Industrial Development (Resumption of Land) Act Amendment Act 1958 (WA)

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(Resumption of Land).

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

(RESUMPTION OF LAND).

7° Elizabeth II., No. LII.

No. 52 of 1958.

AN ACT to amend the Industrial Development

(Resumption of Land) Act, 1945-1953.

[Assented to 23rd December, 1958.]

BE it enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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and citation.	1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Industrial Development (Resumption of Land) Act Amend- ment Act, 1958.
(2) In this Act the Industrial Development (Resumption of Land) Act, 1945-1953, is referred to as the principal Act.

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(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Industrial Development (Resumption of Land) Act, 1945-1958.

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2. Section eleven of the principal Act is amended.

amended

(a)	by adding after the word, "Gazette" in line two of subsection (1), the paragraph designation, "(a) ";
(b)	by adding after the word, "Act" being the last word in subsection (1), the following passage-

; and

(b) cancel a dedication of Crown land made under the provisions of para- graph (a) of this subsection ;

(c) by adding after subsection (1) the following subsections-

( la) Where pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section the Governor cancels a dedication of Crown land, that land is deemed to be Crown land under and for the purposes of the Land Act, 1933.

(lb) Where in the opinion of the Governor it is desirable to do so in the interests of the present or future indus- trial development of the State, the Governor may from time to time purchase land for the purposes of this Act by agreement with the owner of the land and upon such terms, conditions, and price, as the Governor and the owner of the land agree. ;

(d)	by deleting the words, "purchase or" in line four of subsection (2); and
(e)	by adding after the word, "purchased" in line one of subsection (3), the words, "under subsection (lb) of this section".

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amended. 3. Section twelve of the principal Act is amended by adding after subsection (6) the follow- ing subsections

(7) (a) Where in exercise of the power conferred on him by subsection (lb) of section eleven of this Act the Governor purchases land for the purposes of this Act, the provisions of subsection (4) of this section do not apply to an application made pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of this section.

(b) The Minister after receiving the application shall recommend to the Governor that the Governor approve or reject the application and the Governor may so approve or reject the application.

(i) Where the Governor approves the application, the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (5), and of subsection (6), of this section apply to the land the subject of the application.

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(ii) Where the Governor rejects the application, the Minister shall cause notice of the rejection to be given to the applicant.

(8) Where in exercise of the power conferred on him by subsection (lb) of section eleven of this Act the Governor purchases land for the purposes of this Act, or where the Governor transfers or grants a lease of land so purchased, the Minister shall, on or before the expiration of thirty days after the purchase, registration of the transfer, or execution of the lease, lay or cause to be laid on the table of each House of Parliament a report containing true particulars of the purchase, transfer, or lease of the land, including a description of the vendor, the land, the consideration, or the rent reserved, but if Parliament is in recess the Minister shall lay the report or cause it to be laid on the table of each House of Parliament within thirty days of the next sitting day of Parliament.