Act No. 6, 1912.
An Act to provide for tlie setting apart and disposal o f Crown lands as homestead farms, suburban holdings, and Crown leases, and for the disposal of lands within duly consti- tuted irrigation areas ; to amend the Crown Lands Acts, the Closer Settlement Acts, the Newcastle Pasturage Reserve Act, 1900, the Public Poads Act, 1902, and the Murrum- bidgee Irrigation Act, 1910, in certain respects; and for purposes consequential thereon and incidental thereto. {2nd April, 1912.]
"I >!'] it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with . 1 ) i lie advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—
Commencement and short title.
1 . Tins Act shall come into force on a date to be notified by
proclamation in the Gazette, and may be cited as the " Crown Lands
(Amendment) Act, 1912," and shall IK; read and construed with the
| I'rincipal Acts. | 2 . |
2. I n this Act, unless the context necessarily requires a different
meaning—
" Irrigation area " means an irrigation area constituted under any Irrigation Act.
" The T r u s t " means the Trust constituted under any Irrigation
Act.
" Principal Acts " means the Crown Lands Act of 1884, the Crown
Lands Act of 18S9, the Crown Lands Act of 1S93, togetherwith the Acts read or construed with or amending the same.
HOMESTEAD FARMS.
3. The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, set apart any Crown lands for disposal by way of homestead farm, and the provisions of section ten of the Crown Lands Act of 1895 shall apply to such notification and to the effect thereof. Land so set apart shall be dealt with as follows, that is to say:—
(1) A subdivision thereof shall be made into farms of such areas as the Minister may determine to be home maintenance areas ; but the land, may be made available before the farms are measured; and in such case the farms shall be taken according to the published plan or design thereof. Any roads deemed to be necessary may be reserved or excluded, in the measurement of any farm, and after measurement any necessary adjustment of area or rent shall be made : Pro- vided also that, in cases of existing holdings, the Minister may make any minor variation of the existing design or survey of such holding to enable a better boundary to be secured for fencing or other purposes.
(2) The capital value of each farm—for the first twenty-five years period—shall be fixed by the Minister according to the capabilities and situation of the land, the value—to an incoming tenant—of the Crown improvements and the timber on such land, and means of access thereto : Provided that if the applicant for the homestead farm is dissatisfied, with such capital value he shall be entitled to have it appraised,…