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Agency:
Office of the Valuer-General
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1998
Description:
In the late 1990s the Valuation Branch of the Department of Environment and Land Management was amalgamated with survey and mapping to create the Information and Land Services Division of the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. Within this Division the Office of the Valuer-General was established. The statutory position of the Valuer General was first established under the Land Valuation Act 1950 within the Valuation Branch of the Lands and Surveys Department. The Valuer-General is responsible for establishing and maintaining municipal valuation rolls used for local government rating and tax purposes under the Valuation of Land Act 2001. The Valuer-General is also responsible for the competitive tendering system which awards contracts for valuation services under the Act and for monitoring the quality of valuation services performed by contractors. The process of acquisition of land by government agencies and the assessment of compensation for dispossessed land owners under the Land Acquisition Act 1993 is also administered by the Valuer-General.
Information Sources:
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment website November 2017
Legislation Administered:
Valuation of Land Act 2001, Land Acquisition Act 1993
Legislation Creating:
administrative action
Controlling Agencies:
Information and Land Services Division (TA1616)18 Sep 199831 May 2015

Land Tasmania (TA2162)01 May 2015
Previous Agencies:
Valuation Branch (TA392)01 Jan 194818 Sep 1998