WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
ANN() QUINTO
EDWARD' SEPTI1VII REGIS,
XXII.
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No. 22 of 1905.
AN ACT to further amend the Land Act,
1898.
[Assented to 23rd December, 1905.]
and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this presentBE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by andwith the advice and consent of the Legislative Council
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1. This Act may be cited as the Land Act Amendment Act, short le.
1905, and shall be read as one with the Land Act, 1898, hereinafter
referred to as the principal Act.
2. Section twelve of the principal Act is hereby amended by Amendment of
| striking out the words " and leases for a term of over thirty years." 6212Viet., No. 37, | s |
3. Section thirteen of the principal Act is hereby amended by Amendment of
62 Viet., No. 37,
| striking out the words "and leases for upwards of thirty years." | s. 13. |
| 1905, No. 22.] | Land Act—Amendment | [5 EDW. VII. |
| Amendment of | 4. Section sixty-eight of the principal Act is hereby amended |
| 62 Vict., No. 37, |
| s. 68. | by inserting after the word " division," in line three, the following words: " not being lands within a pastoral lease held under the Land Regulations of 1887." |
Amendment of 5. Subsection five of section eighty-eight of the principal Act is
| a. 88 (5). | 62 Viet., No. 37, hereby amended by striking out all the words after the word "in- |
provements," and inserting in place thereof " in addition to the external fencing an amount equal to double the full purchase money : Provided that not more than one-half of the cost of any house erected thereon by the lessee may be included in the prescribed improvements."
| Amendment of | 6. | Section one hundred and forty-three of the principal Act is |
| 62 Vict., No. 37, |
| a. 143. | hereby amended by inserting, after the word " Minister," the words " or an officer authorised in that behalf by the Governor." |
| Edwd. VII., No. 20, |
| Amendment of 1 & 2, | 7. | Section six of the Land Act Amendment Act, 1902, is hereby |
| s. 6. | amended by striking out the words " or townsite," in line six thereof. |
| Lessees to pay half | 8. |
Every lessee or selector under Parts V., VI., or VIII. of the principal Act shall pay one-half the prescribed cost of survey in two instalments, the first of such instalments being paid with his application, or within thirty days after notice being given to him by the Minister of the amount required, and the subsequent instalment within twelve months from the date when the first instalment was payable, and in default the lessee or selector shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in section one hundred and thirty-one of the principal Act.
cost of survey.
| Fencing not | 9. |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the principal Act, or any amendment thereof, the Minister may, in his discretion, permit any lessee to substitute…