Farmers' Relief (Amendment) Act 1968 (NSW)

FARMERS' RELIEF (AMENDMENT) ACT.

ANNO SEPTIMO DECIMO

ELIZABETHE II REGINE

Act No. 21 , 1968.

An Act to provide for the appointment of an additional member of the Rural Reconstruction Board; for this purpose to amend the Farmers' Relief Act, 1932, as subsequently amended; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 10th October, 1968.]

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BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by -* and with the 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: —	L
1.

(1) This Act may be cited as the "Farmers' Relief (Amendment) Act, 1968".

(2)

(2) The Farmers' Relief Act, 1932, as subsequently

amended, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may

be cited as the Farmers' Relief Act, 1932-1968.

(4) This Act shall commence upon a day to be appointed by the Governor and notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.

2. The Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in section three next after the definition of "Stay Order" the following new definition :—

"Western Division" means the Western Division referred to in the Crown Lands Consolida­ tion Act, 1913, as subsequently amended, the boundaries of which are set forth in the Second Schedule to that Act, as so amended;

(b) (i) by omitting from subsection one of section seven the words "seven persons" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "eight persons";

(ii)   by omitting paragraph (e) of subsection (2A) of the same section and by inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraphs : —

(e) one shall be a person having special knowledge of grazing operations in the Western Division and shall be repre­

sentative of farmers engaged in grazing

operations in that Division;

(e l ) one shall be a person having special knowledge of grazing operations in that part of New South Wales not within the Western Division and shall be representative of farmers engaged in grazing operations in that part of New South Wales not within the Western Division;

(iii)

(iii)   by omitting from paragraph (f) of the same subsection the words "paragraphs (d) and (e ) " and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "paragraphs (d), (e) and ( e l ) " ;

(iv)   by omitting from the same subsection the words "paragraphs (c), (d) , (e) and (f)" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "paragraphs (c), (d) , (e), (e l ) and (f)";

(v)   by omitting from paragraph (b) of subsection

(2B) of the same section the words "para-

graphs (d), (e) and (f)" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "paragraphs (d), (e), (e l ) and (f)".

3. The member of the Board holding office immediately before the commencement of this Act as farmers' represen- tative as referred to in paragraph (e) of subsection (2A) of section seven of the Principal Act shall, as on and from such commencement—

(a)	be deemed to have been appointed as farmers' representative as referred to in paragraph (e l ) of subsection (2A) of section seven of the Farmers' Relief Act, 1932-1968; and
(b)	subject to the provisions of the Farmers' Relief Act, 1932-1968, shall continue to be a member for the balance of the term for which he was appointed before such commencement, but shall be eligible for reappointment.

Nothing contained in this Act shall prejudice or affect in any way the continuity of the body corporate constituted	under the Principal Act and that body corporate shall con-
tinue notwithstanding the provisions of this Act.

4.

GAMING