Land Acts Amendment Act of 1925 (16 Geo v No. 27) (Qld)

11318 LAND, CROWN. Land Acts Amendment Act. 16 GEO. V. No. 27,. LAND, CROWN, 16 Geo. V. An Act to Amend "The Land Acts, 1910 to 1924,'" No. 27. THE and "The Closer Settlement Acts, ]906 t() LAND ACTS AMENDMENT 1923," in certain particulars. ACT OF 1925. [ASSENTED TO 12TH NOVEMBER, 1925.] B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty,. by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament aS$embled,. and by the authority of the same, as follows : - Short title 1. This Act may be cited as "The Lahd ActS" : ~:struction Amendment Act 0/ 1925," and shall be read as one with *" The Land Acts, 1910 to 1924," herein collectively referred to PuS the Principal Act. 2. After section thirteen of the Principal Act the- following section is insETted:- o pDl f eancnoltaxsr. iaotuios n time " b [ y 13 n A o . t ] ifiTchateioGnoivnertnhoer G i a n .:: C .et o te u , ncdielcmlaarey, afnroympt I iamnet ttoo- - - be a noxious plant for the purposes of this Act." Amendment 3. In the first pa.ragraph of section 400 of the of s. 40c. Principal Act, after the words" joint tenants" the words "Provided that the interest of each of such persons. in such holding shall always be equal" are inserted. Amendment 4. (I.) In sections fifty-two and 53A of the Principal a o 3 f A ss. 52 and Act ' the words "two hundred pounds" are repealed and. . the words "three hundred pounds" are respectively inserted in lieu thereof. (2.) The amendments of the aforesaid sections fifty- two and 53A shall have effect only in cases where none of the selections or pastoral holdings in question was taken up before the date of the passing of "The Lana Acts Amendment Act 0/ 1925." In all other cases the provisions of each of the saJid sections shall remarin in force as if the tlJoresaid amendments wore not made therein. Amendment 5. In paragraph (a) of section 53A of the Principal of B. 53A. Act, the word "legatee" and the words "or one of the next-of-kin" are repe8Jed, but the repeal of the * 1 Geo. V. No. 15 and amending Acts, supra, pages 8775,9177,9180, 10096, 10598, 10605, 10639, and 11053.

LAND, CROWN. l1;3UJ 1925. Land Acts llrnendment Act. said words shall not be construed so as to affect the title of any legatee or next-of-kin who, prior to the passing of "The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1925," had acquired a grazing selection, and held the same .on that date in accordance with the exception in his favour contained in the said section 53A. 6. After paragraph (iv.) of subsection two of section Amendment fifty-four of the. Principal Act the following paragraph is of s. 54. inserted :- "(iva.) In the case of any selection-impose the Noxious condition for the destruction of sp~ cified ~ ~ ~ e~ ~ ~ oO! . noxious plants within a time to be specIfied." . 7. The following subsection is added to section fifty- Amendment five of the Principal Act :_ of s. 55. "(4.) Before any land is opened for Group Selection, the lots thereof shall be allotted by the Minister amongst the members of the groupo" 8. In the first paragraph of section sixty of the Amendment Principal Act, after the words" joint tenants" the words of s. 60. "Provided that the interest of each of such persons in such select:on shall always be equal" are inserted. . 9. After the second paragraph of subsection three Amendment of section sixty-six of the Principal Act the following of s. 66. provision is inserted:- "When any land has been declared open for Group Selection, each member of a group shall be eligible to apply for the portion only which has been 8Jlotted to him by the Minister, and no other person shall be eligible to apply for that portion. Subject to this modification, the foregoing provisions of this section so far as the same are applicable shall apply to applications for Group Selections." 10. In the first proviso of section seventy-two of Amendment the Principal Act, contained in the second paragraph of s. 72. thereof, after the words "personal residence" the words "(unless the lease of the expired selection was subject to such condition at the time of the expiry thereof)," are inserted. The following provision is added to the said section:- "Provided further that the qualification of any person to select or hold a selection under the foregoing F

11320 LAND, CROWN. Land Acts Amendment Act. 16 GEO. V. No. 27, provisions as the legatee or next-of-kin of the late lessee deceased shall always be subject to the provisions contained in section 135A of this Act." Amendment 11. The following subsection is added to section of 8. 130. one hundred and thirty of the Principal Act : - " Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, in any case where a holding has become liable to forfeiture (whether such liability has been established after notice and process or has arisen by virtue solely of the provisions of this Act without any notice or process} and such holding is subject to a subsisting mortgage~ the lVIin:ster in hi.s discretion may, on the appEcation of the mortgagee and on proof to his satisfaction that such mortgage has beon made for valuable consideration and without any notice to or knowledge by the mortgagee of any matter out of which the liability to forfeiture arose, in lieu of proceeding to have the holding forfeited to H's Majesty by the Governor in Council, grant permission to the mortgagee to sell the holding by public auction or private contract, after not less than thirty day,;;' notice of the intended sale, published in the Gazette and in a local newsp3Jper, to a qualified person approved by the Minister, and the grant of such permission to so sell the holding shall have the effect of divesting from the lessee all his right, title, and interest to and in the hqlding: Provided that in every case, unless the Minister otherwise permits, the holding must in the first instance be submitted for sale at public auction. Upon such sale being effected, all moneys received in respect of such sale over and above the expenses thereof and the moneys due to the mortgagee at the date 011 which the permission to sell was granted shall be paid over by the mortgagee to the Crown 3Jnd shall be placed to the credi.t of the Consolidated R'wenue." Repeal of 12. (1.) Sections 43c and sixty-five of the Principal s6s5. . 43c and Act are repealed. (2.) After section one hundred and thirty-five of the Principal Act the following section is inserted :- Cases of "[135A. ] (1.) Notwithstanding anything in this Act trusteeship. contained, the disqualifications and restrictions imposed by this Act against any person holding a holding or against anyone person holding more than the prescribed

LAND, CROWN. 11321 ]925. Land Acts Amendment Act. area of land as a holding or holdings shall not apply to any person who becomes entitled to any holding or holdings merely as a trustee as herein defined. (2.) For the purposes of this section the term " trustee" means and includes- (a) The trustee of an insolvent selector or lessee; (b) The committee of an insaIl.e selector or lessee (c) The trustee of a marriage settlement of a female selector or lessee ; (d) The trustee, executor, or administrator of the estate of a deceased selector or lessee, includ- ing the Public Curator. (3.) Ha person becomes entitled to any holding OrLegatees holdings or interest therein under the will of a deceased and t f k. lessee or selector, or in the case of intestacy of a deceased nex ·0· m. lessee or selector from the administrator as his share as r~ ext- of- kin, and the area thus acquired by such person when added to any other area or areas or interest or interests computed in Euea or accord;.ng to rental and area which such person holds under this Act at the date of such acquirement amounts to or exceeds the total area which such person is entitled to hold under this Act, he shall be entitled to continue to hold all the said holdings or interests under this Act, but while he continues to hold the same he shall not be qualified to apply for or hold any further area under this Act unless such further area shall be acquired by him as legatee or next-of-kin under similar circumstances as aforesaid. But if the area thus acquired by such person, when added to any other area'or areas or interest or interests computed in aiea or according to rental' and area which such person holds under this Act at the date of such acquirement, is less than the total area which such person may be qualified to hold under this Act, he shall be qualified to apply for and. hold a further area up to but not exceeding in the a,ggregate of all his holdings and interests the total area which such person is entitled to hold under this Act." (3.) The provisions of subsection three of section Saving of 135A of this Act shall not be construed to affect the 6;ci sting title of any legatee or next-o£-kin who pTior to the tlt es. ot passing of "The Land Acts Amendment Act 1925" had acquired a holding or holdings and held the same on

11322 LAND, CROWN. Land Acts Amendment Act. 16 GEO. V. No. 27, that date in accordance with the exception in his favour contained in the said section 430 or section sixty-five hereby repealed. 13. After section one hundred and thirty-seven of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:- Application " [137 A.] (1.) The provisions of this section shall be of this section. applicable to all land held at the date of the passing of "The Land Acts Amendment Act 0/ 1925" or thereafter to be held under a le8,se or license from the Crown pursuant to any Act (herein referred to as "holding3"), and to all the lessees and licensees of such h:md (herein referred to as "Crown ten::mts"), but shall not apply to land held under occupation license or under [my lease which by the notification opening the bnd made the land expressly subj6c-G to a condition for the destruction of noxious plants generally; but if by such notification the land was expressly made subject to a condition for the destruction of specified noxious plants, the provisions of this section shall be applicable with respect to all noxious plants not so specified: Provided that the term "noxious plants l' used in this section shall not include prickly-pear. Destruction (2.) Every holding shall be subject to a condition for o pl f annotsx. ious the destruction of noxious plants. (3.) Upon the p3,ssing of " The Land Acts Amendment Act of 1925" every Crown tenant shall forthwith proceed to destroy all noxious plants upon his holding so as absolutely to free the holding from noxious plants, and shall thereafter maint3,in the ,holding free from noxious plants. Notice to (4.) If, the Commissioner is satisfied after the inspec- ~ ~ m~ ly with tion of a holding has been m8,de that the holding or any e et. part thereof is da.ngerously infested with specified noxious plants, he shall give to the Crown tenant a notice requiring him forthwith to proceed to destroy all such noxious plants upon the holding and thereafter to maintain his holding free from such noxious plants. Each Crown tenant to whom such notice has been given shall forthwith proceed to comply with the require- ments thereof. (5.) If at any time the Commissioner is satisfied that the Crown tenant has, for the space of sixty days after written notice has been given by the Commissioner

LAND, CROWN. 1925. Land Acts Amendment Act. to the Crown tenant and the registered mortgagee (if any) of the holding, calling for a compliance with the requirements prescribed by any such notice, ,failed to comply with such requirements, the Commiss:oner shall give a certificate to that effect; thereupon the lease or license of the holding may, at the discret:'on of the Governor in Council and without any further notice or process, be forfeited. In every case the burden of proof that the said Onus of requirements have been duly complied with shall rest ~~: ~If:n~ ~ upon the tenant and mortgagee to whom ~ the said notice with Act. was given, and, if sa\;isfactory proof of such compliance is not given at the Commissioner's Com-the1d next after the expiration of the said sixty days, the Commissioner may, without further inquiry, give the certificate aforesaid. (6.) In lieu of proceedings under the provisions of Eradication subsec . tions four and five hereof, the Minister may at 1 0 e n ase h 0 Id s. any tIme give notice in writing to any lessee of any holding, requiring him to destroy all noxious plants on his holding within such period not exceeding ten years from the date of the notice as the Minister shall state in 5uch notice. If the lessee is diss3Jtisfied with the length of the poriod so stated, provided it is less than five years, he may, within two months from the date of the notice, request the Minis'ber to refer the matter to the Court, and the matter shall forthwith be referred accordingly; and the Court, after inquiry, shall fix such per~ od not exceeding ten years from the date of the notice as the Court thinks sufficient for the purpose. The lessee shall be bound to comply with the requirements of the Minister stated in such notice within the period therein limited, or if the matter has been referred to the Court .::mc1 decided by it, within t,he period fixed by the Court and upon any failure so to do he shall be deemed to haNe committed a breach of condition of his lease, and his lease sh2Jl be liable t,o forfeiture accordingly. The provis'ons of this subsection shall be applicable, notwithst2Jnd;ng that by the provisions of any lease of a holding subsisting at the date of the passing of "The et Land Acts Amendment Act 1925" or thereafter t obe granted the lessee is not bound to destroy noxious plants on the holding, and shall be construed EO as not to modify or prejudice 2Jny other of the provisions of this

11324 LAND, CROWN. Land Acts Amendment Act. 16 GEO. V. No. 27, Act relating to the destruction of noxious plants, but to confer powers and [mthorities in addition to those provisions.', 14. After section one hundred and fifty-seven of the Principal Act the following section is inserted : - Mortgag~ s " [157 A.] Notwithstandicng anything in this Act ~ ~ : ~ ~ ctlOns otherwise ?ontained, upon the application of the selector period of of a selectlOn- license to occupy or ( a) During the period in respect of which a license : : d: ~ ~ to occupy has been granted but the certificate condition. of performance of conditions has not been obtained; or (b) Which is subject to the condition of personal residence during the whole term; or (c) During the part of the term for which the selection is subj ect to the condition of .personal residence- the Minister ma,y in his discretion, for any special reason and upon being satisfied that the application is made ban.'), fide for the purpose of stocking or improving the selection, allow the lessee to mortgage the selection to any person, corporation, or joint stock company, subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit. Every such application shall cont,ain full and accurate particulars, to be verified by the declaration of the selector, of the name Emd address of the person, corporation, or joint stock company by whom the advance is to be m:::.do, the amount to be advanced, the rate of interest, and the other terms and conditions of the proposed memorandum of mortgage. No such memorandum of mortgage shall have any effect as a security against the selection unless or until the consent of the Minister thereto is evidenced by endorsement thereon undor his hand." 15. After section one hundred and sixty-nine of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:- Insolvency of Crown tenant. " [169A.] (1.) N otw~ thstanding anything in this Act to the contrary contained, in the event of the insolvency (which term includes bankruptcy) of a lessee or selector, all his right, title, and interest to and in the holding shall pass to the trustee in insolvency, but nothing herein

LAND, CROWN. ]925. Land Acts Amendment Act. shall be construed to affect or prejudice the rights or remedies of any mortgagee under a subsisting mortgage of the holding. (2.) If the holding is at the date of the insolvency subject to the condikon of personal residence, the same shall continue to be so subject, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the tenancy; and the trustee in insolvency, while the holding remains in his hands, may -perform that condition by the continuous and bona fide residence upon the holding of a registered bailiff who is himself qualified to take up a similar holding. (3.) The transfer by the trustee in insolvency of the holding or the interest of the insolvent in the holding may be made to any person who under this Act is .qualified to hold a similar holding, but· to no other person, and the transferee from the said trustee shall be bound to perform all the terms and conditions relating to the holding under this Act in the same manner and to the same extent as if he were the original lessee or selector or person holding the interest transferred. (4.) In section 400 of the Principal Act, all words from and including the words" In the event of insol- vency" to the end of the said section are repealed, and the fol1owing provision is inserted in lieu thereof : - "In the event of the insolvency (which term includes bankruptcy) of one of the jojnt holders, the conditions upon which the holding is held may and shall, pending the disposal of the interest of the insolvent by the trustee in insolvency, be performed by the other joint holder or holdors as if he or they were the sole lessee or lessees ; and if the holding is subject to the condition of personal residence, such other joint holder or holders shall be deemed to be the bailiff or bailiffs of the said trustee for t.he purposes of the performance of that condition by him." . (5.) In section sixty of the Principal Act, all words from and including the words "In the event of the insolvency" to the end of the said section are repealed, and the following provision is inserted in lieu thereof :- " In the event of the insolvency (which term includes bankruptcy) of one of the joint holders, the conditions upon which the selection is held may and shall, pending the dis;posal of the interest of the insolvent by the trustee 11320

Jl:126 LAND, CROWN. Land Acts Amendment Act. 16 GEO. V. No. 27, in insolvency, be performed by the other joint holder as if he were the sole selector; and if the holding is subject to the condition of personal residenc3, such other joint holder shall be deemed to be the ba;liff of the said trustee for the purposes of the performance of that condition by him." (6.) This section sha.ll come into force on a date t~ be notified by a Proclamation of the Governor III Council, pubLshed in the Gazette." Amendment 16. The following provision is added to section one of s. 171. hundred and seventy-one of the Principal Act : - " The jurisdiction of the Court under this section to declpore any value or proport:on of benefit or fix tmy amount or give judgment for any sum shall not be limited or affected by any other provision in any other Act which restricts the jurisdiction of the Court in amount or value." . Communal ring fence against vermin. 17. After section one hundred pond seventy-one of the Principd Act, the following section is inserted :- "[171A.l (1.) Any number of persons who are lessees or sele0tors of holdings under this Act which are adjacent Pund are capable of being entirely enclosed by an externa,} boundary fence (herein referred to as a "ring fence"), not being less in number than two-thirds of such Crown tenants ( ~ md for the purposes of this provision where PJ holding is held by two or more persons in computing such proportion such holding shall be deemed to be held by an individual person), who are of opinion that the whole of the said holdings if so enclosed would receive benefit from the construction of a ring fence (being either a marsupial-proof fence 0:" a rabbit-proof fence or both a marsupial-proof and rabb~ t­ proof fence), may by writing undor their hands roquest the other Crown tenants of the holdings which together with their own holdings are proposed to be enclosed by the ring fence to enter into :cm agreement for the construction and maintemmce of such ring fence. D pon such agreement being entered into by all the Crown tenants of the holdings proposed to be so enclosed, such agreement shall be registered in the Department of Public Lcmds and shall thereupon be and remain effective and binding upon the parties thereto during the currency thereof as from the date of such registration.

LAND, CROWN. ]925. Land Acts Amendment Act. (2.) If within ninety days after such written request as aforesaid has been made no such agreement as aforesaid has been made and registered, the persons making the said request, or some of them, together with any other of the proposed parties to such proposed agreement as are willing to make such agreement, may by a memorial in writing under their hs,nds request the Minister to declare the area· of land which it is proposed should be enclosed by the ring fence to be a benefited area. Such memorial shall be in the prescribed form and shall set forth- (a) A general description of the holdings proposed to be enclosed; and (b) The names and places of address of the Crown tenants of the said holdings; and . (c) A description of the proposed ring fence, st8,ting whether it is to be marsupial-proof or rabbit-proof or both ms,rsupial-proof and rabbit-proof; and d) Thc grounds of the opinion of the memoriaJists that the proposed ring fence would be of bonefit to the whole of the holdings proposed to be enclosed; and ~e) Such further particulars as may be prescribed or ~ s the Minister may require. The Minister shall take such memorisJ into con- sideration, and may cause mch inquiry and reports to be made to him with respect to the matte!' as he thinks proper. (3.) The Minister in his absolute discretion mayor may not approve of the request contained in the said memoria1. (4.) If t,he Minister a,pproves of the said request he shall, by notification in the Gazette, declare the said area to be a benefited area under and for the purposes of this soction, and the said a,rea shall accordingly be and become such benefited area. (5.) The said notification shall declare- (a) The boundaries of the said benefited area; and (b) The nature of the fence by which the said area is to be enclosed, namely, either marsupial- proof or rabbit-proof, or both marsupial-proof and rabbit-proof; and 11327

11328 LAND, CROWN. Land Acts Amendment Act. 16 GEO. V. No. 27, (c) The time within which the said area is to be enclosed by the ring fence, which time the Minister may in his discretion extend by a further notification. The notification may- (a) Set forth the terms and conditions of the proposed agreement; and (b) Exclude from the liability to contribute towards the cost of the construction and maintenance of the ring fence any holding or part of a holding included within the benefited area: Provided that notwithstanding that anysuch holding or part of a holding is so excluded, the Crown tenants within the benefited area who are liable to contribute towards such cost shall at all times have the right of access to the land comprised in such holding or part thereof so excluded for the purposes of the dostruction thereon of marsupie,ls or rabbits or both of these, according to the nature of the ring fence. (6.) Forthwit.h upon the declaration of a benefited area, it shall be the duty of the Crown tenants whose' holdings are compr,;sed therein to enter into an agreement for the ere.ction a::ld maintenance of the ring fence, and if withln nin0ty d"1.Y;3 after the date of the notification in the Ga"ette declaring the benefited luea no such agree- ment has been made and registered, the Minister may refer the matttlr to the Land Court, constituted by one member thereof, and the Land Court shall hear and determine the matter accordingly, I'Jnd for that purpose shall have all the jurisdiction .and power conferred upon the Land Court under this Act. ·For the purposes of such proceeding, all the Crown tenants of the holdings comprised within the benefited area shall be entitled to become parties to the proceedings. The Land Court shall decide- (a) What class of fence would confer the greatest benefit upon the holdings under the circum- stances; and (b) The proportion that each Crown tenant shall contribute towards the cost of the construc- tion and maintenance of the ring fence,

LAND, CROWN. 1925. Land Acts Amendment Act. taking into consideration the benefit which each of them will respectively derive from the existence of the ring fence. Provided as follows : - In apportioning such contribution the Land Court shall have regard to any holding or part thereof which has been excluded from liability to contribute, and may also, upon being satisfied tha,t any holding or part thereof -comprised within the benefited area will not receive any appreciable benefit, exclude such holding or part thereof from liability for contribution: Provided further that in apportioning such contribu- tion the Land Court may include any holding comprised within the benefited area, notwithstanding that no part ,of the external boundaries thereof are conterminous with any part of the exterilal bound2"ry of the benefited area whereon the ring fence is to be constructed, and in such a case may take into consjderation the fact that no part of the ring fence is or will be an improvement actually (}xisting upon such holding. The Land Court shall also be empowered to make to the Minister such further recommendations upon the matter as the Court thinks proper. Any such recommendation may contain any variances of the conditions as to fencing of any of the holdings comprised in the benefited area. (7.) The L2,nd Court shall forward its decision and recommendations to the Minister, 8Jnd thereupon the Minister sha.ll cause to he prepared an a,greement embodying the decision and recommendations of the Land Court, and shall publish such agreement in the Gazette and forward a copy thereof to each of the Crown tenants concerned. (8.) Forthwith upon such publication of the said agreement the same shall be and become an agreement between thc Crown tenants whose holdings are comprised within the benefited [,1'e2_, rmd upon registration of the same in the Department of Public Lands such agreement shall be effective in the same manner and to the same extent as if ecwh of such Crown tenants had executed the same, and each of such Crown tenants shall for all purposes of this subsection be and be deemed to be parties to the said agreement. 11329

11330 LAND, CROWN. Land Acts Amendment Act. 16 GEO. V. No. 27,. (9.) The following provisions shall apply to every agreement under this section :- (i.) It may be made for a limited time or without limit of time; (ii.) It may provide for all remedies for the· recovery of moneys p~ yruble under the agree- ment, whether for capital cost or maintenance of the ring fonce, by a compl8Jint as for a.. breach of duty under *" The Justices Acts,. 1886 to 1924," on the complaint either of the Land Commissioner or of Emy pPJrty to the agreement against any person committing a.. breach of the agreement; (iii.) Moneys recoverod upon such complaint shall,. after payment of the ~ xpenses of the pro- oeedings, be applied in carryjng out the terms. of the agreement; (iv.) During the currency of the agreement it shall be deemed to run with the lands of all the· parties to the agreement; but the agreement shall not bo binding upon the Crown in the event of the determination for any cause whatsoever of the tenancy of any of such. parties while such lands are vacant in the posset:sion of the Crown; (v.) Nevertheless upon such lands being taken up by another Crown tenant, the agreement if still subsisting shall be deemed to be binding upon him in the same manner and to the same extent as if he were a party to the same, and every such Crown tenant shall,. when making application for such vacant land, be deemed to have and to have had full notice and knowledge of the agreement and the terms and condit:ons thereof. (10.) The Governor in Council nw,y by Order in Council published in the Gazette, in any case where he deems it necessary so to do, extend the operation of the provisions of this section so as to make the same applicable to lands held in fee simple adjacent to holdings. under this Act which might receive benefit if enclosed with the said holdings or any of them by a ring fence ~ * 50 Vie. No. 17 and amending Acts, 8upra, pages 1132 and 11030.

LAND, CROWN. 11331 ]925. Land Acts Amendmcnt Act. and to the registered proprietors or other the owners of -the said lands hold in fee simple; and upon such publica- . tion of such Order in Council the provisions of thifl section shall be applicable to the said last-mentioned lands and the proprietors and owmrs thereof in .like manner and to the S1.me extent as if the said lands were holdings under this Act and the said proprietors and -owners were Crown tenants." 18. After subsection one of sect':on one hundred and Amendment ninety-eight of the Principal Act the following subsection of s. 198. is inserted :- "(lA.) Notwithstanding anything in any other Act ()ontained, the lessee of a Miner's Homestead Perpetual Lea'3e, the lease whereof has been taken up by the lessee after the date of tbe pass:ng of " The Land Acts Amendmr:,nt Act 0/ 1925," shall not dur~ng the first five years of his lease ringbark or, except for the purposes of his lease, cut down or destroy or cause or allow to be cut down or destroyed any trees on the land comprised in the lease without the permit of the Commissioner of the land agent's district in wh:ch the land is situated, nor shall he do any such act as aforesaid in any manner -contrary to the terms of such permit." Amendment 0/ "The Closer Settlement Acts, 1906-1923." 19. The following amendments are made in section Am",ndrnent thirty-nine of *"The Closer Settlement Acts, 1906-1923":- of 8.39.. In paragraph (a), the words" the price paid for the same, and the valuation for rating purp03es as shown by the books of the Local Authorities" are repealed and the words" and the amount of compensation determined by the Land Appeal Court for the acquisition of the land and the improvements thereon" are inserted in lieu thel'eof. Paragraph (b) is repealed, and pl1ragraph (c) is relettered (b) accordingly. * 6 Edw. VII. No. 32 and am(mding Acts, supra, pages 8901, 9341, .and 10632.