Grafton and South Grafton Water Supply Administration (Amendment) Act 1946 (NSW)

GRAFTON AND SOUTH GRAFTON WATER

SUPPLY ADMINISTRATION (AMEND­

MENT) ACT.

Act No. 20, 1946.

An Act to empower the Grafton and South Grafton Water Board to acquire land for the purposes of the Grafton and South Grafton Water Supply Administration Act,

1915; for this purpose to amend the said

Act; and for purposes connected there­

with. [Assented to, 1st April, 1946.]

lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­

Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "Grafton and South Grafton Water Supply Administration (Amend­ ment) Act, 1946."

(2) The Grafton and South Grafton Water Supply Administration Act, 1915, as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, may be cited as the Grafton and South Grafton Water Supply Administration Act, 1915-

(2) Where the board proposes to acquire land by appropriation or resumption, it may apply to the Governor through the Minister. (3)

1946.

2 . The Grafton and South Grafton Water Supply Administration Act, 1915, as amended by subsequent Acts, is amended by inserting next after section fifteen the following new section:—

15A. (1) The board may acquire land for any pur­

pose of this Act by purchase, appropriation or
resumption.

(3) The board shall make provision to the satisfaction of the Governor for the payment of com- pensation for the land together with interest and all necessary charges and expenses incidental to the appropriation or resumption.

(4) The Governor may authorise the

appropriation or resumption of the laud.

(5) Thereupon the Governor may—

(a) appropriate or resume the land by Gazette notification under Division 1 of Par t V of the Public Works Act, 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts; and

(b) notify that the land is vested in the board.

(6) Thereupon the land shall vest in the

board.
(7) For the purposes of the Public Works Act, 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts, such appropriation or resumption shall be deemed to be for the purpose of carrying out an authorised work within the meaning of that Act.

(8) In this section " l a n d " means land in fee simple or any easement, right or privilege in, over, or affecting land.