Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act Amendment Act of 1920 (10 Geo v No. 21) (Qld)

LAND, CIWWN. ---------- - . -- - - - - - ~ ~ ~ - ~ - - - - 10 GF.o. V. No. 21, 1920. Discharged Soldiers' &lc., Amendment Act. 9181 An Aot to Further Amend "The Disoharged Soldiers' 10NGoe.o2. 1V. . Settlement Aot of 1917" in oertain partioulars. DISCTHHAERGE]) SOLDIERS' [ ASSENTED TO 8TH MARCH , 1920.] SETT A L O E T MENT B . . AMENDMENT E It enacted by the King's Most Excellent MaJesty, ACT m' 1920. by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited as " The Discharged Soldiers' Short title Settlement Act Amendment Act of 1920," and shall be : ~ ~ truction read as one with * "The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement of Act. Act of 1917" as amended by "The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1918." This Act and the said Act as so amended may together be cited as "The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Acts, 1917 to 1920." 2. In the title of *" The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Am~ ndment Act of 1917," after the words" Crown Lands" the words of title. " and other lands" are inserted. 3. The following amendments are made in section two Amendment of *" The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act of 1917":- of s. 2. After the first paragraph of the definition of "dis- charged soldier" in section two, the following provisions are inserted:- "For the purposes of this definition the expression "naval or military forces" includes the Army Medical Corps Nursing Service and persons employed in making munitions of war. "The term does not include any person he con- ditions of whose enlistment as a member 0 any of such forces did not render him liable to serv in con- nection with the said war outside the country wherein his enlistment took place." The following definition is added to the sect on : - " The term "Commissioner" means theCom ISSlOner of the Queensland Government Savings Bank co stituted and appointed under t"TheQueenslandGovernme Savings Bank Act of 1916." " page 89 * 276. Geo. V. No. 32, reprinted as amended by the Act of 918, supra, t 7 Geo. V. No. 17, supra, page 7406..

9182 LAND, CROWN. Discharged Soldiers', &'c., Amendment Act. 10 GEO. V. No. 21, Amendmeni of s. 3. 4. In subsection one of section three of *" The Dis- . charged Soldiers' Settlement Act 0/1917" before the words "the Minister" the words "and notwithstanding any Act to the contrary" are inserted; also, after the word "Queensland" the words" whether alienated from the Crown for an estate in fee-simple or held from the Crown under any tenancy or tenure" are inserted. The amendments of the said section hereby made shall have effect as if they had been inserted in the said section on the fifteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and the abovenamed Act shall be construed accordingly, and to that. extent this. Act shall have retrospective operation. Amendment 5. The following proviso is added to subsection one- of s. 4. of section four of *" The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act of 1917":- . "Provided that the only discharged soldiers who shall be qualified to apply for or (during the first ten years of the lease) hold a Perpetual Lease Selection under this Act shall be those who do not hold any land in Queensland, whether freehold or leasehold, other than freehold or leasehold land situated within any city,. town, township, or other centre of population, or which has been declared to be suburban land under section thirteen of the Principal Act." Amendment 6. In the first paragraph of sections five and seven of ofss.5and7.*" The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act of 1917" the words" has not been acquired under t" The Closer Settle- ment Acts, 1906-1917," or under section three of this Act,r are repealed, and the words "is unoccupied Crown land or has been resumed under section three of this Act as· the whole or part of a holding under the Principal Act· held under pastoral lease or grazing selection tenure or a. scrub selection held under t" The Land Act, 1897," and in all cases where the land has not been acquired under t" The Closer Settlement Acts, 1906-1917," or otherwise than as aforesaid under section three of this Act" are respectively inserted in lieu thereof. Amendment 7. In paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection five of 5 o A f . ss. 5 and section five, and in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsectI • On * 7 Geo. V. No. 32, reprinted as amended by the Act of 1918, supra. page 8926. t 6 Edw. VII. No. 32 and amending Acts, supra, page 8901. t 61 Vie. No. 25, repealed. See Historical Table, Index Volume.

LAND, CROWN. 9]8:3 1920. Discharged Soldiers', &c., Amendment Act. ~ - - ~ -~ ~- - -- -- - -- - - four of section 5A of *" The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act of 1917," the words" of the term" ate repealed and the words" from the date on which the lessee commences to personally reside on the selection" are respectively inserted in lieu thereof. 8. (1.) In the first paragraphs of sections 5A and 7 A of Amendment *" 'l'he Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act of 1917," after ~ ~ ~ s. 5A and the words "section three of this Act" the words "not ~ being the whole or part of a holding under the Principal Act held under pastoral lease or grazing selection tenure, or a scrub selection held under t" The Land Act, 1897," " are respectively inserted. (2.) In the first paragraph of subsection two of section 5A and in the first paragraph of subsection two of section 7 A of the said Act the words "and such rate" are repealed and the words" such rate in cases where freehold land has been acquired" are inserted in lieu thereof. The following words are added to the said paragraph: "and in fixing such rate, in cases where land held from the Crown other than under pastoral lease or grazing or scrub selection tenure has been resumed the Minister shall have regard to the rate per centum paid by the Crgwn as interest on the compensation money paid on such resumption." 9. The following proviso is added to subsection one Amendment, of section six of *" The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement of s. 6. Act of 1917" :- " Provided that the only discharged soldiers who shall be qualified to apply for or (during the first ten years of the lease) hold a Perpetual Town Lease or Perpetual Suburban Lease under this Act shall be those who do not hold any land in Queensland, whether freehold or lease- hold (other than on a weekly or monthly tenancy), which is situated within any city, town, township, or other centre of population, or which has been declared to be suburban land under section thirteen of the Principal Act." 10. The following provision is added to paragraph Amendment five of section seven and also to paragraph four of section ~ ~. SS. 7 and 7A of *" The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act of 1917":- " (c) Personal residence of the lessee shall be begun, in the case of unimproved land not * 7 Geo. V. No. 32, reprinted as amended by the Act of 1918, supra, page 8926. t 61 Vie. No. 25, repealed. See Historical Table, Index Volume.

9184 LAND, CROWN. Discharged Soldiers', &;c., Amendment Act. 10 GEO. V. No. 21, _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ . ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ • _ ~ c _ _ _ ~ ~ _ _ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ __ later than six months after the date of commencement of the lease or such later time not exceeding a further six months as the Minister in any particular case may permit, and in the case of land whereon a dwelling-house has been erected for a dis- charged soldier, who is the holder of a lease under this section or who upon the fulfil- ment of certain conditions mav become the holder of such lease, not later than fourteen days after the date of notification by the Minister that such dwelling-house is ready for his occupa.tion." Amendment 11. Section eight of *" The Discharged Soldiers' of 8. 8. Settlement Act of 1917" is repealed and the following sections are inserted in lieu thereof :- Advances to [8.] (1.) Subject to this Act the Minister may, out cfaurlmtivearstoarns. d of funds legally available for the purpose, upon the application of any discharged soldier who is the owner or occupier of any land of any of the .classes of land mentioned in subsection two hereof (herein referred to as the "holding"), make advances tq such discharged soldier on the prescribed security for the purposes herein- after mentioned. Agricultllral (2.) The land which shall be held by discharged land. soldiers to whom advances may be made under this section shall be land used or about to be used for grazing, agricultural, dairying, viticultural, or horticultural pur- suits, or other rural pursuits approved by the Minister, and of any of the classes following, namely:-- (a) Land held in fee-simple ; (b) Land held under the laws in force for the time being relating to Crown land as a pastoral holding or as an agricultural selection, grazing selection, prickly-pear selection, perpetual lease prickly-pear selection, unconditional selection, or scrub selection, and whether the tenure is limited or perpetual, or as a per- petual town lease or perpetual suburban lease or perpetual co_untry lease, or as a miner's homestead lease or other similar tenement; * 7 Geo. V. No. 32, reprinted as amended by the Act of 1918, supra, page 8926.

1920. · LAND, CROWN. Discha1>ged Soldiers', &c., Amendment Act. 9185 (c) Perpetual lease selections, perpetual town leases, and perpetual suburban leases, held under "The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Acts, 1917 to 1920" ; (d) Any other land which the Governor in Council by Order in Council declares to be a holding for the purposes of this section. Where the discharged soldier is married and the land is held by the husband and wife as joint tenants or tenants in common, advances may be made to the discharged soldier On the security of the whole of the interests in the land. Any of the aforesaid lands held by discharged soldiers shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be agricul- tural lands within the meaning of *" The Queensland Government Savings Bank Act ot 1916." (3.) Such advances may be made for any of the Purposes of . following purposes, namely :_ advances. (a) Payment of the purchase money in respect of the holding ; (b) Payment of liabilities already existing with respect to the holding, including advances made by the Commissioner, under the provi- sions of *" The Queensland Government Savings Bank Act ot 1916" relating to advances to farmers and cultivators; (c) Making improvements on the holding or adding to the improvements already made on the holding ;. (d) Purchase of live stock (including pigs and poultry), implements, machinery, plant, tools, harness, vehicles or other means of transit, fruit trees, and banana and pineapple suckers; (e) Any other purposes which the Minister may approve. (4.). No inspection fees shall be charged or payable ~o . in respect to any application for any such advance. ~~ : ~. ectlOn (5.) At no time shall such advance or advances Limit of to anyone person exceed one thousand two hundred advances. pounds. * 7 Geo. V. No. 17, 8upra, page 7406.

!HS6 LAND, CROWN. ... - ~ - ~ - - ~ - ~ ~ ~ - ~ - - . - ~ - ~ . ~ ~ -- --- -.~ .-. -.- -~- -- - Discharged Soldiers', &;c., Amendment Act. 10 GEO. V. No. 21, Basis of valuation and of advance. (6.) The amount of any such advance shall in every case be determined by the fair estimated value of the land and improvements made and proposed to be made thereon after taking into consideration all sums already advanced and still owing on the security, and, except as is by this Act otherwise provided, such advanoe may be made to the full amount of such estimated value, but shall n,ot exceed that amount. tPorotvhiesifoirnsst as (7.) As to the first six hundred and twenty-five £625. pounds part of the aforesaid amount of one thousand two hundred pounds, the following provisions shall be . applicable :- Term of advance. (i.) Save as hereinafter expressly provided in the next succeeding provisoes and in para- graph (iii.) hereof, the term of the advance shall be forty years, and the advl!-nce shall be repay- able with interest by instalments accordingly: Provided that- (a) The term of any advance in respect of any pastoral holding or grazing selection or scrub selection shall not exceed the period for which the lease of such holding is to run at the date of the advance if such period is less than forty years: (b) If the term of the advance exceeds seven years the amount advanced, wit,h interest at the prescribed rate~ shall be repaid as follows :- For the period 'of seven years from the first day of January or the first day of July, as the case may be, following the date on which the advance or first instalment thereof is made, interest only on the advance at the prescribed rate shall be paid by half-yearly instalments on the thirty-first day of December and the thirtieth day of June in each year; and after the expiration of the said period of seven years the amount advanced with interest as aforesaid shall be repaid by the payment, by half-yearly instalments on the dates

LAND, CROWN. 9181 1920. Dischar'ged Soldiers', &c., Amendment Act. aforesaid in each year during each of the remaining years of the term of the advance, of such an amount as will permit the advance with interest as aforesaid to be wholly' repaid during the term of the advance: (c) If the term of the advance does not exceed seven years, interest only on the advance at the prescribed rate shaH be paid by half-yearly instalments as aforesaid during the whole term, and the full amount of the advance shall be repaid on the date of the expira- tion of the term of the advance: (d) If at the date of any such advance' .in respect of any holding held under lease from the Crown the period for which the lease is to run is less than ten years, the amount of such advance shall not exceed the rate of ten shillings in the pound of the fair estimated value as determined under subsection six hereof. (ii.) Any sum expended by the State in clearing or ~tate effecting any permanent improvements on the Imp~ove­ land in question in anticipation of settlement men. shall be deemed to be an advance to the discharged soldier as and from the date of such expenditure; and to be included in the amount of six hundred and twenty-five pounds aforesaid, and the discharged soldier shall execmte the necessary mortgage or other instru- ment securing the repayment of the same. (iii.) Advances for any of the purposes mentioned Special . in the first column of the table here • under set s a h d o v r a t n t c e e r s m f s ot' forth may be made upon such securIty as the Minister thinks proper, and the provisions of subsection six hereof shall not apply to any such advance. But every such advance shall be subject to such further conditions and stipulations as to the Minister may seem fit or as may be prescribed. Such advances shall not exceed the amounts respectively mentioned in the second column thereof, and shall be for a period to be fixed by the Minister

m88 :Rate of interest. LAND, CROWN. Dischm'ged Soldiers', &c., Amendment Act. 10 GEO. V. No. 21, not exceeding the periods of time respectively limited in the third column thereof, and shall be repaid within a period to be fixed by the Minister not exceeding the periods respectively mentioned in the fourth column thereof, that is to say:- Purposes. Live stock (including sheep, cattle, ' pigs, poultry, and· horses for farming and dairying pur- poses and horses for trans- port purposes); fruit trees; pineapple suckers;and banana suckers: provided that ad- vances under this heading for live stock shall be so limited that the value of the stock presently held by the appli- cant and those proposed to be purchased will not together exceed £170 ., Vehicle or other means of transit; harness; machinery; imple- ments (including ploughs and other farming implements); plant (including incubators, I separators) .. \ £ 170 50 Tools of trade .._. _______. _.__ 10 Years. Years. 10 Last 9 10 Last 9 I 3 Last 2 The Governor in Council may from time . to time, by Order in Council, add to this table by including other objects therein, and fixing the maximum amount of advance for each such object, and the maximum period of advance, and limiting the period of time within which each such advance shall be repayable; and the table in force for the time being as so added to shall be deemed to be the table referred to in this provision. (iv.) The rate of interest on the amount advanced shall be ~ s follows :-During the first year, at the rate of three pounds ten shillings per centum; during the second year, at the rate of four pounds per centum; during each subsequent year, at an increased rate of ten shillings per centum above the rate charged, in the last preceding year, until the rate of

. LAND, CROWN. 1920. Discharged Soldiers', u;c., Amendment Act. ------------ interest equals the actual rate of interest (not being more than five pounds per centum) payable by the State in respect of the loan out of which such advance was made (after taking into consideration any additional Government stock necessarily created or issued in order to produce the actual amoun1i of such loan and all costs, charges, and expenses connected with the raising of such loan), and if such actual rate does exceed five pounds per centum, then until the rate of five pounds per centum is reached; and thereafter shall continue at the same rate during the whole· term of the advance. (v.) Save as next hereinafter provided, in all cases When interest on an advance shall begin to run ~ ~ i~ : tto> from the date on which the advance is made rUD. or deemed to be made: Provided, however, that whenever the Minister is satisfied that a holding is not in such a state of improvement that it should be . profit-earning immediately after the entry thereon of the discharged soldier, he may direct that interest on the advance to such soldier shall not begin to run until a date to be fixed by the Minister, but not later than the date of expiry of the period of six months after the entry of such soldier on the land. (vi.) The foregoing special provisions contained in Soldiers' paragraphs (i.) to (v.) hereof shall be appli- settlement. cable to advances under this section to dis- leases. charged soldiers who are the holders of Perpetual Lease Selections in soldiers' settle- . ments,or who upon the fulfilment of certain conditions may become the holders of such selections in such settlements, with, however, the following modifications :- (a) In addition to the purposes for which ad- vances may be made as set forth in subsection three hereof, advances may also be made for maintaining improvements already effected .on the holding at such weekly rate as the Minister approves and during such period of time as he approves.

9190 LAND, CROWN. - - - - - - - - , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - Discharged Soldiers', &c., Amendment Act. 10 GEO. V. No. 21, (b) The discharged soldier shall, as and when re- quired by the Minister, execute such instru- ment as may be prescribed, undertaking to execute such mortgage and other. security .as may be required for securing the repay- ment by him of all advances thel"etofore made or thereafter to be made to him under this section. (c) In the event of any such discharged soldier failing to the satisfaction of the Minister to improve and cultivate his holding or the land allotted to him he may be called upon by the Minister, at any· time prior to the execution of such mortgage, to show cause to the satisfaction of the Minister why his selection should not be forfeited, or his rights (if any) in such land should not be forfeited, and if he fails to show satisfactory reasons for his neglect the same may without any further notice or process be forfeited by the Minister accordingly: Provided that, in the case of any such forfeiture, if the Minister is of opinion that the improvements made by the discharged soldier on the land exceed in value the total amount of all moneys payable by him in respect of advances or other amounts due by him to the Crown, the Minister may pay to such discharged soldier an amount of money equal to the amount of such excess. t rP o ermo t v h aii e sniionngs as balan( 8c. e) oAf sthtoe sfaivide ahmunodurnetdoafnodne. sethvoenutsya- nfidvetwpoouhnudnsdrthede £575. pounds, the following provisions shall be applicable:- (i) The amount of any such advance shall not exceed the rate of fifteen shillings in the pound of the fair estimated value as deter- mined under subsection six hereof: Provided that, if at the date of any such advance in respect of any holding held under lease the period for which the lease is to run is less than ten years, the amount of such advance shall not exceed the rate of ten shillings in the pound of such estimated value. .

IJAND, CROWN. 9]91 1920. Discharged Soldier's', &c., Amendment ..c1ct. (ii.) The term of the advance shall be twenty-five years, and the advance shall be repayable with interest at the rate of five pounds per centum per annum by instalments accordingly: Provided always that the term of any advance in respect of any pastoral holding or grazing selection or scrub selection shall not exceed the period for which the lease of such holding is to run at the date of advance, if such period is less than twenty-five years. (9.) With respect to any advance for the purpose of Advances to payment of the purchase money in respect of the holding, ~ ~ ~c~ !8e no such advance shall exceed seventy-five pounds per money. 'centum of the approved valuation of the holding and improvements (if any) thereon, and the stock, imple- ments, machinery, plant, and fruit trees (if any) included in such purchase : Provided that, as to the first six hundred and twenty- five pounds part of the maximum amount that may be advanced under this section, no advance for the purpose aforesaid shall exceed the amount of the fair estimated value of the holding and improvements (if any) thereon ~ xclusive of such stock, implements, machinery, plant, and fruit trees; and as to five hundred and seventy-five pounds the balance of the said maximum amount no :such advance shall exceed the rate of fifteen shJlings in the, pound of the fair estimated value of the holding and improvements (if any) thereon, exclusive of such stock, implements, machinery, plant, and fruit trees. [8A.} (1.) Subject to this Act the Minister may, out Adva~ lCe8 for of funds legally available for the purpose, make advances dwellings, to discharged soldiers under this section on the security of any land held under any form of land tenure approved by the Minister, for any of the following purposes, namely:- (a) Payment of the purchase money in respect of the purchase of the land for a workers' dwell- ing, or of the land and a workers' dwelling already erected thereon ; (b) Payment of liabilities already existing with respect to the land for a workers' dwelling, or to the land and a workers' dwelling already erected thereon, including any advances made by the Commissioner under the provisions of •

9192 LAND, CROWN. Discharged Soldiers', &c., Amendment Act. 10 GEO. V. No. 21, *"The Queensland Government Savings Bank Act of 1916" relating to advances for workers~ dwellings; (c) Erecting a workers' dwelling on the land; (d) Adding to or imprpving a workers' dwelling erected on the land. Where the discharged soldier is married and the land is held by the husband and wife as joint tenants or tenants in common, advances may be made to the discharged soldier on the security of the whole of the interests in the land. Advance not (2.) Any 'advance under this section may be made linimcoitmede. by notwithstanding that the applicant for such advance is at the time of making the application in receipt of an income of more than four hundred and sixteen pounds per annum. No (3.) No inspection fees shall be charged or payable, f i e n e s s p . ection • in respect to any application for any such advance. Basis of valuation and of advance. (4.) The amount of any advance under this section shall in every case be determined by the fair estimated value of the land and improvements made and proposed to be made thereon after taking into consideration all sums already advanced and still owing on the security ~ and such advance may be made to the full amount of such estimated value, but shall not exceed that amount. Limit of (5.) At no time shall such advance or advances to any advancp. one person exceed five hundred pounds: Provided that, unless the Minister otherwise directs~ at no time shall such advance or advances to anyone person exceed four hundred and twenty-five pounds. State improve- luent. (6.) Any sum expended .hy the State in clearing or effecting any permanent improvements on the land in question in anticipation of settlement shall be deemed to be an advance to the discharged soldier.as and from the date of such expenditure and to be includedin the maximum amount of five hundred pounds aforesaid, and the discharged soldier shall execute the necessary mort- gage or other instrument securing the repayment of the same. 'renn of advance. (7.) The term of the advance shall be forty years~ and the advance shall be repayable with interest by instalments accordingly. * 7 Geo. V. No. 17, 8upra, page 7406. •

LAND, CROWN. 9193 1920. Discharged Soldiers', &c., Amendment Act. The advance, with interest at the prescribed rate, shall be repaid within a term of thirty-three years, com- mencing after the expiration of seven years from the first day of January or the first day of July, as the case may be, following the date on which the advance or first instalment thereof was made, by payment on the first day of each month of monthly instalments of the amount of ten shillings and fourpence for everyone hundred pounds advanced, together with one twelfth part of the annual rent (if any) due to the Crown in respect of the lease of the land and of the fire insurance premium on the dwelling-house, until the whole advance, with interest at the prescribod.rate, has been repaid. During the period between the payment of the first instalment of the advance and the commencement of the period of thirty-three years above mentioned, interest only at the prescribed rate, together with one twelfth part of the annual rent (if any) due to the Crown and of the fire insurance premium aforesaid, shall be paid by payment on the first day of each lTIonth of monthly instalments. (8.) The rate of interest on the amount advanced Rate of shall be as follows :-During the first year, at the rate of interest. three pounds ten shillings per centum ; during the second year, at the rate of four pounds per centum ; during each subsequent year, at an increased rate of ten shillings per centum above the rate charged in the last preceding year, until the rate of interest equals the actual rate of interest (not being more than five pounds per centum) payable by the State in respect of the loan out of which such advance was made (after taking into consideration any additional Government stock necessarily created or issued in order to produce the actual amount of such loan and all costs, charges, and expenses connected with the raising of such loan), and if such actual rate does exceed five pounds per centum, then until the rate of five pounds per centum is reached; and thereafter shall continue at the same rate during ,the whole term of the advance. [8B.] Any discharged soldier (or person included inprov!sions in that term, ) under the age of. twenty-one years who acserttoammm. caosress. holds any freehold land shall, with respect to advances made upon the security of such land, have the same powers and rights and shall be subject to the same duties, liabilities, and obligations in all respects as if he were of the full age of twenty-one years. K

9194 LAND, CROWN. Discharged Soldiers', &c., Amendment Act. 10 GEO. V. No. 21, 1920. Transfers. &c. [8c.] (1.) During the currency of any advance under . this Act, no person other than a discharged soldier shall be qualified to become the transferee of the holding in respect of or in relation to which the advance has been .made. . (2.) In the event of a borrower transferring, sub- dividing, letting, or abandoning any property with respect , to which an advance has been made under this Act, or agreeing so to do, such borrower 'shall not thereafter be eligible to obtain a further advance under this Act: (3.) Provided that the Minister, under the special circumstances of any particular case,. may direct that the provisions of this section shall be relaxed in favour of any person either wholly or in part. Application [8D.] Subject to the modifications contained in the ~ueensIand foregoing provisions of this Act, the provisions of *" The Go~ ernment Queensland Government Savings Bank Act of 1916" ~ ~ : ~ ~ ct. relating respectively to advances to farmers and cultivators and for workers' dwellings, so far as they can be applied, shall apply to advances of a similar kind made under this Act. Com- [8E.] The Minister may arrange with the Commis- mSaivsainiognser of S.lOner to manage and t he Comml. ss.lOner sh a11 thereupon, Bank :rpay as the fully constituted deputy and attorney of and for = ? : :~ . loanthe Minister, be authorised to manage the whole or any part of so much of the business of the Minister under this Act as consists of the making and regulation of advances to discharged soldiers, and for so doing he shall be entitled to receive as the Commissioner such annual management fee or commission as is mutually agreed upon by and between the Minister and the Commissioner. Restriction. 12. No advances shall be made under the provisions uonndaedrvsa. n 8 c A es . of section 8A of" The Discharged Sold . iers' Settlement Acts, 1917 to 1920," except in the following cases : - (a) For the purpose of completing applications for advances. made and approved before the passing of "The Discharged Soldiers' Settle- ment Act Amendment Act of 1920" under t'; The Discharged So'ldiers' Settlement Act of 1917" and the regulations purporting to be made thereunder; * 7 Geo. V. No. 17. supra, page 7406. t 7 Geo. V. No. 32, reprinted as amended by the Act of 1918; supra, Page 8926.

. LAND, CROWN.-LANDLORD AND TENANT. 9195 10 GEO. V. No. 31, 1920. Fair Rents Act. (b) For adding to or improving a workers' dwelling erected on land in respect of which an advance has been made under *" The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act of 1917." 13. It shall be lawful for the Minister to sell or Disposal of otherwise dispose of to the Minister acting under any ~ : f~ ; ~ ank State Act relating to workers' homes, and for the last- work~rs' mentioned Minister to buy .or otherwise acquire for the dwellmgs. .purposes of such Act, any surplus land and any workers' dwellings erected for the settlement of discharged soldiers at Sunnybank, near Brisbane, and not required for that purpose. 14. All acts of the Governor in Council or the Minister Ratification. or the Commissioner, or any officer under the authority of the Governor in Council or the Minister or the Com- missioner, before the passing of this Act, when acting or purporting to act under the provisions of *" The D1:s- • charged Soldiers' Settlement Act ot 1917," or under that Act as amended by " The Land Acts Amendment Act ot 1918," or under i"" The Queensland Government Savings Bank Act ot 1916," or any regulations made or purporting to be made under any of the aforesaid Acts which would be valid if done under " The Discharged Soldiers' Settle- ment Acts, 1917 to 1920," shall be deemed to have been lawful and are hereby ratified and confirmed for all purposes. LANDLORD AND TENANT. An Act to Provide for the Determination of Fair 10NGoe.o 3 . 1 V . . Rents for Dwelling-houses, and for purposes THE FAIR consequent there'on or incidental thereto. RENTS AOT OF 1920. -. I I [ASSENTED TO 11TH MARCH, 1920.] . BE it enacted by th~ King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the ladvice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legi~ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, 4nd by the authority of the same, as follows :- I I 1. This Act may bl:e cited as " The Fair Rents Act of Short title. 1920," and save as herein otherwise provided shall come I * 7 Geo. V. No. 32, repriI\.ted as amended by the Act of 1918,8upra, page 8926. I rage t 7 Gea. V. No. 17, 8upra, 7406. )