Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act of 1955 (4 Eliz Ii No. 37) (Qld)

FISHERIES. 4 E liz . II. No. 37, 1955. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. 25 FISHERIES. An Act to Amend “ The Fish and Oyster Acts, 1914 to 1945,” in certain particulars. ' [A ssented to 30 th N ovember , 1955.] O yster A cts A mendment A ct of 1955. B E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as “ The Fish and short title. Oyster Acts Amendment Act of 1955.” (2.) *“ The Fish and Oyster Acts , 1914 to 1945,” are Principal in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. Act‘ (3.) The Principal Act and this Act may be Collective collectively cited as “ The Fish and Oyster Acts , 1914tltle' to 1955.” 2. Section four of the Principal Act is amended— Amendments (i.) By inserting before the definition of the term “ Catchment area ” therein the following definition— “ “ Apparatus ”—Includes any implement, gear, Apparatus, contrivance, device, or apparatus used or capable of being used to take any fish or oysters: The term also includes any hook, line, or other part whatsoever of any apparatus; ” ; (ii.) By inserting after the definition of the term “ Fixed apparatus ” therein the following definition— “ “ Foreshore ”—Such parts of the bed, shore, Foreshore, banks, shoals, reefs, and other land of or in any Queensland waters, as lie between high water and low water marks ; ” ; (iii.) By inserting after the definition of the term “ Inspector ” therein the following definition— “ “ Land ”:—Includes land covered by water as Land, well as shoals, reefs, and other land, whether of coral, rock, or other formation ; ” ; * 5 G. 5 No. 23 and amending Acts.

26 FISHERIES. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. 4 E liz . II. No. 37, Premises. (iv.) By inserting after the definition of the term “ Oysters ” therein the following definition— “ “ Premises ”—Includes any land, building, or other place (whether open or enclosed), and any vessel; ” ; (v.) By repealing the definition of the term “ Queensland waters ” therein and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed definition, the following definition— Queensland waters- “ “ Queensland waters ”—The sea within the territorial Hmits of Queensland and all salt, brackish, and fresh waters in Queensland whether coastal or inland, including, but without limiting the generality thereof, the waters of all bays, gulfs, and inlets of the sea, and all rivers, creeks, streams, lakes, and lagoons, and waters on all foreshores and all other waters whatsoever of the State : Provided that the term does not include water on or over land which for the time being is lawfully granted in fee simple by the Crown; ” ; (vi.) By repealing in the definition of the term “ Take ” therein the words “ kill, catch,” and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words “ fish for, catch, kill, destroy,” ; and (vii.) By repealing in the definition of the term “Vessel” therein all words commencing with and including the words “ used for any purpose under this Act ” and ending with and including the words “ collecting or laying oysters only.”. Amendments of s. 5. 3. Section five of the Principal Act is amended-— (i.) By repealing in subsection three thereof the words “ create reserves for all or ” and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words “ by Order in Council set apart and declare any Crown land in, or within the territorial limits of, Queensland to be a reserve for ” ; (ii.) By inserting in subsection three thereof after the words “ formation culture and growth of sponges or other marine products ; ” the words “ for the protection of coral or for the protection of such other marine products as may be specified in the Order in Council; ” ;

FISHERIES. 27 1955. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. (iii.) By repealing subsection four thereof and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed subsection, the following subsections :— “ (4.) The Governor in Council may from time to Public time by Order in Council set apart and declare any ^^©8. Crown land in, or within the territorial limits of, Queensland to be a public oyster reserve. Subject to this Act, every public oyster reserve shall be for the use of the public. (5.) Every reserve under this Act shall not be subjected to any, and shall be deemed at all times while fromP it remains as such to be excepted from every, lease or certain license granted under this Act in relation to any land or licenses, area. (6.) Any such reserve created, declared, or set Revocation apart, whether before or after the commencement 0f °f reserves. *“ The Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act of 1955,” may be revoked in whole or in part at any time by the Governor in Council by Order in Council. (7.) The regulations may prescribe in relation to all ^ot®cftion’ or any of the reserves under this Act all such matters reserves, and things as the Governor in Council considers necessary or desirable for all or any of the foilowing :— (i.) The protection and management thereof; (ii.) Prescribing offences with respect to such reserves and all or any marine products thereon or therein or within the limits thereof, and the penalty or punishment for all or any of such offences ; (iii.) The control of all or any persons and vessels within the limits thereof and the preservation of order ; (iv.) Generally regulating and controlling the use thereof. (8.) This Act shall not derogate from the provisions of — No. 33 and (i.) f“ The Criminal Code Act, 1899 (including “ The '(as Criminal Code ”) ” ; or amended).* * This Act. t 63 V. No. 9.

28 FISHERIES. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. 4 E liz . II. No. 37, (ii.) *“ The Fish Supply Management Acts, 1935 to 1951 ” ; or (iii.) f“ The Whaling Acts, 1935 to 1936,” (or aPPly to, or require any license under this Act to be held in relation to, the taking of any whale within the meaning of those Acts); or (iv.) J“ The Pearl-shell and Beche-de-mer Fishery Acts, 1881 to 1931,” (or require any license under this Act to be held in relation to any vessel employed or used solely in the pearl- shell and beche-de-mer fishery).”. Amendment 4. Subsection two of section six of the Principal 0 8' * Act is repealed and the following subsection is inserted in lieu of that repealed subsection:— Special “ ( 2 .) Nothing in this Act, whether in this Part or exemptions. ^ ghaU appjy (a) The taking (otherwise than by the use of any explosive, poisonous, or other noxious substance) of fish by any islander within the meaning of “ The Torres Strait Islanders Acts, 1939 to 1946,” who usually lives on a reserve within the meaning of those Acts or by any aboriginal within the meaning of and subject to “ The Aboriginals Preservation and Protection Acts, 1939 to 1946,” for consumption by islanders or aboriginals; or to (b) The taking by any person and by the use of any lawful apparatus (but, in the case of fish, not during any close season for that species of fish), of fish or oysters, the taking of which whether in relation to species or size or fitness for consumption as food is not prohibited by this Act, in water on or over land which for the time being is lawfully granted in fee simple by the Crown ; or to (c) The taking by any person, under and in compliance in every respect with the prior permission in writing of the Minister or of any person appointed by the Minister either* * 26 G. 5 No. 33 and amending Acts, t 26 G. 5. No. 39 and amending Acts. % 45 V. No. 2 and amending Acts.

FISHERIES. 29 1955. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. generally or in the particular case in that behalf (who is hereby authorised to grant such permissions subject to such conditions as in every individual case he may deem fit to impose and, in prescribed cases, subject to the payment of the prescribed fees), of fish or oysters bond fide for the purpose of ascertaining the existence or increase of such fish or oysters, or of removing them to stock other waters, or for such other purposes as the person granting the permission may specify in such permission ; or to (d) The unintentional taking, by any person lawfully fishing, of fish contrary to this Act, where that person immediately returns them, with as little injury as possible to the fish so taken, to the water from whence the same came ; or to (e) The use by any person of a landing net to secure fish taken with a rod and line lawfully ; or to (/) The use by any person of a hoop net for the taking of fish the taking of which whether in relation to species or size is not prohibited by this Act, but not during any close season for that species of fish and not from any Queensland waters wherein the taking of such fish is prohibited.” 5 Section seven of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is inserted in lieu of that repealed section:— 7 ' ' “ [7.] (1.) The Governor in Council may from time ^°hibition to time by Order in Council or the regulations— restriction (a) Prohibit absolutely, or regulate and control °^akmg as so prescribed, the taking of all or any fish in such Queensland waters as may be specified in the Order in Council or, as the case may be, regulations ; (b) Prohibit the taking by the use of or, according as prescribed, except by the use of the apparatus specified of all or any fish ; (c) Regulate and control the use in or for the purpose of taking fish of the apparatus specified.

30 FISHERIES. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. 4 E liz . II. No, 37, Without limiting the generality of the aforegoing, Orders in Council or regulations may be made for or in respect of all or any of the following— €losed or regulated waters. (d) Prohibiting or regulating and controlling the taking of all or any species of fish in such Queensland waters as may be specified; Illegal ■apparatus. (e) Declaring in relation to the taking of all or any fish that any specified apparatus shall be an illegal apparatus— (i.) Howsoever and wherever used ; (ii.) If used in any other than the prescribed manner ; (iii.) When used in such Queensland waters as may be specified; Fish traps. (/) Without derogating from the aforegoing provisions of this subsection, regulating and controlling and, where considered necessary, prohibiting any fish traps for taking fish, either generally or in such Queensland waters as may be specified, including, but without limiting the generality thereof, providing for applications for permission to construct or place any such fish traps, specifying the person or persons by whom such permission may be granted or withheld, prohibiting the constructing or placing and using of fish traps in cases where such permission is withheld or withdrawn or revoked or where fish traps do not comply with the prescribed standards or are not maintained or used in the prescribed manner or are not constructed or placed in such places as permitted, prescribing standards for the construction or placing of any such fish traps, and prescribing matters and things considered necessary or desirable in relation to all or any of the aforegoing ; Olose seasons. (g) Declaring close seasons for the protection generally of any species of fish ; Exemptions. (h) Exempting from all or any of the provisions prescribed under the authority of this subsection, but subject to such provisions (if any) as may be prescribed, the taking of all or any fish by the persons or for the purposes or under the circumstances specified.

FISHERIES. 31 1955. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. (2.) Any person who— (a) Takes or attempts to take or assists in taking fish contrary to any provision of any Order in Council or regulation made pursuant to this section; or (b) Uses or attempts to use or assists in using any illegal apparatus to take any fish contrary to any provision of any Order in Council or regulation made pursuant to this section; or (c) During any close season for any species of fish sells or exposes for sale any fish of such species, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds ; and any inspector may, seize any fish so taken or sold and any illegal apparatus which a person so uses or attempts to use. (3.) The provisions of every other section of this , Part relating to the taking of fish shall be in addition to and not in substitution for or diminution of the provisions of this section or of any Order in Council or regulation i made hereunder.” 1 6. Section eighteen of the Principal Act is Amendments j amended— of s. is. | (i.) By repealing subsections one and two of that section and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed subsections, the following subsections:— “ (1.) Subject to this section, the Governor in Council Exclusive frpmtime to time may grant to any person, for such period ofllcenses- time and subject to such terms, conditions, and exceptions as in each individual case he thinks fit and subject otherwise to this Act, an exclusive license to take fish, coral, shell-grit, or any other marine product whatsoever (other than oysters, pearl oyster shell, trochus shell, beche-de-mer, and sponges) within the limits of the area to which the license relates. (2.) (a) Such an exclusive license— (i.) May be granted in relation to any part of any Queensland waters (including the land thereunder) and may also relate to any adjacent land above high water mark being the property of the Crown, and may be granted so as to relate to an area of any size or shape ;

32 FISHERIES. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. 4 E liz . II. No. 37, (ii.) Shall not be granted nor be deemed to have been granted in relation to any reserve under this Act or to any land or area subject to a subsisting lease or license under this Act; (iii.) Shall not prejudice or otherwise affect any lawful estate, interest, or right of any person in or over any part of the area to which the exclusive license relates, under any subsisting grant, lease, or license made or granted by or on behalf of the Crown, nor, subject to this Act, any right of navigation or any right belonging to or enjoyed by the public over any part of such area, and every such estate, interest, and right shall to the extent herein indicated be deemed to be saved in such exclusive license and shall not be invaded by the person to whom the exclusive licensees granted ; and such exclusive license shall be deemed to be subject to an express condition containing the provisions of this subparagraph (iii.); (iv.) Shall specify therein the. marine products for which the exclusive license is granted, and the period of time for which, and the terms, conditions, and exceptions subject to which, that exclusive license is granted; (v.) Shall define the area to which the same relates by such means as may be reasonably sufficient to ascertain the position thereof; (vi.) Shall remain in force dining the period of time for which it is granted subject to the payment at the prescribed times of such fees as may at the respective times when those fees become payable be prescribed in that behalf by the regulations, and subject otherwise to paragraph ( b) of tins subsection and section forty-seven of this Act; (vii.) May set forth therein the person or persons in whom the property in all improvements (if any) effected by the licensee, his executors and administrators, and permitted assigns, on the area to which the exclusive license relates shall vest when that license expires or is otherwise determined and the manner

1955. FISHERIES. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. in which the same shall be dealt with or disposed of; (Where the exclusive license is silent on these matters, then all improvements as aforesaid shall upon the expiry or other determination of that license vest in the Crown and may be dealt with or disposed of in accordance with the Minister’s direction); and (viii.) Shall grant to the licensee, his executors* administrators, and assigns permitted by the Minister (all of whom are in this Act in relation to such a license included in the term “ licensee ”), subject to the terms, conditions, and exceptions contained in the license and subject otherwise to this Act, the sole and exclusive right during the currency of that license by himself or themselves, his or their servants and agents, and others acting with his or their authority, to take the marine product or products for which the same is granted within the limits of the area to which the license relates, ( b ) If at any time during the currency of an exclusive license granted, whether before or after the commencement of *“ The Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act of 1955,” under this section, the Governor in Council is satisfied that any term, provision, or exception subject to which that exclusive license is, or is by this Act deemed to be, granted has not been observed by the licensee, or that the licensee is managing or using the area to which the exclusive license relates in such a manner as to exhaust or greatly reduce therein the marine products for which such license has been granted, or that the prescribed fees for the grant or continuance of that license have not been duly paid at any of the prescribed times, the Governor in Council may by notice published in the Gazette cancel such license, and the licensee shall not be entitled to claim or receive any compensation in respect of such cancellation or any expenses he may have incurred in acting or with a view to act under such license. On the publication of such notice in the Gazette the license affected thereby and all rights and privileges thereunder shall absolutely cease and determine.” ; * This Act. B 33

34 FISHEKIES. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. 4 E liz . II. No. 37, (ii.) By repealing in subsection three of that section the words “ marine products,” where such words firstly occur, and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words “ coral or shell-grit or any other marine product,” ; and also by repealing in the proviso to that subsection three the words “ or marine products ” ; (iii.) By repealing the first and second paragraphs of subsection five of that section and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed paragraphs, the following paragraph:— “ Every person to whom an exclusive license under this section to take coral or shell-grit or any other marine product is granted, whether before or after the commencement of *“ The Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act of 1955,” (including his executors, administrators, and permitted assigns) shall mark or brand the outside of every bag, package, or other receptacle in which his marine product for which his license has been granted is consigned for sale, with a mark or brand registered by him at the office of the inspector at the port in which, or nearest to which, such marine product is obtained.” ; and (iv.) By inserting in the third paragraph of subsection five of that section after the word “ marked ” the words “ or branded ”. Amendments 7. Section thirty-five of the Principal Act is °fs. 35. amended— (i.) By repealing subparagraph (i.) thereof and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed subparagraph, the following subparagraph :— “ (i.) (Being other than the lessee or licensee, the servants and agents and other persons acting with the authority of the lessee or licensee,) within the limits of any oyster ground comprised in a lease or license under this Part, interferes with, disturbs, or injures in any manner the oyster ground, the oysters thereon, or any work lawfully carried out thereon, or cuts, lops, or removes any mangrove or other timber or removes any shells, tiles, slates, shingles, or other substances suitable as spat-catchers, or dredges for or deposits any ballast or other * This Act.

FISHERIES. 35 1955. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. substance, or drags or places any apparatus or other thing hurtful to the oyster ground or oysters thereon or any work lawfully carried out thereon (except for the purpose of carrying out any works authorised by any Act, including any regulation or other instrument thereunder, or except by any lawful authority or for any lawful purpose of navigation including anchorage); or ” ; and (ii.) By inserting after subparagraph (ii.) thereof the following subparagraph :— “ (iia.) Drags a net over any oyster ground marked off for the purposes of this Act; or ”. amen8d i . edS i — ection fort 4 y 7 -seven of the Princi x pal Act is o A f m s. en 4 d 7. ments (i.) By inserting therein after the words “ who is convicted of an offence against this Act ” the words “ or against *“ The Fish Supply Management Acts, 1935 to 1951,” or of an offence, relating to the taking of fish or oysters, against f“ The Criminal Code,” or who fails to comply in every respect with every term, condition, and exception subject to which his lease or license is granted (whether contained in that lease or license or by this Act deemed to be contained therein) ” ; and (ii.) By adding thereto the following paragraphs :— “ The lessee or licensee shall not be entitled to claim or receive any compensation in respect of such cancellation or any expense he may have incurred in acting or with a view to act under such lease or license. On cancellation the lease or license affected thereby and all rights, interests, and privileges thereunder shall absolutely cease and determine. The powers of cancellation conferred by this section shall be in addition to and not in substitution for or in diminution of any other power of cancelling the lease or license in question conferred by any other provision of this Act. Without limiting the mode of cancelling such lease or license, any such lease or license may be cancelled by notice published in the Gazette. * 26 G. 5 No. 33 and amending Acts, t 63 V. No. 9.

36 FISHERIES. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. 4 E liz . II. No. 37, Any lease or license granted, whether before or after the commencement of *“ The Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act of 1955,” under this Act may with the prior permission of the grantor be surrendered.” New s. 47 a . 94 The following sections are inserted after section forty-seven of the Principal Act:— Protection of “ [47 a .] Without prejudice to any rights and powers Hc^aeeT'1 of the Crown and subject to the terms, conditions, and exceptions contained and by this Act deemed to be contained in his lease or license, a lessee or licensee under this Act in relation to any land or area (including the servants and agents and others acting with the authority of such lessee or licensee) shall not be liable to any action or indictment on account of any work carried out or thing placed in good faith and without negligence in or on the land or area subject to his lease or license (including the waters thereon or thereover) for the purpose for which such lease or license is granted. Saving of [47 b .] N o proceeding or conviction for any offence remedies in agahist this Act in relation to any land or area (being land oertain cases, or an area subject to any grant, lease, or license) or thing thereon or therein or within the limits thereof shall affect any civil right or remedy to which the grantee, lessee, or licensee of that land or area, or his lawful successors and assigns, aggrieved by the offence may be entitled. Rights of [47c.] No person shall be entitled by virtue of any entry- license under this Act to enter upon any land the property of another.” New s. soa . 10. The following section, numbered 50 a , is inserted after section fifty of the Principal Act:— Description “ [50 a .] Where any reserve or land or area or place of area, &c. js prescribed or specified in any Order in Council, regulation, lease, license, or other document whatsoever under or for the purposes of this Act, it shall be sufficient if the boundaries thereof are set forth as nearly as may be by such means as are reasonably sufficient of ascertainment. Without limiting the aforegoing provisions of this section, any such reserve or land or area or place may be described by reference to posts, stakes, buoys, marks, or natural features showing the boundaries thereof in a manner reasonably sufficient to allow of their identification. ’ ’ * This Act.

FISHERIES. ffl 1955. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. 11, Section fifty-two of the Principal Act is ^e“^ment amended by repealing the last paragraph thereof and by 0 s’ ' inserting, in lieu of that repealed paragraph, the following paragraph— “ Where by any of the provisions of this Act— (i.) Any fee or fees are required or permitted to be prescribed; or (ii.) A fee, whether an annual fee or otherwise, of a specified amount is fixed for any lease, license, or other matter, or the doing of any thing, then the regulations may in the case of all or any such provisions— (iii.) In the case of subparagraph (i.) hereof, prescribe the fee or fees so required or permitted to be prescribed and on such basis or bases as the Governor in Council considers appropriate, and, where necessary, prescribe the matters in respect of which such fees shall be paid, and the persons by whom and the places and times when and where such fees shall be paid, and so that fees of different amounts and different bases for the calculation of fees may be prescribed both in relation to different matters and, by reference to differentpersons, localities, or circumstances, the same matter; (iv.) In the case of subparagraph (ii.) hereof, amend the provision by altering, whether by increasing or decreasing, the amount fixed for that fee (and from time to time further so amend the provision by altering the amount as next previously altered), and the amount of that fee as altered shall until further so altered be deemed to have been enacted in that provision and shall not be questioned in any proceedings whatever.”. 12. The following sections are added to the New ss. Principal Act:— 53, 64‘ “ [53.] (I.) Every Proclamation, Order in Council, ^“owlerein and regulation made under this Act shall— Council,re&e. (i.) Be published in the Gazette ;

38 FISHERIES. Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act. 4 E liz . II. No. 37, 1955. * (ii.) Upon its publication, whether before or after the commencement of *“ The Fish and Oyster Acts Amendment Act of 1955,” in the Gazette, be judicially noticed and such publication shall be conclusive evidence of the matters contained therein; (iii.) Take effect from the date of such publication unless, in the case of any regulation, a later date is specified in that or any other regulation for its commencement when in such event it shall take effect from that later date ; and (iv.) Be laid before Parliament within fourteen sitting days after such publication if Parliament is in session, and if not, then within fourteen sitting days after the commencement of the next session. (2.) If Parliament passes a resolution of which notice has been given at any time within fourteen sitting days after any such Proclamation, Order in Council, or regulation has been laid before Parliament disallowing the same or part thereof, that Proclamation, Order in Council, regulation or part shall thereupon cease to have effect, but without prejudice to the validity of anything done in the meantime or to the making of a further Proclamation, Order in Council, or regulation. ^iacc.urft6 [54.] No misnomer, inaccurate description, or ^ascriptions, omj[sgjon jn or from any Proclamation, Order in Council, regulation, license, lease, or other act of authority under this Act shall in any wise prevent or abridge the operation of this Act with respect to the subject matter of that misnomer, inaccurate description, or omission provided the same is designated so as to be understood.”. Savingsaiui 13. (1.) Nothing in this Act shall prejudice or &o. ’ otherwise affect any Order in Council, regulation, notification, license, lease or other act of authority made, granted, or otherwise originated under the Principal Act and subsisting immediately prior to the commencement of this Act, and for the purposes of f“ The Fish and Oyster Acts, 1914 to 1955,” every such Order in Council, regulation, notification, license, lease, , and other act of authority shall continue in force as if it * This Act. t 5 G. 5 No. 23 and amending Acts.

FISHERIES—HARBOURS. 4 E liz . II. No. 40, 1955. Harbours Act. had originated under and shall be subject to those Acts, and is hereby sanctioned and confirmed, but without prejudicing the power to repeal, rescind, revoke, cancel, surrender, alter, vary, amend, or otherwise modify the same, as the case may be, under those Acts. (2.) Every reserve under or for the purposes of the Principal Act and existing immediately prior to the commencement of this Act shall continue under and subject to *“ The Fish and Oyster Acts , 1914 to 1955,” for the purposes for which it was created, declared, or set apart. HARBOURS. An Act to Consolidate and Amend Certain Acts 43g“jf* Eelating to Harbours; and for other purposes. TACT^PJ19WK [A ssented to 2 nd D ecember , 1955.] E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, B by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— P art I. —P reliminary . P art I.— P reliminary . 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as “ The Harbours Short title. Act of 1955.” f(2.) Except as herein otherwise provided, this Act ^°“1“ence' shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the ' Governor in Council by Proclamation published in the Gazette. 2. This Act, including every Proclamation, Order Severability, in Council, regulation, and by-law hereunder, shall be^^'afu. read and construed so as not to exceed the legislative ’ power of the State to the intent that where any enactment hereof or provision of any Proclamation, Order in Council, regulation, or by-law hereunder would but for this section have been construed as being in excess of that power, it shall nevertheless be a valid enactment or provision to the extent to which it is not in excess of that power. * 5 G. 5 No. 23 and amending Acts. f Commenced 1 Jan. 1956 (Proc. pubd. Gaz. 17 Dec. 1955, p. 1925).