Joint Standing Committee on the Office of the Valuer General

Extracts from Legislative Assembly Votes and Proceedings No. 12, Thursday 22 June 2023

16                    PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES

Mr Ron Hoenig moved, by leave,

That the following motions for the establishment of Parliamentary committees and the appointment of members be agreed to:

(9) Joint Standing Committee on the Office of the Valuer General

That:

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:
   1. 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:
      1. to monitor the methodologies employed for the purpose of conducting such valuations,
      2. to monitor the arrangements under which valuation service contracts are negotiated and entered into, and
      3. to monitor the standard of valuation services provided under such contracts,
   2. 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,
   3. 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),
   4. 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 not extend to the investigation of any matter relating to or arising from a particular valuation of a specific parcel of land.
4. The Committee consist of five members as follows:
   1. three members of the Legislative Assembly of whom two must be Government members and one must be a non-Government member, and
   2. two members of the Legislative Council of whom one must be a Government member and one must be a non-Government member.
5. Dr Hugh McDermott, Mr David Mehan, and Ms Tamara Smith be appointed to serve on the Committee as the members of the Legislative Assembly.
6. Ms Tamara Smith shall be the Chair of the Committee.
7. Notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders of either House, at any meeting of the Committee, any three members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, provided that the Committee meets as a joint committee at all times.
8. The Committee have leave to make visits of inspection within the State of New South Wales and other States and Territories of Australia.
9. A message be sent acquainting the Legislative Council with the resolution and requesting the Legislative Council appoint two of its members to serve with the members of the Legislative Assembly on the Committee, and to fix a time and place for the first meeting.

Question put and passed.

Extracts from Legislative Council Minutes No. 15, Thursday 29 June 2023

22                    PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES

Ms Sharpe moved, by leave and without notice: That Government business orders of the day nos 5 to 9 and 11 to 12 on the Notice Paper relating to the appointment of joint statutory and joint standing committees be considered in globo.

Question put and passed.

Ms Sharpe then moved:

(7) Joint Standing Committee on the Office of the Valuer General

1. That this House agrees to the resolution in the Legislative Assembly’s message of Thursday 22 June 2023 relating to the appointment of a Joint Standing Committee on the Office of the Valuer General.
2. That the representatives of the Legislative Council on the Joint Standing Committee on the Office of the Valuer General be Mr Buttigieg and Mr Farlow.
3. That this House requests that the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly set the time and place of the first meeting.

Question put and passed.