Land Act Amendment Act of 1917 (8 Geo v No. 21) (Qld)

8294 LAND, CROWN. Land Act Amendment Act. 8 GEO. V. No. 21, LAND, CROWN. Land Act Amendment Act 0/1917 •. Agricultural Settlers' Reliel Act Amendment Act 01 1917 ., Closer Settlement Act Amendment Act 0/1917 8 Gea. V. No. 21 8 Geo. V. No. 5 8 Gea. V. No. 10 8 Geo. V. An Aot to further Amend "The Land Aot of 1910" No. 21. THE LAND in oertain partioulars. AOT AMENDMENT AOT OF 1917. [ASSENTED TO 21ST DECEMBER, 1917.J B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the- same, as follows : - Short title 1. This Act may be cited as "The Land Act Amend- 8 ti ! o l n dc o o f ns A tr c u t. c· ment Act 0 ' 1 1 J 917 " , and . shall be read as one with • "T • he LandAct of 1910,"* herem referred to as the PrInCIpal Act. The Principal Act, "The LandAct Amendment Act of 1913," "The LandAct Amendment Act of 1914," and "The LandAct Amendment Act of 1916" and this Act may together be cited as "The LandAct8, 1910 to 1917." Amendment 2. In the first paragraph of section 53A of the of s. 53A. Principal Act, after the words "Grazing Selection" the words "if the annual rental of such ho1ding and Grazing Selection would in the aggregate exceed two hundred pounds" are inserted. The proviso in the second paragraph of the said section is repealed. Amendment 3. In subsection (i.) of section one hundred and of s. 121. twenty-one of the Prinoipal Act as amended by ~ ' The Land Act Amendment Act of 1916,"t before the last para- graph thereof the following paragraph is inserted:- The notification of sale may impose the condition that the lessee shall destroy noxious weeds and plants upon the land within a time to be specified, and thereafter keep the land free from noxious weeds and plants * 1 Geo. V. No. 15 and amending Acts, printed as consolidated, supra, page 7943. t 7 Geo. V. No. 19, 8upra, page 760<1.

LAND, CROWN. 8295 1917. Land Act Amendment Act. 4. Section one hundred and ninety-one of the Amendment Principal Act is repealed, and the following section is of 8. 191. inserted in. lieu thereof :- [191.] In any case in which land has been or may DeaJing with ghrearenatfetIe . tr h eber- granted in fee-simple, and by the deed of ~ mw a h n ge d rnraenstserved • reservation (a) A portIOn of such land has been reserved for not required. public purposes; or (b) A part of such land has been reserved for public purposes, specifying the area of the land ' reserved, but not further specifying the part, the Governor in Council may, if the land reserved, or any part thereof, is not required for public purposes, resume possession from the person for the time being entitled thereto of the land reserved, or such part thereof not so required, without liability to pay any compensation for the value of such land, and in his discretion either- (i.) Sell to the grantee or his successor in title the whole or any part of the reserved land with- out competition at a price to be determined by the Court (or, at the option of the Crown, in lieu of the payment of a price in money, require the grantee or his successor in title to surrender a part of his' land equal in value to such price at the place and according to the value fixed by the Court, and such surrender shall be deemed to be made accordingly), and issue a deed of grant to him, or cause his existing deed of grant to be corrected accord- ingly; or (ii.) Grant a perpetual lease to the grantee or his successor in title of the whole or any. part of the reserved land without competition at a capital sum to be determined by the Court, and subject otherwise to the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of this Act; or (iii.) Where the area of the reserved land is, in his opinion, sufficient in extent to be profitably used by any person or persons other than the grantee or his successor in title, cause the reserved land to be dealt with and disposed of in any way by which Crown land subject to this Act may be dealt with and disposed of : " r

8296 LAND, CROWN. Land Act Amendment Act. 8 GEO. V. No. 21, 1917_ Provided that in cases to which paragraph (b) hereof is applicable the boundaries of the part of the land intended to be dealt with under paragraph (ii.) or para- graph (iii.) hereof shall be such as are agreed upon by and between the Minister and the grantee (or his successor in title), or failing such agreement shall be such as are- fixed by the Court upon a referenee by either party in that behalf, and in every such case one at least of such boundaries shall be an existing road. Amendment 5. Subsection (i.) of section one hundred and ninety- of 8.193. three of the Principal Act is repealed, and the following subsection is inserted in lieu thereof:- (i.) If the applicant is the owner of adjoining land, the Governor in Council may order such closure, and either- (a) Sell to such owner or rateably to the several owners of the adjoining land the land comprised in the road without competition andat such price as the Court thinks reason- able (or, at the option of the Crown, in lieu of the payment of a price in money, require each such owner respectively to surrender a part of his land equal in value to the. price to be paid by him and at the place and according to the value fixed by the- Court, and such surrender shall be deemed to be made accordingly), and issue a deed of grant or deeds of grant to such owner or owners; or (b) Grant a perpetual lease to such owner or rateably to the several owners of the adjoin- ing land without competition at a capital sum to be fixed by the Court, and subject otherwise to the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of this Act; or (c) Where the area of the closed road is, in his opinion, sufficient in extent to be profitably used by any person other than such owner or owners of the adjoining land, cause the land comprised in such road to be dealt with and disposed of in any way by which Crown land subject to this Act may be- dealt with and disposed of.

LAND, CROWN. 8 GEO. V. No. 5, 1917. Agricultural Settlers' Relief Act Amendment. 8297 6 In the first paragraph of section one. hundred Amendment and ninety-five of the Principal Act, after the words of 8. 195. "which traverses Crown land" the words "or upon the recommendation of the Local Authority within whose Area such road is situated, any land other than Crown land" are inserted. The following provision is added to the said section :- The powers conferred by this section are in addition to and not in derogation of any powers for the closure of roads conferred' by this Act upon the Governor in 'Council. An Act to Amend "The Agricultural Settlers' Relief 8 NGoeo. . 5 v . - Act of 1915" in certain particulars. THE AGEI- . [ASSENTED TO 8TH NOVEMBER, 1917.] CULTURAL SErTLERS' B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, Rr~: " by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- AMENDMENT 'lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in ACT OF 1917. Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, :as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited as "The Agricultural Short title .settlers' Relief Act Amendment Act of 1917," and shall beand otio read as one with "The Agricultural Settlers' Relief Act of:;n;.!,: n 1915."* 2. (1.) In the first paragraph of section two of "The Amelldments Agricultural Settlers' Relief Act of 1915,"* after the words ~ 6~ . v. "Principal Act" the words "prior to the fourteenth day o. • of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen," are inserted. (2.) In subsection (iii.) of the said section, after the words "one thousand nine hundred and- ten" the words " and the term of that lease was forty years the payments (If annual rent in respect of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen and subsequent years shall be the .same as in that lease, but if the term of that lease was twenty-five years" are inserted. , (3.) 'The amendments hereby made in the said Act shall be deemed to have been inserted therein at the date of the passing thereof, and the said Act shall be construed accordingly, and to that extent this Act shall ha.ve retrospective operation. ... 6 Geo. V. No. 18, 8wpra, page 6947.