Exchange of Land, etc Act 1894 (SA)

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO SEPTIMO ET QUINQUA-

GESIMO OCTAVO

A.D. 1894.

No. 608.

An Act to facilitate Exchange of Lands and Reduction

of Rents.

[Assented to, December rrst, 1894.1

E it Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Aus- Preamble.

and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parlia-	B tralia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council
ment assembled, as follows:

l. This Act may be cited as The Exchange of Lands and short title.

Reduction of Rents Act, 1894."

2. Section 25 of " The Crown Lands Amendment Act, 1893," I~ensod lands may be

lease thereof, and thc land received in exchange may be let by the	shall extend to authorise the exchange of lands notwithstanding any exchanged. unexpired term of his original lease, on terms to be agreed between the Commissioner and such lessee, and on such lessee susrendcring
his original lease.

3. Any lessee of land dealt with by any Land Board under any Commissioner may reduce rent on recorn-

of the Crown Lands Acts may, before the thirtieth day cf June, m c n d a t h o f ~ A n d

one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, apply to the Commis- Boad.

sioner in writing to reduce the rent of such land, and such applica-

tion shall be referred by the Commissioner to the Surveyor-General

for report, and if the Surveyor-General shall certify in writing to

the Commissioner that in his opinion a. re-valuation of the rent of

such land is necessary to sccure the profitable occupation thereof the

Commissioner may refer such application to the Land Board for the

668 District

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The &change of Land and Reduction of Rents Act.--1 894.

District with ia&uctions to revalue and fix the rent of the land; and if such Board shall recammead the reduction of the rent, the Commis- sioner may, if he hall think fit so to do, make such reduction (not exceeding the reduction recommended by the Board) in the rent as

he shall think proper, and a memorandum of such reduction shall

be annexed to or indorsed on the lease, and such reduced rent shall

be the rent of the land for the remainder of the term.

Return of rerluctiona

to be laid before 4. A return of all reductions under section 3 of this Act, with

Parliament. the reasons therefor, shall be laid before Parliament before the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety- five,

I n the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby -assent to

this Bill.

KINTO RE, Governor.

Adelaide : By authority, C. E. BRWTOW, Government Printer, North-terrace.