Leases Act 1925 (ACT)

[Extract from Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 83. dated

1st October, 1925.]

I THE TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT OF

GOVERNMENT.

No. 4 of 1925.

AN OKDINANCE

i To amend the Leases Ordinance 1918-1919 and for other

purposes.

BE it ordained by the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, in	pursuance of the powers conferred by the Seat of Government Acceptance
Act 1909 and the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910, as follows :—

1.—(1.) This Ordinance may.be cited as the Leases Ordinance short title

I Q A . . and citation.

(2.) The Leases Ordinance 1918, as amended by the Leases Ordinance 1919 and by the Federal Capital Commission's Powers Ordinance 1924, is in this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Leases Ordinance 1918-1925.

2. The Leases Ordinance 1923 and the Leases Ordinance (No. 2) K«I>™I.

of 1923 are hereby repealed.

3. After section one of the Principal Ordinance the following section Definition

is inserted :-—

" 1A. Tn this Ordinance—

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' Commission ' means the Federal Capital Commission appointed

under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1924.".

4. Section three of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting therefrom the words " Provided that no lease for a period exceeding five years shall be granted without the approval of the Governor General."

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5. After section four .v of the Principal Ordinance the following Period oi

section be inserted :—

" 5.—-(1.) The Commission may make Regulations, not inconsistent
with this Ordinance, repealing, amending, or adding to Regulations
made by the Minister under any provision of the Leases Ordinance 1918

and may make Regulations, not inconsistent with this Ordinance, prescribing all matters which are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying

out or giving effect to this Ordinance, and in particular prescribing

matters providing for and in relation to— I

(a) the persons to whom leases may be granted ;
(b) the purposes for which leases may be granted ;
(c) the periods for which leases may be granted ;
(d) the rent payable under leases ;
(e) the conditions of leases ;
(/) the method of recovering moneys due and unpaid under leases .

(g) the determination of leases for non-fulfilment of conditions ;

and

(h) the method of recovering land on the determination of leases.

" (2.) All Regulations made by the Commission under this Ordinance shall-—

(a) be notified in the Gazette ; and
(b) be forwarded to the Minister forthwith.

" (3.) Regulations made under this Ordinance shall be subject to disallowance by the Governor-General at any time within thirty days after their notification in the Gazette, and any regulations so disallowed shall cease to have effect from the date of publication of the disallowance in the Gazette.

" (4.) Evidence of any regulation made under this Ordinance may be given in all courts by the production of the Gazette purporting to contain it, or by the production of a document purporting to be a copy thereof and purporting to be printed by the Government Printer or by the authority of the Government of the Commonwealth.".

Dated the thirtieth day of September, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-five. FORSTER,

Governor- Genera 1.

By His Excellency's Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Home and Territories. •

Printed and Published for the GOVERNMENT of the COMMONWBALTH of AUSTRALI

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