Meekatharra-Wiluna Railway Act 1927 (WA)

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MEEKATHARRA-WILUNA RAILWAY.

18° GEO. V., No. XXXII.

No. 32 of 1927.

AN ACT to authorise the Construction of a Railway from

Meekatharra to Wiluna.

[Assented to 23rd December, 1927.]

Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, inBE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, byand with the advice and consent of the Legislative

this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of

the same, as follows :—

1.    This Act may be cited as the Aleekatharra-Wiluna Short title

Railway Act,1927.

2.    It shall be lawful to construct and maintain a railway, Authority to

with all necessary, proper, and usual works and conveniences

construct.

in connection therewith, along the line described in the

Schedule to this Act.

3.    Notwithstanding anything contained in the Public Deviation.

Works Act, 1902, it shall be lawful for the Minister for Works to deviate from the line as described in such. Schedule to the extent of ten miles on either side thereof.

4. At any time after the passing of this Act, and until Power to Governor to compulsorily

the expiration of twelve months from the publication of

purchase land

within 15 miles of

notice in the Government Gazette declaring the railway open

railway.

for traffic, the Governor may

(a) With the object of encouraging the cultivation of settlement of the land, compulsorily purchase any land in parcels of not less than one thousand acres. each parcel being the property of one person or

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two or more persons, jointly or in common, and situated within fifteen miles of any part of the line of the railway, and which land is certified by the Minister for Lands as suitable for closer agricultural settlement;

(b) Compulsorily purchase any land situated as afore-

said for townsites :

Provided that no land shall be compulsorily purchased under paragraph (a) of this section until the Land Purchase Board has favourably reported thereon.

Purchase money to	be determined5. On the determination bY the Governor from time to
Act. under Public Works time to exercise the power conferred by the last preceding

section, any land within such defined limits may be taken under the Public Works Act, 1902, and the provisions of that Act shall apply, and the amount of the purchase money shali be determined as compensation is determined under that Act:

Provided that, on the exercise of any such power, or on the acquisition by the Governor within the said period of land situated as aforesaid for any work within the meaning of the Public Works Act, 1902, no regard shall be had to any increased value occasioned by the railway, and the purchase money shall be assessed at the probable and reasonable price which the land, with any improvements thereon, or the estate or interest of the claimant therein, might have been expected to realise if the railway had not been constructed or author- ised.

Governor may,

require surrender,	6. Before the purchase money is paid for any land com- pulsorily purchased under the authority of this Act, the Governor may require the claimant to execute a surrender, conveyance, or transfer of the land to the Crown, or as the Governor may direct, free from all encumbrances.
etc., to be made.
Application of
No. 40 of 1909.	7. All such land acquired under paragraph (a) of section four shall be dealt with under the provisions of the Agri- cultural Lands Purchase Act, 1909, and the purchase money may be paid out of any moneys authorised to be raised and expended by that Act, or as therein prescribed.

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SCHEDULE.

MEEKATHARRA TO WILUNA RAILWAY.

Description of Line of Railway.

Commencing at a point in or near the Meekatharra Station on the Nannine•Meekatharva Railway, and proceeding thence in a generally Easterly direction for about 113 miles and terminating at a point in or near the Wiluna Townsite, as more particularly delineated and coloured red on map marked P.W.D., W.A. 25504, deposited pursuant to the Public Works Act, 1902. Total length about 113 miles.