Have your say on the Valuers Bill
The
Deputy Chairperson of the Primary Production Committee is
calling for submissions on the Valuers Bill with a closing
date of 11.59pm on Friday, 27 June 2025.
The Valuers
Bill would re-enact the Valuers Act 1948. The Act provides
for the registration of land valuers and the establishment
of the New Zealand Institute of
Valuers.
This is a revision bill. Revision
bills are used to re-enact legislation in an up-to-date and
accessible form. They may not change the effect of the law
(except as authorised by section 96(3) of the Legislation
Act 2019).
This bill would not make any
substantial policy changes to the Act. It would make minor
changes to the Act to correct inconsistencies and omissions.
It is intended to rewrite the law using plain language and
modern drafting style. The scope of the changes the
committee can recommend on this bill is
narrow.
Have your say on proposed amendments
to the Valuers Bill
The Primary Production
Committee is also considering Amendment Paper 286 alongside
this bill. An Amendment Paper is a document that gives
notice of proposed amendments to a bill. Amendment Paper 236
would amend the Valuers Bill and proposes more substantial
policy changes.
Amendment Paper 286 would make changes
to the Valuers Bill, including:
- increasing the
penalties for offences - removing the requirement for
a person to be at least 23 years old to become a registered
valuer - expanding the Valuers Registration Board’s
disciplinary powers.
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The Attorney-General has
presented a Section 7 report to the House on the Valuers
Bill. The report highlights that the current age restriction
appears to be inconsistent with the right to freedom from
discrimination under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act
1990. The Section 7 report is also linked below.
If
you would like to make a submission on the Valuers Bill or
the proposed changes to the bill in Amendment Paper 286,
please do here
on the Parliament website.
If you have any
questions about your submission or the submission process,
please contact the committee secretariat through the contact
details on the left-hand side of this page.
What you
need to know for making a
submission:
- Submissions are publicly
released and published to the Parliament website.
Only your name or organisation’s name is required on a
submission. Please keep your contact details separate, as if
they are included on the submission they will become
publicly available when the submission is
released. - If you wish to include information of a
private or personal nature in your submission you should
discuss this with the committee secretariat before
submitting. - If you wish to speak to your submission,
please state this clearly.
Further guidance on
making a submission can be found from the ‘How to make a
submission’ link in the ‘Related documents’ panel at
the bottom of this page.
Related links
panel:
- How
to make a submission - How
to make a submission – Easy Read - Talking
to a select committee – Easy Read - Read
the full content of the bill - Read
Amendment Paper 286 - Section
7 Report - What’s
been said in Parliament about the bill? - More
information on revision bills - Amendment
Papers
