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Joint Committee on the Office of the Valuer General

The Joint Committee on the Office of the Valuer General is a current joint standing committee, re-established 25 Sep 2008.

The Committee was first established in July 2003 as a joint statutory committee and operated until the end of the 53rd Parliament in early 2007.
The Committee was re-established in the 54th Parliament on 25 September 2008 as a joint standing committee, by resolution of the Parliament.
The Committee monitors and reviews the exercise of the Valuer-General's functions with respect to land valuations. In particular, the Committee can monitor valuation methodologies, the arrangements under which valuation contracts are negotiated and entered into, and the standard of valuation services provided under such contracts.
The Committee does not, however, have the ability to review individual valuations or objections to individual valuations. The processing of these issues remains the responsibility of the statutory officer, the Valuer-General.

Inquiries

During the current parliament, the following inquiries have been undertaken by the committee:

Referred	Inquiry Name
	Fifth General Meeting with the Valuer General (Completed)
23/06/2009	6th General Meeting with the Valuer-General (Commenced)

Records of 5 earlier inquiries conducted by the committee are also available online.

Submissions Invited

The committee is not actively receiving submissions at present. Past submissions may be available under the relevant inquiry.

Reports and Government Responses

During the current parliament, the committee has or plans to table the following reports:

Report Date	Name of Report
25/06/2009	Report on the Fifth General Meeting with the Valuer General

(there are also 6 reports from past Parliaments).

Members

• Chair: Ms Marie Andrews.
• Ms Marie ANDREWS (ALP, LA Member)
• Ms Alison MEGARRITY (ALP, LA Member)
• Mr Michael RICHARDSON (Lib, LA Member)
• The Hon. Kayee GRIFFIN (ALP, LC Member)
• The Hon. Matthew MASON-COX (Lib, LC Member)

Contact

Role	Name	Phone	Fax	Email
Main Contact	Mr Russell Keith	02 9230 3050	02 9230 3309
Committee Officer	Alexis Steffen	02-9230 2632		staysafe@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Postal Address

Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Terms of Reference Establishing Committee

Resolution Passed 25 September 2008, Legislative Assembly, Votes & Proceedings No 85, Entry 21, p. 921. Resolution passed 25 September 2008, Legislative Council, Minutes No 67, Entry 27, p 806.

(1) A Joint Standing Committee, to be known as the Joint Standing Committee on the Office of the Valuer-General be appointed.
(2) The committee’s functions be:

(a) to monitor and review the exercise of the Valuer-General’s functions with respect to land valuations under the Valuation of Land Act 1916 and the Land Tax Management Act 1956, and in particular:
(i) to monitor the methodologies employed for the purpose of conducting such valuations,
(ii) to monitor the arrangements under which valuation service contracts are negotiated and entered into, and
(iii) to monitor the standard of valuation services provided under such contracts,
(b) to report to both Houses of Parliament, with such comments as it thinks fit, on any matter connected with the exercise of the Valuer-General’s functions referred to in paragraph (a) to which, in the opinion of the committee, the attention of Parliament should be directed,
(c) to report to both Houses of Parliament any change that the committee considers desirable to the Valuer-General’s functions referred to in paragraph (a),
(d) to inquire into any question in connection with the committee’s functions which is referred to it by both Houses of Parliament, and to report to both Houses on that question.

(3) The functions of the committee do not extend to the investigation of any matter relating to or arising from a particular valuation of a specific parcel of land.