PRICKLY-PEAR ACT.
Act No. 31, 1924.
| An Act to make provision for the eradication of prickly-pear and for that purpose to consti- tute a Prickly-pear Destruction Board ; to provide for the supply of poison and other destructive agencies; to authorise certain advances out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of prickly-pear destruction ; to authorise the setting apart, leasing, or grant of prickly-pear infested areas of Crown lands upon terms and condi- tions providing for the eradication of prickly- pear ; to impose obligations to eradicate prickly-pear upon the occupiers of land and local authorities ; to repeal the Prickly-pear Destruction Act of 1901; to amend the Crown Lands Consolidation Act, 1913, and certain other Acts; and for purposes connected there- with. [Assented to, .'h-d December, 1924.] | BE |
BE it enacted b y the Kings M o s t Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and consent of the Legis lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South
Wales in Parliament assembled, and b y the authority of
the same, as fol lows :—
1 . (1) This Act may be cited as the "Prickly-pear Act, 1 9 2 4 , " and shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by the Governor and notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.
( 2 ) This Act applies to the Eastern and Central
Divisions of the State as established under the Crowr
Lands Act Consolidation Act, 1 9 1 3 . ( 3 ) The Governor may extend and apply any
of the provisions of Division 1 of Part I I I and the
provisions of Part V to the western Division of theState by proclamation published in the Gazette.
(4) This Act is divided into Parts, as follows :—
P A R T I . — P R E L I J I I N A U Y — s s , 1 - 3 . PART I I .—PRICKLY-PEAK, DESTRL'CTION BOARD — ss. 1-8.
P A R T I I I . — E R A D I C A T I O N OF P R I C K L Y - P E A R — s s . 9 - 2 4 . DIVISION 1 .—Priva te lands generally—ss. 9 - 1 3 .
DIVISION 2 . — P r i v a t e lands within a prickly-
pear zone—ss. 1 4 , 1 5 .
DIVISION 3 .—Crown lands—ss. 1 6 - 2 2 .
DIVISION 4 . — L a n d s controlled bij public bodies
—ss. 2 3 , 2 4 .
P A R T IV. —FINANCIAL— s s . 2 5 - 2 7 . P A R T Y . — G E N E R A L — S S . 2 8 - 3 4 . 2 . ( 1 ) The Prickly-pear Destruction Act of 1 9 0 1 is
hereby repealed.