Liens on Crops of Sugar Cane Acts Amendment Act of 1951 (15 Geo Vi No. 29) (Qld)

548 SUGAR. Liens on Crops of Sugar Cane, Etc., Act. 15 G eo . YI. N o . 29, SUGAR. (1) Liens on Crops of Sugar Cane Acts Amend­ ment Act of 1951 .. .. .. .. 15 Geo. VI. No. 29 (2) Regulation of Sugar Cane Prices Acts Amend­ ment Act of 1951 .. ..........................15 Geo. VI. No. 28 (3) Sugar Experiment Stations Acts Amendment Act of 1952 ..................................... 1 Eliz. II. No. 7 15# oeo 29 VI An Act to Amend “ The Liens on Crops of Sugar t S” ucgeaorii TC oafnoen Cane Acts, 7 1931 to 1933 7 ,” in certain * particulars. amendment A ct of 1951. [A ssented to 11 th O ctober , 1951.1 L 7J E it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, B by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and bythe authority of the same, as follows:— short title 1. This Act may be cited as “ The Liens on Crops construction. °f Sugar Cane Acts Amendment Act of 1951,” and shall be read as one with * “ The Liens on Crops of Sugar Cane Acts, 1931 to 1933,” herein referred to as the Principal Act. Collective The Principal Act and this Act may be cited tltle- collectively as “ The Liens on Crops of Suqar Cane Acts, 1931 to 1951.” Amendments 2. Section sixteen of the Principal Act is amended— of 8‘16, (a) By repealing all that part of the said section from and including the words “ Notwithstanding anything in this Act or in any other Act or law to the contrary, where any Cane Pest Board ” to the end of that section. (6) By renumbering the said section as so amended subsection one of section sixteen of the Principal Act. (c) By adding to the said section as so amended and renumbered the following subsection, namely:— “ (2.) Notwithstanding anything in this Act or in any other Act or law to the contrary the proceeds of any sugar-cane shall be applied in satisfaction of any sum lawfully payable and not duly paid to any Cane Pest and Disease Control Board constituted under f “ The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts, 1900 to 1951,” for the supplying of any fumigant, insecticide, fungicide, poison, or other material, or more than one of those materials, * 22 G. 5 No. 37 and amending Act. t 64 V. No. 17 and amending Acts.

SUGAR. 1951. Liens on Crops of Sugar Cane, Etc., Act. for the purpose of the control with respect to that sugar-cane of cane pests or diseases or both cane pests and diseases within the meaning of those Acts and for any services rendered in connection with the use of that material for that purpose, in priority to all other sums, secured or unsecured, payable from such proceeds including any sum due and owing to any lienee and secured by a lien duly registered under this Act and in force over that sugar-cane. Notice to any person who has in his hands the proceeds of any sugar-cane of any aforementioned sum so payable and not paid to any Board as aforesaid shall render that person liable, to the extent of such proceeds, ‘for the payment of that sum to that Board and such sum may be recovered from him as if he were a debtor to that Board. Without prejudice to any other mode of proof— (a) A certificate in writing of the Board concerned certifying that the sum therein specified is then lawfully payable and has not been duly paid to that Board for the supplying iof the material therein stated for the purpose of the control with respect to sugar-cane grown during the calendar year therein mentioned on the land therein sufficiently described for identification purposes of cane pests or diseases or both cane pests and diseases within the meaning of *“The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts, 1900 to 1951,” and for the services as specified rendered in connection with the use of that material for that purpose, shall be received in evidence and shall be evidence of the facts therein stated, and in the absence of evidence in rebuttal thereof, shall be conclusive evidence of those j facts ; and (b) Any person shall be deemed to havje had notice of any aforementioned sum so payable and not paid to any Board as aforesaid if and when a certificate in writing as referred to in paragraph (a) aforesaid is delivered to him.” * 64 V. No. 17 and amending Acts. 549