Miscellaneous Leases Act 1872 (SA)

ANNO TRICESIMO QUINTO :ET TRICESIMO SEXTO

VICTORIB REGINB.

A. D. 1872.

No. 31.

An Act zo authorize the Granting of M;iscelZaneous &eases of the

Waste Lands o f the Crown, and for iithcr purposes.

[Assented to, 30th November, 1872.1

it Enacted, by the Governor of the Province of South Aus- Preamble*

tralia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council liament assembled, as follows:

BE

and House of Assembly of' the said Province, in this present Par-

1. I t shall be lawful for the Governor to demise and lease for any " " ~ e U a ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e ~ ~ may be granted.

term not exceeding. fourteen Vears, at such rent, and upon such terms and conditio& as may frdm time to time bc prescribid by any replations to be made in pursuance of this Act, any Aboriginal Reserves, Government Reserves, and Government Buildings, not required for Government purposes, and also such portions of the Waste I'ands of the Crown as may be required by the person willing to rent the same to be used as wharf frontages, mail stations, smelting works, or for quarrying stone or slate, or for digging or collecting fire clay, salt, or guano, or any othcr material, or for pur- poses of public convenience and accommodation: Provided that no such lease shall be grantcd for pastoral or mineral purposes.

2. Every such lease, before being issued, shall be offered for sale Leaa~a to be offered

at auction.

by auction to the highest bidder, at such times and places, and at such upset price aa shall be prescribed by notice to be given in the &uth Australian Government Gazette, not less than four consecutive

weeks before the day of holding such auction.

3, The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Regulatioaobe

1x1 Council, made.

5". & 360 VVICTORIB, No. 31.

The Miscs Elaneous Leases A c t. 1 8 7 2.

Council, may, from time to time, make, alter, vary, and rescind regulations respecting the terms and conditions upon which leases shall be granted under this Act, and respecting all matters and things necessary to give effect hereto; and such regulations, when published in the South Austrulkm Governnzen t Gazette, shall have the force of law.

Regulatione t o be laid	4. A copy of a11 regulations made under the authority of this Act shall be laid before Parliament within fourteen days from the publication thereof, if the Parliament shall then be sitting; and, if the Parliament shall not then be sitting, then within fourteen days from its next sitting for the dispatch of business.
before Parliament.
Bummay procedure.	5. Whenever in any Act heretofore made and passed, affecting the waste lands in the said Province, any penalty is imposed for any offence committed on such waste lands, but no procedure is given for the recovery or enforcement thereof, every such penalty may be recovered at the suit of any Crown Lands Ranger, or other person authorized, in writing, by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, in a summary uTay, before any Special Magistrate or two Justices of the Peace, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 6 of 1850, To facili- tate the performance of the duties of Justices of the Peace out of sessions, with respect to summary convictions and orders," or of any Act hereafter to be in force amending the same, and all convictions and orders may be enforced as in the said Ordinance or Act is or shall be mentioned.

In the name and on behalf of the Queen, I hereby

assent to this Bill.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor,

Adelaide : By authority, W. C. Cox, Goveknment Printer, North-terrwe.