Reviews and appeals

Internal reviews

If you don't agree with certain administrative decisions made under the Land Valuation Act 2010, you have the right to apply for an internal review.

What decisions can be reviewed?

You can apply for an internal review of the following decisions:

• not to declare the land as rural land on a rural land application
• declaration of rural land on the Valuer-General’s initiative
• making a separation declaration
• not to amend a valuation due to damage from an adverse natural cause on the application of an owner
• not to accept a late objection
• that an objection is not properly made or only partially complies with the ground requirements
• that an objector has not complied with a correction notice
• issuing an information requirement notice relating to an objection
• issuing a lapsing notice
• issuing a notice to provide information to an authorised person.

Valuation amount decisions

Decisions about the amount of your valuation (e.g. decisions on objection) are not subject to internal review, but can be appealed to the Land Court (see below).

Time limit for internal review applications

If the original decision included a statement of reasons for the decision, you must apply for review within 28 days of the notice of the decision.

If the original decision notice did not state the reasons for the decision, you may request a statement of reasons. The period for lodging an application for internal review will then be extended to 28 days after the day of issue of the statement of reasons.

How to apply

Complete the Application for internal review (Form 176) (PDF, 568KB) and submit it by email, post or in person at one of our business centres.

What happens next?

A senior officer of the State Valuation Service will review and consider all information relating to the original decision. They'll advise you of the outcome of the internal review in writing within 28 days from when you lodged your application.

External reviews

Decisions about the amount of your valuation (e.g. decisions on objection) are not subject to external review, but can be appealed to the Land Court (see below).

You can apply for an external review through the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) if:

• you are not satisfied with the decision on internal review
• the Valuer-General has not issued you with a decision within 28 days.

Generally, you must apply for external review within 28 days from when we issue our internal review decision.

Land Court appeals

You can make an appeal to the Land Court if you're not satisfied with decisions made on the valuation amount of your objection.

You must make your appeal to the Land Court within 60 days from when we issued the written decision of objection.

It is your responsibility to lodge your appeal against the decision with the Land Court and forward a copy of the appeal documents within 7 days to the Valuer-General at any of our business centres.

You can't appeal the decision if the objection is not ‘properly made’ or if the Valuer-General has not made a decision on your objection.

You also cannot appeal the decision if the valuation ‘amount sought’ in your objection:

• is less than the value you objected to and the decision is equal to or less than the ‘amount sought’
  or
• is more than the value you objected to and the decision is equal to the ‘amount sought’.

Visit the Land Court website for more information.