Land Act Amendment Act 1960 (WA)

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LAND.

9° Elizabeth II., No.

No. 6 of 1960.

AN ACT to amend the Land Act, 1933-1958.

[Assented to 6th October, 1960.]

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:—

Short title

and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Land Act

Amendment Act, 1960.

Vol. 12 of

the Reprinted	(2) In this Act the Land Act, 1933-1958, is
Acts

approved for	referred to as the principal Act.
reprint
27th May,
1958, as

amended (3) The principal Act as amended by this Act

by Acts Nos. may be cited as the Land Act, 1933-1960. 12 and 36 of

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2. Section thirty-two of the principal Act is amended.

amended

(a)	by adding after the section designation, "32" the subsection designation, "(1)";
(b)	by adding after the word, "When" in line one the words, "in the opinion of the Governor"; and
(c)	by adding the following subsections:

(2) When land is reserved pursuant to the provisions of this Act for the purpose of parks or for the recreation or amuse- ment of the inhabitants, if the land is not vested in, granted in fee simple to, or placed under the control and manage- ment of any person, the Governor may, notwithstanding that the land is being used for the purpose for which it is reserved, grant a lease or license thereof in the prescribed form to any person for a term of one year for the purpose of depasturing stock on the land.

(3) The Governor may from time to time renew the term of any lease or license granted under subsection (2) of this section for a further period of one year, subject to a condition that any term so extended may be determined by any party to the lease or license giving to the other party ninety days' notice in writing so determining it.

(4) The Governor may insert in the lease or license such terms, conditions and limitations as he thinks fit to ensure that the land is, during the currency of the lease or license, available for the purpose for which it is reserved.

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emended. 3. Section one hundred and forty-three of the principal Act is amended by adding after subsection (2) the following subsection:

(2a) (a) The lessee of any conditional pur-

chase lease shall not without the approval in

writing of the Minister being first obtained-

(i)    sell, assign or otherwise dispose of the lease; or

(ii)    agree to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of the lease.

Penalty: One hundred pounds.

(b) Where the lessee contravenes the pro-

visions of paragraph (a) of this subsection,

in addition to any penalty that may be

imposed upon him for the contravention,

the lease may be forfeited.