Rabbit Acts Amendment Act of 1951 (15 Geo Vi No. 53) (Qld)

496 RABBITS. Babbit Acts Amendment Act . 15 G eo . VI. No. 53, RABBITS. 15N G o e . o 5 . 3 v . i . An Act to Amend “ The Rabbit Acts, 1913 to T he R abbit A cts A mendment 1950/’ in certain particulars. A ct of 1951. [A ssented to 6 th D ecember , 1951.] B E it enacted by the King’s Most 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:— short title 1 . This Act may be cited as “ The Rabbit Acts construction. Amendment Act of 1951,” and shall be read as one with * “ The Rabbit Acts, 1913 to 1950,” herein referred to as the Principal Act. Collective The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively tltle‘ cited as “ The Rabbit Acts, 1913 to 1951.” Amendment 2. Section three of the Principal Act is amended ° s‘ 3' by repealing therein the definition of the term “ Holding ” and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed definition, the following definition, namely :— Holding. “ “ Holding ”—Any country land, whether held in fee-simple or under any tenure or subject to any trust under any Act relating to the occupation, leasing or alienation of Crown land : the term includes any land held under an occupation license from the Crown under and within the meaning of f “ The Land Acts, 1910 to 1951 ”.” New s. 19 a ins6rt}6u. ' Budget. 3 . The following section is inserted after the wo headnote “ P art IV.— F unds of B oards ” and before section twenty of the Principal Act, namely :— “ [i0A.] (1.) The Board shall frame, in such form as the Minister may direct, and adopt a budget for each year. (2.) In framing the budget for any year the Board shall estimate for that year— (a) The amount of revenue ; (b) The amount, if any, payable for interest upon and redemption of loans ; (c) The expenditure, if any, from moneys to be provided by the Crown by way of endowment; (d) The expenditure, if any, from loan funds ; and (e) The expenditure from revenue.* * -1 G. 5 No. 7 and amending Acts, f 1 G. 5 No. 15 and amending Acts.

RABBITS. 497 1951. Babbit Acts Amendment Act. (3.) In framing the budget all expenditure not approved by the Treasurer to be met from loans shall be allocated to revenue, and the estimate of revenue shall be sufficient in amount to meet all expenditure so allocated. (4.) The Board shall not adopt any annual budget unless and until the Minister approves thereof. The Board shall frame and submit each annual budget for the Minister’s approval not later than the first day of May in every year. (5.) The Board shall not expend in any year moneys not budgeted for: Provided that this subsection shall apply so as not to prevent the Board from expending moneys to meet any circumstances of emergency caused by fire, flood, storm, tempest or other act of God, excepting that loan moneys already allocated shall not be diverted to meet any circumstances of emergency without the prior approval of the Treasurer. (6.) This section shall apply with respect to the year commencing on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two and each and every year thereafter.” 4-. Subsection one of section 23 a of the Principal APe“2 rja!“t;8 Act is amended— ; " (a) By repealing in the first paragraph of the said subsection one the words “ one penny ” and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words “ two pence half-penny ”. ( b ) By inserting after the first paragraph of the said subsection one the following paragraph, namely :— “ In any year in which the Board may lawfully make and levy a rate as aforesaid, that rate may be made and levied so that amounts thereof differ in the several Areas and parts, if any, of the Areas of Local Authorities comprised in the District, but so that the amount of that rate made and levied in any suC|h Area or part shall not exceed the aforementioned maximum of two pence half-penny.” (c) By adding to the said subsection one the following proviso, namely ;— “ Provided that any land in respect of which the rate in any year under and for the purposes of this Act would be less than five shillings shall be deemed to be exempted from that rate.”

498 RABBITS—RAILWAYS. Railways Acts Amendment Act. 15 G eo . VI. No. 34, New* s. 23 b inserted. Notice of change of ownership of holding. 5. The following section is inserted after section 23 a of the Principal Act, namely :— “ [23 b .] (1.) A person shall, within thirty days after entering into any transaction whereby he acquires or disposes of or agrees to acquire or dispose of any holding situated wholly or partly within a District, give to the Board for that District notice in writing of that transaction in which shall be specified the date of sale, the description of the land, and the full name and address of the purchaser. (2.) An owner who subdivides a holding situated wholly or partly within a District shall, within thirty days after so doing, give to the Board for that District notice in writing of that subdivision and shall accompany that notice with a plan of the subdivision. (3.) If, subsequent to the giving of notice under subsection one or subsection two of this section, the transaction or subdivision in question is cancelled, the person or persons required to give that notice shall, within thirty days after that cancellation, give to the Board concerned a further notice in writing of that cancellation. (4.) A person who fails to give to the Board a notice in compliance in every respect with the requirements of this section shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and liable to a penalty of not more than fifty pounds.” RAILWAYS. 15 noe 034VI An Act to Amend “The Railways Acts, 1914 to T3L7 1950,” in certain particulars. AOTOF 1951. [A ssented to 25 th O ctober , 1951.] short title fraction. E it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, B 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 Railways Acts Amendment Act of 1951,” and shall be read as one with * “ The Railways Acts, 1914 to 1950,” herein referred to as the Principal Act. * 5 G. 5 No. 24 and amending Acts.