Irrigation Areas (Land Settlement) Acts Amendment Act of 1961 (10 Eliz ll No. 7) (Qld)

542 ANNO DECIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE. •••••••••••••e••••••e•••••••••••••••••••••'••••••• No. 7. An Act to Amend "The Irrigation Areas (Land Settlement) Acts, 1933 to 1959," in certain particulars. [ASSENTED TO 24TH MARCH, 1961.] 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:- Short title. 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as "The Irrigation Areas (Land Settlement) Acts Amendment Act of 1961." Principal Act. Collective title. (2.) "The Irrigation Areas (Land Settlement) Acts, 1933 to 1959," are in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3.) The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively cited as "The Irrigation Areas (Land Settlement) ActB, 1933 to 1961." '!r::~~t, . 2. Section Sc of t~e Principal. Act is &m~nded by adding at the end thereof the followmg subsections:- " (4.) Where the rental of the Perpetual Lease Selection, the subject of an agreement made under section 8B of this Act, was, before the surrender of

lOEuz.II.No. 7,1961. Irrigation Areas (Land Settlement). Etc., Act. 543 the lease or license thereof, determinable in accordance with the provisions of subsection two of section nine of this Act, the rental of the Perpetual Lease Selection selected by the holder of that surrendered selection under this section (hereinafter in this section referred to as the " new selection") shall, subject to subsection five of this section, be determined also in accordance with the provisions of the said subsection two of section nine of this Act. (5.) The provisions of subsection four of this section shall not apply if the Minister is of the opinion that the new selection as compared with the surrendered selection is capable to an appreciably greater extent of being irrigated from works or proposed works of an undertaking as defined in" The Irrigation .Acts, 1922 to 1960," and that opinion has been communicated in writing to the lessee or licensee before the making of an agreement under section SB of this Act." 3. Subsection four of section l lF of the Principal Amendment Act is amended by inserting after the words " public of s. lJ.F. purpose " the words " may be allowed to purchase the land without competition or ". By Authority: S. G. REID, Government Printer, Brisbane-1961