Valuation of Land Amendment Act 1984 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

VALUATION OF LAND.

No. 10 of 1984.

AN ACT to amend the Valuation of Land Act

1978-1981

[Assented to 31 May 1984.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Valuation and citation.

of Land Amendment Act 1984.

Reprinted

(2) In this Act the Valuation of Land Act 1978- 1981 is referred to as the principal Act	as approved 2 February
1983.
(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Valuation of Land Act 1978-1984.

No. 10.] Valuation of Land. [1984.

Section 4

amended. 2. Section 4 of the principal Act is amended in

subsection (1)-

(a) in the definition of "townsite", by inserting after "within" in paragraph (ii) the fol- lowing

" the district of "; and

(b) in the definition of "unimproved value", by deleting "land held under a lease granted under section 12EB of the Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947," in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b).

Section 24

amended. 3. Section 24 of the principal Act is amended in subsection (1) by deleting "make a separate valua- tion of any part of any land, or may value any land conjointly with any other land and apportion the valuation to the separate parts" and substituting the following-

" assign to any land to be valued a valuation

obtained

(a)	by aggregating the valuations he would have assigned to any parts of which the land is comprised had he been separately valuing each such part; or
(b)	by apportioning to the land such part as he considers appropriate of the valuation he would have assigned had he been valuing that land conjointly with any other land,

but nothing in this subsection limits the means by which the Valuer-General may otherwise make a valuation of the land ".

Section 32

amended. 4. Section 32 of the principal Act is amended in subsection (6) by inserting after "circumstances" the following-

" and whether or not the time for service of the

objection has already expired ".

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5. Section 33 of the principal Act is amended in =rdneg.3

subsection (1) by deleting "shall, for reasonable cause shown by the person, allow" and substituting the following

before or after the expiry of that time, for reasonable cause shown by the person, allows ".