Land Act Amendment Act 1922 (WA)

LAND.

13° Gno. V., No. XVI.

No. 34 of 1922.

AN ACT to further amend the Land Aet, 1898, and its

Amendments.

[Assented to 21st December, 1922.]

B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, byCouncil and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, inand with the advice and consent of the Legislative

this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of

the same, as follows:-

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Land Act Amendment

Act, 1922, and shall be read as one with the Land Act, 1898

(hereinafter called the principal Act) and its amendments.

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2. Section thirty-nine of the principal Act is amended by tonlir gr. t of

inserting a subsection as follows:

(14a.) For sites for workers' homes under the

Workers' Homes Act, 1911.

Power to dispose of

Notwithstanding anything contained in Part IV. of the principal Act to the contrary, the Governor may dispose of

town and suburban

land under the

Workers' Homes

town and suburban land to the Workers' Homes Board with-

Act.

out submitting such land to public auction, for the purpose of such lands being dealt with under the provisions of the Workers' Homes Act, 1911; and the Governor may make regulations prescribing the terms and conditions under which such land may be held and disposed of by the said board.

3.

Notwithstanding anything contained in section sixty- eight of the principal Act (as amended by section thirty-eight of the Act No. 29 of 1906, and section eight of the Act No. 19 of 1917) to the contrary, it shall be in the discretion of the Governor to dispose of land under that section at not less than one shilling per acre, exclusive of the value of the im- provements, if any, and the survey fees:	section 08.
Amendment of
Provided that the prescribed cost of survey shall be paid with the application, but it shall not be obligatory on the part of the lessee to make any further payments during the first five years of the term of the lease, except in respect of interest on the value of the improvements, if any.

4.

5.    Land may be disposed of under Parts V. and VIII. of Group settlement%

the principal Act, without such land being declared open for selection, to applicants approved by the Minister under any scheme for group settlement.

6.    Subsection (1) of section one hundred and forty-seven Amendment of

of the principal Act (as amended by section seven of the Act No. 39 of 1909) is hereby further amended by omitting the words "at the rate of five pounds per centum per annum," and inserting in place thereof the words "at the prescribed rate."

7.    Section seventy-one of the Land Act Amendment Act, Amendment of

1906 (as amended by section twelve of the Act No. 39 of 1909) le.u°2°9701:11,

is hereby further amended by omitting the words "at the rate

of five pounds per centum per annum," and inserting in place

thereof the words "at the prescribed rate."

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Amendthent of

section 52a. 8. Section fifty-two A of the principal Act (inserted by section five of the Act No. 19 of 1917) is amended by insert- ing after the words "town or suburban land" the words "acquired at public auction or leased under the Regulations published in the Gazette on the 18th day of March, 1912, or the Regulations published in the Gazette on the 23rd day of August, 1912.