Local Government Acts Amendment Act of 1948 (12 Geo Vi No. 26) (Qld)

LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 12 GEO. VI. No. 26, 1948. Local Government Acts Amendment Act. (ill.) The said Valuation Court shall be deemed .to have validly adjourned the time of the hearing of all such appeals from Monday, the third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, to Wednesday, the third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, at ten o'clock in the forenoon; (iv.) At ten o'clock in the forenoon of Wednesday, the third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, the Valuation Court for the City of Rockhampton may commence the hearing of all such appeals at the Police Court House at Rockhampton, and thereafter may proceed with such hearing and determination with power to the said Court to make all such lawful adjournments in respect of all or any such appeals as to it shall seem just. (4.) The fresh valuation of any rateable land in the Area of the City of Rockhampton which the Council of the said City purported to adopt on the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, or, if the value of such land according to such valuation is altered upon appeal, such altered valuation shall continue until the first valuation of such land made under *" The Valuation of Land Acts, 1944 to 1947," is proclaimed in force and no longer. . 153 An Aot to Amend "The Looal Government Aots, 1936 12 N G o E . O 2 . 6 V . I. to 1947," in oertain partioulars. LoCAL GOVERNMENT ACTS [ASSENTED TO 6TH APRIL, 1948.] AMENDMENT ACT OF 1948. B E it enacted by the King's l\'Iost Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- . 1. This Act may be cited as " The Local Government Short title Acts Amendment Act of 1948," and shall be read as one and t t' with t" The Local Government Acts, 1936 to 1947," herein cons ruc IOn. referred to as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may coJlectively be Collective cited as " The Local Government Acts, 1936 to 1948." title. * 8 G. 6 No. 3 and amending Acts. t 1 G. 6 No. 1 and amending Acts.

154 LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Local Government Acts Amendment Act. 12 GEO. VI. No. 26,1948. New s. 49B 2. The following section is inserted after section 49A inserted. - of the Principal Act, namely:- Housing a "[49B.] (1.) Subject to this section a Local Authority function of may, as a function of Local Government, undertake the LGoocvaelrn- provision (including the construction, maintenance, ment. management and regulation of the use of) of housing accommodation for the inhabitants of the Area, and in particular for such of the inhabitants as aforesaid, who have limited means or who are not otherwise adequately housed. (2.) All of the provisions of this Act shall apply and extend to and in connection with the undertaking by a Local Authority of the function of Local Government conferred upon it by this section. Moreover such function shall include power- (i.) To carry out projects or schemes for the provision of groups of dwelling-houses with power to do all such matters and things as the Local Authority shall deem necessary or desir- able for or in connection with the carrying out of any such project or scheme; and (ii.) To sell or let any dwelling-house provided by the Local Authority including power- (a) To sell or to agree to sell under and subject to such terms and conditions as it shall fix and to take from the purchaser all such mortgages and other securities as it shall deem requisite to secure the unpaid balance, if any, of the sale price; or (b) To let or to agree to let under and subject to such terms and conditions as it shall fix; and (iii.) To exercise in relation to that function its powers as a constructing authority under and within the meaning of *" The Public Works Land Resumption Acts, 1906 to 1940." (3.) The provisions of any other Act limiting the maximum area of land which may be held thereunder by a Local Authority shall not apply or extend as respects land held under that Act by a Local Authority for the purposes of the function of Local Government conferred upon it by this section." * 6 E. 7 No. 14 and amending Acts.