Irrigation (Amendment) Act 1916 (NSW)

II11UGATI0X (AMEN1WKNT)

ACT.

Act No. 22, 1010.

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I r r iga t ion

Act , 1912, t h e Crown Lands

Consol idat ion

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1913, and ce r t a in o the r A c t s ;

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[Assented

to ,

20 th

Apr i l ,

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lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South F>E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, y by and will: the advice and consent of the Legis-

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

1 . This Act ma v be cited as the " Irrigation (Amend- •

ment) Act, 1'Jle."'

commissioner," or to " the commissioner appointed under the Irrigation Act, 1912," shall be read as references to the commission, and " him " and " h i s " where referring

to the commissioner shall be read as " i t "

and

" i t s " .

References to " the Commissioner for Water Conser­ vation and Irrigation " in any Act shall be read as references to the commission.

3 . References in the Crown Lands Consolidation Act, 1913, the Irrigation Act, 1912, or any Act amending the same, to " t h e Minister" shall, in the case of a holding within an irrigation area, be read as references to the Minister for Agriculture.

4 . (1) Section three of the Irrigation Act, 1912, is

amended by omitting the definition of " Commissioner"
and inserting the following :—

" T h e Commission" means the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission constituted under this Act.

" Commissioner "means member of the Commission. (2) Section five of the Crown Lands Consolidation

Act, 1913, is amended by omitting the definition of "Commissioner" and inserting the following :—"The Commission ", when used in connection with an irrigation area, means the Water Conservation and Irrigation Com­ mission constituted under the Irrigation (Amendment) Act, 1916.

5 . Subsection two of section five of the Irrigation Act, 1912, is amended by adding thereto the words " and may suspend or dismiss such officers, servants, and workmen."

Section four of the Irrigation Act, 1912, is repealed and the following sections are inserted in its place :—

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4.   (1) The Governor may constitute a Water Con­ servation and Irrigation Commission consisting of the Minister for Agriculture, who shall be chairman of the commission, and two other commissioners.

(2) The said two commissioners…