Agricultural Lands Purchase Amendment Act 1898 (WA)

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ANNO SEXAGESIMO SEGUNDO

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AN ACT to further amend the Agricultural

Lands Purchase Act, 1896.

[Assented to, 2gth October, ig9g.]

Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parlia- BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and

ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Amendment Act, 1898, and shall be incorporated with and form Shorttitle. 1. THIS Act may be cited as the Agricultural Lands Purchase

part of the Agricultural Lands Purchase Act, 1896, hereinafter

called the Principal Act.

2. NO person shall be eligible to select land under the Principal No i3O

Act who is the beneficial owner of land exceeding in area one upwards of 1,04

thousand acres, and held for an estate of freehold, or under special acres to be eligible

occupation, or conditional purchase lease or license, under any statute to select.

or regulation relating to Crown Lands, except with the express sanction of the Minister under the special circumstances of any particular case.

62° ITICTORI1E, No. 20.

Agricultural Lands Purchase—Amendment.

LAND held under the Principal Act may be transferred or

1898 : Provided, in the case of transfer, that the transferee is eligible

to select under the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

3.

mortgage. Power to transfer or mortgaged in accordance with the provisions of the Land Act,

4.     THE annual instalments to be paid by the lessee of any land

Instalments to be under the provisions of the Principal Act shall be paid at the time

paid id i n manner, pre-

by the and in the manner prescribed by the lund Act, 1898, for the

Land Act, 1898. payment of rent ; and if any instalment is not duly paid, the lessee shall be liable to the same fine and penalty as if the land were held under the provisions of the last-mentioned Act.

5.     SUB-SECTION five of Section eleven of the Principal Act is

Amendment of Sec.

11, Sub-sec. 5, of	amended by adding the words: " Provided that where the land at the
Principal Act.	time of selection had improvements upon it, and the value thereof has been added to the selling price, the amount required to be expended by the lessee shall be proportionately reduced."

THE Governor may resume land held under the Principal Act in the manner and for any of the purposes prescribed in the Land Act, 1898, and the schedules thereto relating to conditional purchase leases.

Power to resume 6.

THE Governor may from time to time, by notice in the

ments requisite for carrying the Principal Act and its amendments

into effect.

Forms of leases, etc 7.

may be prescribed. Government Gazette, prescribe the forms of leases and other instru-

Amendment of Sec 8. SUB-SECTION four of Section eleven of the Principal Act is

11, Sub-see. 4, of	amended by inserting the words " the quarter" in lieu of the words
Principal Act.	" January, or the first day of July."

To be construed with 9. THE Principal Act and its amendments shall be read and

the Land Act, 1898.

construed with the Land Act, 1898, as far as the provisions

thereof are applicable thereto.

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent

to this Act.

ALEX. C. ONSLOW, Governor's Deputy.

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By Authority: Cuuns, Acting Government Printer, Perth.