Farmers' Assistance (Debts Adjustment) Act Amendment Act of 1936 (1 Edw Viii No. 16) (Qld)

16:3BO PI~ L\ IARY PRODUCE. Fat'mers' Assistance (Debts, Etc.) , Etc., Act. 1 EDW. VIII. No. 16, PRICKLY-PEAR LAND AMENDMENT. See LANDS (1). PRIMARY PRODUCE. 1 EDW. VIII. An Act to Amend" 'I he Farmers' Assistance (Debts No. 16. • ~ .. THE AdJustment) Act of 19'3n" In certaIn FAR:'\iERS' • ASSlSTAKCE partlCulars. ( DEBT~ AnH'STMgKT) ACT [ASSENTED TO 12TH NOVEMBER, 1936.] A}IEKDME};T B ACT OF 1936. E it enacted by the King's :Most Excellent Majesty, by and with tbe advice and eonsent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- Short title 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as "The Farmers' : ~ ~ struction Assistance (Debts Adjustment) Act Amendment Act of 1936," and shall be read as one with *"The Farmers' Assistance (Debts Adjustment) Act of 1935," herein referred to as the Principal Act. Collective (2.) The Principal Act and this Act may collectively title. be cited as t"The Farmers' Assistance (Debts Adjustment) Acts, 1935 to 1936." Amendments of the Principal Act. Amendments Qf the Principal Act. 2. The Principal Act is amended, as follows :- Amendment Qf s. 2. (i.) Section two is amended, as follows : - (a) In the definition of "Local Authority," after the figures" 1934," where th~ y twice occur, the words and brackets, namely "(or any Act amending or in substitution for the same) " are respectively inserted. (b) A new definition is inserted after the definition of "Prescribed," as follows :- Register of Applicatiollil. " "Register of Applications "-The Register of Applications under this Act, which register may, notwithstanding any Act or law to the contrary, be on the loose-leaf or card system." * 26 Geo. V. No. 23, supra. pagc 1.5.564. t 2fi Goo. V. No. 23, s'''pra, page 1;")564, and 1 Edw. VIII. No. 16 (this Act).

PRIMARY. PRODUCE. 16331 1936. Farmers' Assistance (Debts Adjustment), Etc., Act. (ii.) Section seven is amended, as follows ;- Amendment In subsection one the words "This Act" are of s. 7. repealed and the following words are inserted in lieu thereof, namely ;-" Except as is hereinafter provided, this Act." (iii.) A new section 13A is inserted after section New s. I:lA. thirteen, as follows ;- "[13A.] Where the Board is of opinion that it is Crown necessary that the assistance which may be given under debt"!. this Act to an applicant farmer who is indebted to the Crown (being the State of Queensland or any State Governmental authority) shall, to enable the farmer concerned to continue to carry on farming operations and to give him a reasonable prospect of carrying on those operations successfully, include a composition or scheme of arrangement of any such Crown debts or specified Crown debts or portion of any specified Crown debts, the Board may recommend accordingly. Upon receipt of such recommendation the Governor in Council may, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Act or law, agree to such composition or scheme of arrangement in respect of the whole of such Crown debts or any specified Crown debts or portion of any specified Crown debts as he may think fit, and may accept the payment provided for in such composition or scheme of arrangement in full satisfaction and discharge of the whole of such Crown debts or any specified Crown debts or portion of any specified Crown debts, as the case may be." (iv.) In subsection three of section fourteen the Amendment word" Minister," where it twice occurs, is repealed and of s. 14. the word "Corporation" is respectively inserted in lieu thereof. The following provision IS added to the said subsection, namely;- "For the purposes of this subsection the term " Corporation" shall mean the corporation of "The Secretary for Agriculture and Stock" as constituted by subsection one of section seventeen of this Act." (v.) A new section 14A is inserted after section ~ ' W s. 14A. fourteen, namely;- ' " [i4A.] 'Where the Board is of opinion that it is Stay of necessary in respect of any composition or scheme of proceedings arrangement approved by I.t t hat t he s t ay 0 f proceed·mgs I C II rorewsnpect of hereinbefore provided shall, to enable the farmer con- debts. cerned to carry on farming operations and to give him a

J 63;32 PRIMARY PRODUCE. Farmers' Assistance (Debts, Etc.), Etc., Act. 1 EDW. VIII. No. 16, 1936. reasonable prospect of carrying on those operations successfully, apply and extend to the Crown (being the © State of Queensland or any State Governmental authority) and either generally or in respect of any specified Crown debts or portion of any specified Crown debts, the Board may recommend accordingly. Upon receipt of such recommendation the Governor in Council may consent to the application and extension to the Crown, and either generally or in respect of any specified Crown debts or portion of any specified Crown debts, of such stay of proceedings: Provided that such consent may be unconditional or may be subject to such terms and conditions as the Governor in Council shall think fit." Amendments of 8. 17. (vi.) Section seventeen is amended, as follows :- (a) In paragraph (a) of subsection two the word " or," where it last occurs, is repealed and the words " and/or" are inserted in lieu thereof. (b) In subsectiQn three the word" Minister," where it twice occurs, is repealed and the word" Corporation" is respectively inserted in lieu thereof; also the words "by him" are repealed and the words "by it" are inserted in lieu thereof. (c) In subsection four the word "Minister" is repealed and the word "Corporation" is inserted in lieu thereof. Operation of Act. 3. The amendments made to the Principal Act by this Act shall be deemed to have been made therein on the passing of the Principal Act, and this Act shall have retrospective operation and effect accordingly. PRIVATE HOSPITALS. See HEALTH. PUBLIC ACT'; OF QUEENSLAND REPRINT. See ACTS. PUBLIC SERVICE. See LABOUR (1). PUBLIC SERVICE ACTS AfdENDlVIENT. See LOCAL BODIES' LOANS.