191J  Section 28

Omit “This division”, substitute “This Part”.

191K  Paragraph 39(1)(c)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(c)  the Registrar of Titles has amended the valuation roll to record the change of ownership.

191L  Paragraph 45(1)(c)

Repeal the paragraph.

191M  Subsection 45(3) (definition of relevant amount)

Repeal the definition.

191N  Part 3 of Chapter 3

Repeal the Part.

191P  Subsection 64(1)

Repeal the subsection.

191Q  Subsection 64(2)

After “the objector”, insert “for an objection”.

191R  Section 65

Repeal the section.

191S  Paragraph 67(2)(a)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(a)  whether or not the information is the subject of an invitation under section 64(2); and

191T  Paragraph 77(1)(c)

Before “the valuation”, insert “if the objection stated a particular valuation that the objector sought—“.

2  After item 193 of Schedule 1

Insert:

193AA  Section 101

After “a particular valuation”, insert “, except for the owner’s name and address for service under this Act,”.

193AB  Subsection 103(1)

Repeal the subsection.

193AC  Subsection 106(5) (definition of change‑of‑ownership information)

Omit “from the most recent ownership change notice for”, substitute “about the most recent change of ownership of”.

193AD  Subsection 110(1)

Omit “(1)”.

193AE  Subsection 110(2)

Repeal the subsection.

193AF  Subsection 122(4)

Repeal the subsection.

193AG  Subsection 128(4)

Omit “and remains in the vicinity of the place”.

193AH  After paragraph 136(1)(a)

Insert:

(aa)  the Registrar of Lands appointed under subsection 2(1) of the Conveyancing Act 1913 (including a person acting in that office);

193AI  Part 2 of Chapter 8

Repeal the Part.

193AJ  Subparagraph 150(1)(b)(i)

Repeal the subparagraph.

193AK  Paragraph 150(3)(b)

Omit “the relevant protected person or”.

193AL  Schedule (definition of chairperson)

Repeal the definition.

193AM  Schedule (clause 2 of the definition of objection)

Repeal the clause.

193AN  Schedule (definitions of objection conference, ownership change notice and party)

Repeal the definitions.