Quairading-Nunajin Railway Act 1911 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO PRIMO

GEORMI QUINTI REGIS,

XIX.

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No. 8 of 1911.

AN ACT to authorise the Construction of a

Railway from Quairading to Nunajin.

[Assented to 16th February, 1911.]

13 E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by andLegislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Par-with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and liament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1.    This Act may be cited as the Quairading-Nunajin Railway Short title.

Act, 1911.

Quairading to Nunajin, with all necessary, proper, and usual works street. 2. It shall be lawful to construct and maintain a railway from Autimri 0 C0 11-

and conveniences in connection therewith, along the line described

in the Schedule to this Act.

3.    Notwithstanding anything contained in the Public Works Deviation.

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 the Power to Governor

expiration_ of twelve months from the publication of notice in the etcosemliannt within

15 miles of railway.

1911, No. 8.] Quairading-Nunajin Railway. [1 GEO. V.

Government Gazette declaring the railway open for traffic, the

Governor may

(a)

With the object of encouraging the cultivation and settle- ment 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 two or more per- sons, 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 aforesaid 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	5. On the determination by the Governor from time to time to
be determined

under Public Works	exercise the power conferred by the last preceding section, any
Act, 1902.	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 shall be determined as com- pensation 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 improve- ments thereon, or the estate or interest of the claimant therein, might have been expected to realise if offered for sale at the date the land was taken, and if the railway had not been constructed or authorised.
Governor may	6. Before the purchase money is paid for any land compul- 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.
require surrender.	sorily purchased under the authority of this Act, the Governor
etc., to be made.

7. All such land acquired under paragraph (a) of section four

Application

60 Viet., No. 26. shall be dealt with under the provisions of the Agricultural Lands

Purchase Act, 1896, and the purchase money may be paid out of any moneys authorised to be raised and expended by that Act, or as therein prescribed.

1 Cho. V.1 Quairading-Nunajiii Railway. [1911, No. 8.

SCHEDULE.

QUAIRADING-NUNAJIN RAILWAY.

Description of Line of Railway.

Commencing at a point in the Quairading Station Yard on the Greenhill:3- Quairading Railway, and proceeding thence in a generally East North-Easterly direction for about 50 miles and terminating at a point in ar near the Western boundary of Location No. 15795, Avon District, as more particularly delineated and coloured red on map marked P.W.D., WA., 15284, deposited pursuant to 2 Edwd. VII., No. 47, Section 96. Total length about 50 miles.

By Authority: FRED. WM. SIMPSON, Government Printer, Perth.