Reply To: Valuation objections resulting from OSR Land Tax assessments issued.

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Andrew Butcher
Keymaster

    Hi Jason

    I think you would not get far with this if appealed against unfortunately, Section 61 of the Valuation of land Act is fairly succinct. I would agree with Mick that to source of the objection may have little relevance as to how the valuations need to be used.

    Section 61 (VLAct):
    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, each such rating or taxing authority shall use any valuation list and any supplementary list so furnished by the Valuer-General as the basis of its rate or tax in respect of any land included in any such list, and the values stated therein shall be deemed to be the values fixed or determined by a valuation or assessment duly made under the Acts relating to the rate or tax without any necessity to give any notice thereof. No appeal against such valuation under any such Act shall lie except as to a matter which would not be admissible as a ground of objection under this Act:
    Provided that a new valuation made by the Valuer-General in accordance with section 20 (3) (b) shall not be used by a rating or taxing authority as the basis of its rate or tax in respect of the land included in such valuation.

    Hope this is helpful.

    Regards
    Andrew