Rabbit Acts Amendment Act of 1955 (4 Eliz Ii No. 7) (Qld)

410 RABBITS. RabbitActsAmendmentAct. 4 Euz. II. No. 7, PUBLIC WORKS. See W orks . PUBLIC WORKS LAND RESUMPTION. See W orks . RABBITS. 4 E N L o I . Z. 7. II. An Act to Amend “The Rabbit Acts, 1913 to T hb R abbit A cts 1954,” in certain particulars. A mbndment A ct of 1955. [A ssented to 14 th A pril , 1955.] B E it enacted by the Queen’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. Principal Act. Collective title. 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as “ The Rabbit Acts Amendment Act of 1955.” (2.) *“ The Rabbit Acts, 1913 to 1954,” are in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3.) The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively cited as “ The Rabbit Acts, 1913 to 1955.” Amendments 2. (1.) Subsection one of section thirteen of the ofs. 13(1). Principal Act is amended— (i.) By repealing the first paragraph thereof and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed paragraph, the following paragraphs :— eTlreicetnionniasl. the c“asSeubojfeecvt etroy BthoisardAcsth,alalnbeelheecltdiontrieonfnmiaellmy. bers in In the case of every Board existing at the commencement of f“ The Rabbit Acts Amendment Act of 1955,” the first triennial election shall be held before the thirty-first day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five and a triennial election shall be held in every third year thereafter before the first day of July of the year of triennial election. If at any time after the commencement of f“ The Rabbit Acts Amendment Act of 1955,” a new Board is constituted, whether upon the constitution of a new * 4 G. 5 No. 7 and amending Acts, t This Aet.

RABBITS. 411 1955. Babbit Acts Amendment Act. District or by the uniting of two or more Districts into one District, the first election of the members shall be held on such date as the returning officer may by notification published in the Gazette appoint and, subject to this Act, the second election of members shall be held in the first year thereafter of triennial election fixed by this subsection for Boards existing at the commencement of *“ The Rabbit Acts Amendment Act of 1955,” before the first day of July of that year, and a triennial election shall be held in every third year thereafter before the first day of July of the year of triennial election : ” ; and (ii.) By repealing in the proviso thereto the words “ of the first annual election in a newly constituted District ” and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words “ of the first election of members of a new Board, whether constituted upon the constitution of a new District or by the uniting of two or more Districts into one District ”. (2.) In the case of every Board existing at the commencement of *“ The Rabbit Acts Amendment Act of 1955,” the members shall, except in the case of any member whose office is sooner vacated for any cause whatsoever, continue in office as such members until and including the day next preceding the date publicly notified by advertisement in some newspaper by the returning officer under rule eight of the First Schedule to this Act for the election in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five of members of the Board, and shall then vacate such offices : Provided that every such member shall, if otherwise qualified to be elected as a member of the Board, be eligible for re-election or re-appointment. 3. Section 13 a of the Principal Act is repealed. of 4. Section 23 a of the Principal Act is amended by Amendment repealing subsection two thereof and by inserting, inof 8' 23a' lieu of that repealed subsection, the following subsection:— “ (2.) Every such rate shall be deemed to be duly levied upon a notification (setting forth, in respect of all lands situated within the District and which are * This Act.

412 RABBITS. RabbitActsAmendmentAct. 4 E liz . II. No. 7, rateable for the purposes of this Act, the amount of the rate in the pound of the rateable value of such lands, or, where the amounts thereof differ in the several Areas and parts, if any, of the Areas of Local Authorities comprised in the District, the different amounts of such rate in the pound in relation to such Areas and parts, if any) being published by the Board in the Gazette and in at least one newspaper printed and circulating in the State, and every person who is the owner, within the meaning of *“ The Local Government Acts, 1936 to 1954,” of any land upon which such rate is levied shall, within two months commencing on the date of the publications in the Gazette and newspaper of the notification as aforesaid or, where those publications are on different dates, commencing on the last of those dates, pay at the office of the Board the total amount thereof.”. New e. 35 a . 5. The following section, numbered 35 a , is inserted after section thirty-five of the Principal Act:— mLusiaeairbnittloaitiyn of sheep “ o [3 r 5 c a a .] ttlWe hoerrbeotthhearoewdneepr aosftuarnedy ohrolkdeipntg, uwshese, refoonr cfeenrtcaeisn, &e. tahney praubrpboitsefeonfceenocnloosrinagdjoarcepnatrttloyoernicnlothsiengnetihgahtbohuorldhionogd, of the boundary of the holding and which has been erected at the expense of the Board or of the Crown or which has been completed by the affixing thereto of wire netting supplied at the expense of the Board or the Crown, he shall, at all times during his use of the fence, maintain the fence in such a condition as to prevent the passage of sheep or cattle or both sheep and cattle, according to the use of his holding. Without prejudice to his liability as aforesaid, such an owner (where the Board or the Crown incurs in relation to the fence any expense in the doing of any work or the supplying of any materials whatsoever for the purpose of preventing, or maintaining it in such a condition as to prevent, the passage through or over the fence of stock of a kind depastured or kept on such owner’s holding) shall be liable to pay to the Board or the Crown, as the case may be, all of that expense or such part thereof as the Board or the Crown may require him to so pay, and the same may be recovered by the Board or the Crown, as the case may be, in any court of competent jurisdiction.”. ' * 1 G. 6 No. 1. 1

RABBITS. 413 1955. Babbit Acts Amendment Act. 6. The First Schedule to the Principal Act is Amendments amended schedule i. (i.) By repealing rule three thereof and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed rule, the following rule :— “ [3.] The office of a member of the Board in every case shall— o T f ® fi r c m e. of (i.) Commence on the day specified in the notification published in the Gazette , of his election or appointment thereto; and (ii.) Subject to this Act, become vacant on the last moment of the day next preceding the date publicly notified by advertisement in some newspaper by the returning officer under rule eight of this Schedule for the next election of members of the Board.” ; (ii.) By repealing in the first paragraph of subrule one of rule five thereof the words “ annual elections ” and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words “ triennial elections ” ; (iii.) By repealing the proviso to subrule one of rule five thereof; (iv.) By repealing in subrule two of rule five thereof the words “ an annual election ” and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words “ a triennial election ” ; (v.) By repealing in the first paragraph of subrule one of rule seven thereof the words “ in every year ” and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words “ in each year of election ” ; (vi.) By repealing in the first paragraph of rule eight thereof the words “ in every year ” and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words “ in every year of election ” ; and (vii.) By repealing in the first paragraph of rule eight thereof the word “ annual 7. The Second Schedule to the Principal Act is Amendment amended by repealing in the first paragraph of rule schedule ii . two thereof the words “ in every year I