Valuers Registration Act Amendment Act 1974 (Qld)

613 (1 umtsh utbr ANNO VICESIMO TERTIO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 63 of 1974 An Act to amend the Valuers Registration Act 1965-1971 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 3RD OCTOBER, 1974] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Valuers Registration Act Amendment Act 1974. (2) The Valuers Registration Act 1965-1971 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Valuers Registration Act 1965-1974.

614 Vaulers Registration Act Amendment Act 1974, No. 63 2. Amendment of s. 4 and savings in respect thereof . (1) Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by. in subsection (2), omitting paragraph (c) and substituting the following paragraph:- (c) a person who is a registered valuer appointed by the Governor in Council upon the recommendation of the Minister.". (2) If, at the commencement of this Act, a member of the Board is a person who was appointed pursuant to section 4 (2) (c) of the Principal Act as the said paragraph (c) thereof stood prior to the commencement of this Act, that person may continue in office as a member of the Board, subject to the provisions of the Principal Act, until the expiration of his term of office or later completion of his term of office in accordance with section 4 (3) of the Principal Act, as the case requires, and he shall be eligible for re-appointment if he satisfies the requirements of paragraph (c) of section 4 (2) of the Principal Act as inserted by this section unless he is otherwise disqualified. 3. Amendment of s. 5. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:- " (1) Panel of nominees for membership of Board . For the purposes of section 4 (2), the governing committee for Queensland of the Commonwealth Institute of Valuers shall furnish to the Minister and maintain with him a panel of names of not less than three of the members of such institute. The persons whose names are to be included in the panel shall be persons usually resident in Queensland and shall be selected from amongst the members of the institute in such manner as may be prescribed or, if not prescribed, as the governing committee determines."; (b) in subsection (2), omitting the note appearing in and at the beginning of the subsection and substituting the following note:- " Power of appointment where panel deficient."; (c) in subsection (3), omitting the words " or (c) ". 4. Amendment of s. 9. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of the section the following paragraph:- " The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, in the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of secretary and until a new secretary is appointed or in the event of the temporary absence of the secretary for any reason, appoint some other person to act temporarily as secretary and such appointee, in either event, if he is a member of the Public Service of Queensland, may hold such appointment in addition to any other position he holds in the Public Service of Queensland.". 5. Amendment of s. 13.. Section 13 of the Principal Act 'is amended by, in subparagraph (2) of paragraph 2, omitting provision (c) and substituting the following provision :- " (c)- (i) he has had sufficient practical experience in or in connection with valuing land for at least 4 years within the 10 years last preceding the date of his application for registration; or

Valuers Registration Act Amendment Act 1974, No. 63 615 (ii) in a case where he has completed a full time course in land valuation of at least 3 years duration, he has had, subsequent to the completion of such course, sufficient practical experience in or in connection with valuing land for at least 2 years within the 5 years last preceding the date of his application for registration.". 6. Amendment of s. 14. Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (6) the following subsection:- " (7) A registered valuer classified as a rural valuer only shall not value land that is not rural land, and a registered valuer classified as an urban valuer only shall not value land that is not urban land.".