Rural Development Transfer and Co-ordination of Powers Act of 1938 (2 Geo Vi No. 4) (Qld)

16904 BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4, BANKS AND BANKING. 2 * ~ ~ . 4~ ' An Act to Provide for the Co-ordination of the Di~ : L~ \ Y: ; ; T TRANSFER AND CO-ORDINATION OF POWERS OF A1~ 38. Administration of Provisions regarding State Advances to Co- operatl.ve Companl. es. t Associations, and Primary Producers, and Advances Generally in Aid of Primary Production by the Creation of the Corporation of the Bureau of Rural Development; and for other incidental purposes. [ASSENTED TO 22ND SEPTEMBER, 1938.] 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. (1.) This Act may be cited as "The Rural Development Transfer and Oo-ordination of Powers Act of 1938." Construction (2.) This Act shall be read as one with *" The of Act. Agricultural Bank Acts, 1923 to 1934," herein referred to as the Principal Act. CommefncAe- t(3.) This Act shall come into operation on a date ment 0 ct. t o be procIa'lmed by t he Governor I . II Counc il by Proclamation published in the Gazette. ~ me~ ~ ent 2. (1.) The Acts mentioned in the Schedule to this ~ c~ : . am Act are amended to the extent indicated in the said Schedule. Schedule. Collective (2.) The Principal Act as so amended may hereafter title. be cited as t"The Rural Development Oo-ordination of Advances Act of 1938." Dissolution 3. The Corporation constituted by the Principal Coforporation Act by the name of " The Corporation of the Agricultural of the Bank" is hereby dissolved and the Agricultural Bank ABganrikc.ultural Fund created by the Principal Act shall be closed. Such Corporation so dissolved may be referred to as "the dissolved Corporation." * 14 Geo. V. No. 41, and amending Acts, supra, pages 10443 et seq. t Act proclaimed in force as and from 22nd December, 1938. See Proclamation dated 22nd December, 1938, and published in Gazette of 24th December, 1938, page 2810. t 14 Geo. V. No. 41 as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, reprinted, post, page 17384.

1938. BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 16905 The office of General Manager of the Agricultural Bank is abolished. The office of Manager (Head Office Staff) of the Agricultural Bank is abolished. The Rural Assistance Board constituted pursuant to *" The Rural Assistance Board and Agricultural Bank Acts Amendment Act of 1934 " is abolished, and all the functions performed by the said Board shall be performed by the Rural Development Board created under this Act. Moreover where in any Act reference is made to the Rural Assistance Board such reference shall for all purposes thereof be a reference to the Rural Development Board constituted under this Act, and any such Act shall be read and construed and have effect accordingly. 4. The Minister and his successors in office repre- Minister to senting the Crown shall for all the purposes of this Act be . be a corporation sole by the name of " The Corporation CorporatIOn. of the Bureau of Rural Development" (herein referred to as "the Corporation") and by that name shall have perpetual succession and an official seal which shall be judicially noticed, and notwithstanding the pro- visions of any other Act shall be capable in law of suing and being sued and shalJ, subject to this Act, have power to take, purchase, take on lease, sell, exchange, lease, and hold land, goods, chattels, securities, and any other property whatsoever. For all the purposes of this Act, the Corporation shall have and may exercise all the powers, privileges, rights, and remedies of the Crown. Transfer of Assets, &c., to Oorporation. 5. (1.) Forthwith upon the commencement of this Vesting of Act- assets and (a) All moneys, deben t ures, and Treasury B I ·II S, Cliaobriploitriaetsioinn. and securities for money, and all interest thereon, and all books, documents, and other property held by or on behalf of the Agricul- tural Bank under or pursuant to t" The Agricult~lral Bank Acts, 1923 to 1934"; and * 25 Geo. V. No. 30, supra, page 14917. t 14 Geo. V. No. 41 and amending Acts, supra, pages 10443 et seq.

16906 BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4, Rights of action and under contracts. Existing advances. (b) All the assets and liabilities of the Agricultural Bank; and (c) All powers, authorities, rights, title, interest, and obligation in or with respect to such assets and liabilities or any of them, shall by virtue of this Act, and without any transfer or· assignment whatever, pass to and become vested in and imposed upon the Corporation and be divested and discharged from the Agricultural Bank. (2.) Any right of action or other remedy accrued to or against and any power or authority vested in or exercisable by and any agreement, undertaking,· mort- gage, debenture, bond, lease, deed, guarantee, covenant, or obligation made, given, or entered into by, to, or with the Agricultural Bank may be prosecuted and enforced by or against the Corporation as if the right of action or remedy had originally accrued to or· against or the power or authority had originally been vested in or exercisable by or the agreement, undertaking, mortgage, debenture, bond, lease, deed, guarantee, covenant, or obligation had been made, given, or entered into by, to, or with the Corporation. (3.) The following provisions shall apply in respect of advances made or purporting to be made under or pursuant to the Agricultural Bank Acts or any other Act or law before the commencement of this Act by the Agricultural Bank, and whether made by the dissolved Corporation as principal or as attorney or as agent or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown, any part of which advance and/or the interest thereon remains unpaid at the commencement of this Act :- (a) Such advances shall be repaid, and interest thereon shall be paid to the Corporation at the times and in the amounts prescribed by the Act under or pursuant to which the advance was made or by any regulation or instrument thereunder; (b) The Corporation may take any proceeding or exercise any right or remedy which under such Act might have been taken or exercised by the Corporation of the Agricultural Bank; (c) The land and other property mortgaged as security for the advances aforesaid shall continue to be charged with the repayment of such advances with interest thereon.

BANKS AND BANKING. 16907 1938. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. -- -------------------- - - - - - - - - - - (4.) In any case where under the Agricultural Bank Forfeiture in Acts or under this Act an advance has been made on the certain cases. security of a selection held from the Crown and a loss has arisen in respect of such advance and has been made good out of the Consolidated Revenue, and such selection . has been made freehold either by the borrower or the Agricultural Bank or the Corporation, and the ·Agricul- tural Bank or the Corporation has not been able to sell the land under its powers in that behalf, and the Agri- cultural Bank or the Corporation has executed a release of such security, the Secretary for Public Lands, repre- senting the Crown, may by notification in the Gazette declare that all the title, right, and interest of the bor- rower in such land is forfeited to the Crown, whereupon the land shall become Crown land and may be dealt with as such. (5.) All mortgages and other securities executed by Oper~ t~ on of way of security for any advance (including, if it be so, ~ ~ ~ u~ ~ ~ : ~ ces any further advances) under or pursuant to any of the and further Agricultural Bank Acts or any other -Act or law, as the advances. case may require, shall for all purposes, including any further advances that may be made under this Act, be construed as if the Corporation were party thereto instead of the Agricultural Bank, and this Act shall apply to all such advances and/or further advances. (6.) All accounts, documents, books, and papers Adjustments. relating to any such advance shall be transferred to and be kept by the Corporation; and such adjustments of account shall be made in the books of the Corporation as may be necessary to give effect to this section. (7.) Where under the provisions of any Act any Agreements Minister ?f the Crown or body corporate is emp?wered ~ ~ nagement to enter mto any arrangement or agreement WIth the of cert!1in Agricultural Bank whereby the Agricultural Bank is to advances. manage on behalf of such Minister or body corporate the whole or any part of his or its business so far as consists of the making and regulation of advances under such Act to farmers, settlers, or cultivators for purposes similar to those provided for by this Act, such Minister or body corporate may enter into a like arrangement or agreement with the Corporation for the like purposes, and the same shall be given effect to; or where such Minister or body corporate has already entered into such arrangement or agreement as aforesaid with the Agricultural Bank and the same is wbsistiug

16908 BANKS AND BANKING. ------ ~.~--~ - ~ - - - - - Ruml Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4, at the commencement of this Act, then by virtue of this Act the Corporation shall as and from the commence- ment of this Act be deemed to be the party to every such arrangement or agreement in lieu of the dissolved Corporation, and every such arrangement or agreement shall be read and construed and have effect accordingly. Pen~ ing. (8.) Applications by any company or by any person applIcatIOns. to the Agricultural Bank for any advances pending at the commencement of this Act, and whether or not any advance or instalment has been made, may be dealt with and completed by the Corporation as if such applications were respectively made for advances under this Act. Closure of (9.) All moneys to the credit at the Treasury of the Agricultural Agricultural Bank Fund constituted under the Principal Bank Fund. Act shall by virtue of this Act be transferred to the Corporation of the Bureau of Rural Development Fund constituted under this Act. Proceedings. (10.) All actions and proceedings and things lawfully had~ and done by the dissolved Corporation shall be and continue to be in full force and effect to all intents and purposes as if the same had been had and done by the Corporation constituted under this Act, and if the same are not completed may be continued and completed by the Corporation constituted under this Act; and no such action or proceeding shall abate or be discontinued or prejudicially affected. by anything in this Act contained. Penalties. (11.) All penalties, fees, fines, and forfeitures which at the commencement of this Act may be enforceable or recoverable by the dissolved Corporation shall and may be enforced and recovered by the Corporation constituted under this Act. Officers. (12.) All officers and servants of the dissolved Corporation holding office or being employed at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed and engaged under this Act, but shall otherwise be subject to this Act as officers and servants of the Corporation constituted under this Act. Regulations, (13.) All Proclamations, Orders in Council, and ~ ; ~ tinued. regulations made under the Principal Act and in force at the commencement of this Act shall continue in force until the same or any of them are amended or superseded by Proclamations, Orders in Council, or

BANKS AND BANKING. 16909 1938. Rural Development Tran8fer, Etc., Act. regulations under this Act; and in the construction of such Proclamations, Orders in Council, or regulations references to the expression". Corporation of the Agricultural Bank" or "Bank" shall be deemed to be references to the Corporation constituted under this Act; and references to the expression" General Manager" or "Manager" of the dissolved Corporation shall be deemed to be references to the Rural Development Board or, as the case may require, to the Secretary thereof constituted and appointed under this Act; and references to any officer of the dissolved Corporation shall be deemed to be references to the officers of the Corporation of the Bureau of Rural Development constituted under this Act authorised or appointed in like behalf. . (14.) All instruments, documents, records, plans, Records. correspondence, and all books and writings the property of the dissolved Corporation shall be and are by virtue of this Act hereby handed over to the Corporation of the Bureau of Rural Development constituted under this Act, and shall and hereby become the property of such lastmentioned Corporation. (15.) Where in any Act or in any regulation, ~ eferences Procla:mation, or Order in Council a reference is made to ~~: .her the dissolved Corporation or to the General Manager or Manager thereof, as the case may be, such reference shall, on and after the commencement of this Act, and subject as may be otherwise provided in this Act, be deemed to be a reference to the Corporation of the Bureau of Rural Development constituted under this Act or to the Rural Development Board or Secretary thereof, as the case may require. 6. (1.) There is hereby created at the Treasury a Corporation R Fuunrad I tDoebveelocpalmleednt" FTuhnedC" o(rhpeorreaitniornefoefrrteh d e toBuarsea " ut h oef BROfuutrrheaeal u ° f Fund ") Develop- • ment (2.) The Treasurer may from time to time make Fnnd. available for the purposes of the Fund all such moneys as are appropriated by Parliament for such purposes. (3.) All moneys repaid to the Corporation in respect of advances and interest thereon made under this Act or any other Act, and all other moneys whatsoever received by the Corporation shall be paid into the Fund.

16910 BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4, -------------------------- (4.) All advances by the Corporation made under this Act shall be payable out of the Fund. Loans by 7. (1.) The Governor in Council may by warrant ~ overnment under the hand of the Treasurer direct and authorise Corporation. loans to be made to the said Corporation out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Power to borrow money. (2.) For the purpose of exercising any powers or discharging any functions or duties conferred or imposed by this Act or any other Act upon the Corporation, the Corporation may and is hereby authorised from time to time, with the approval of the Governor in Council, to borrow money or obtain advances whether by way of temporary accommodation by means of overdraft or otherwise from or make financial arrangements with any person or body corporate or unincorporate upon such terms and conditions and at such rate of interest as the Corporation, with the approval of the Governor in Council, shall deem fit; and, subject as hereinafter prescribed, for any such purpose to create and execute mortgages, bills of sale, charges, liens, and other securities or obligations over the property of the Corporation or any part or parts thereof, or the revenues thereof, or otherwise as the Corporation, with the approval of the Governor in Council, shall deem fit. Power of (3.) (a) For the purpose of enabling the Corporation tCooirspsoureation to carry out the objects and purposes of this Act, and debentures. for the purposes of providing moneys to be raised by way of loans, the Corporation subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, by Order in Council published in the Gazette, may from time to time issue debentures in the prescribed amounts and secured as prescribed, and at the times and in the manner and subject to such provisions, conditions, and stipulations as are from time to time prescribed in any such Order in Council. Guaranteed (b) The due payment by the Corporation of any ~ e~~ ~ rer of such loan or of any such debentures and the interest on Queensland. any such loan or on such debentures shall also be and be deemed to be guaranteed by the Treasurer of Queensland. Arrange- (4.) (i.) The Governor in Council may by any such smaelentoffor Order in Council also make or empower the Corporation debentures. to make arrangements authorising the sale of such debentures in places beyond the limits of the State, and appoint or empower the Corporation to appoint any agent

BANKS AND BANKING. 16911 1938. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. or' agents to negotiate such sale and to enter into and execute any contract or contracts therefor; and may prescribe provisions for the establishment by the Cor- poration of a sinking fund and for the proper administra- tion of all matters and things in relation thereto and in regard to any loan, whether raised by way of debentures or otherwise accordingly. (ii.) An investment by a trustee of trust funds in Debentures any such debentures shall be and be deemed to be an anth . d authorised investment by the trustee pursuant to the :ve~ : : : nt provisions of section four of *" 'The 'Trustees and Executors ~ te~ ltt~ c Act of 1897 " (as amended by subsequent Acts) and such No. 10. . Act shall be read and construed accordingly. (5.) For the purpose of providing moneys to meet Loans to any expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the forporation Corporation pursuant to its powers as aforesaid, or for ; ~:: sury. the payment of any interest and/or redemption on any loan (including debentures) authorised as aforesaid, the Minister may from time to time arrange for a loan from the Treasury to the Corporation in such amount or amounts as shall from time to time be necessary herein. The repayment of any such loan together with such interest as prescribed shall be made from the Fund in such manner and at such times and under such conditions as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Governor in Council. Moreover the Treasurer is hereby authorised and empowered to give such directions and to take such action in respect of the matters herein set forth (including any readjustment) of the Loan Trust or other accounts at the Treasury as may be necessary or expedient to give full effect to the objects and purposes of this Act. (6.) The Corporation shall also be and be deemed to Corporation be a "local body" for all purposes under and pursuant ~. ol be a to the provisions of t" 'The Local Bodies' Loans Guarantee bo~; a,l, Acts, 1923 to 1936," and the provisions of such last- ~der the.• mentioned Acts, together with such additions thereto or L~ ~ ~ sBodles modifications thereof as the Governor in Council may Guara~tee by Order in Council prescribe, either generally or in any Acts. , particular case, shall apply and extend accordingly. 8. This Act shall be administered by the Corpora- Gen~ r~ l tion and, subject to the Minister, by the Rural Develop- :~~:~s~f ment Board, the Secretary thereof, inspectors, valuers, Act. and other officers appointed or deputed in that behalf. * 61 Vie. No. 10, supra, page 3507. t 14 Geo. V. No. 8 and amending Act, supra, pages 10693 et seg.

16912 BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4, Constitution 9. (1.) For the purposes of the administration of DofeRveulroapl- this Act there shall be constituted a Board called " The ment Rural Development Board" (hereinafter called "the Board. Board "). Members. (2.) The Board shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be a representative of the Department of Agriculture and Stock, one of whom shall be a representative of the Treasury Department, and one of whom shall be a representative of the Land Administration Board, and who shall from time to time be appointed by the Governor in Council by Order in Coun0il published in the Gazette, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor in Council: Provided that any such member may hold office as member in conjunction with any other office he may hold under the Public Service Acts. One of such members so appointed shall be designated the chairman of the Board, and one of such members so appointed shall be designated the deputy chairman of the Board. Appoint- ment of deputy. Absence. (3.) In the case of the illness, suspension, inability, or absence of any member of the Board, the Governor in Council may appoint some other person (being an officer of the Public Service and being an officer representing the same Department as such member, as the case may be), to act as the deputy of such member during such illness, suspension, inability, or absence, and every such person shall while he acts as such deputy have all the powers and perform all the duties of a member of the Board. (4.) In the case of a temporary absence from any meeting of the Board of a member the Minister may appoint some other person (being an officer of the Public Service and representing the same department as such absent member), to attend such meeting, and for the purpose of such meeting the person so appointed shall be deemed to be a member of the Board. Business. (5.) The Board shall meet at such times and conduct its business in such manner as may be prescribed, or if not prescribed, as it shall decide. 'Quorum. (6.) Two members of the Board shall form a quorum.

1938. BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 16913 (7.) The Board shall during the period of its office- General (a) Advise the Minister or the Corporation on ~ ~ " ti: ~ ~ and matters connected with this Act generally; (b) Make any inquiry or investigation required by this Act, or any inquiry or investigation which the Minister or the Board may think necessary or expedient so to make. (8.) For the purpose of any such inquiry or investiga- Board tion, the Board and each and every member thereof shall ~~ ~r: i~s~on have the powers, authorities, jurisdiction, and unde; the pr~ tection of a commission under *"The Officiallnqui~ ies fn~ ~ ~~ ~ es Ev~dence Acts, 1910 to 1929" (or of any Act amending Evidence the same). Acts. (9.) All acts and proceedings of the Board shall, Defe~ ts in notwithstanding any defect in the appointment of any ~! ~l~ ~t to member or deputy thereof, or that any memb.er or invalida:te deputy member was disqualified or disentitled to act, ~ r~~ ~:~ :fgs be as valid as if every such member and deputy member had been duly appointed and was qualified and entitled to act and had acted as a member or deputy member of the Board, and as if the Board had been properly and fully constituted. 10. (l.) The Board shall, in addition to the duties Functions as above prescribed, be entrusted with the duty of ~ th~ advising the Corporation under this Act or other oar. Corporation or other Minister of the Crown, as the case may be, in respect of applications for advances made under- (a) t" The Rural Development Co-ordination of Advances Act of 1938 " ; (b) t" The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Acts, 1917 to 1938" ; (c) §" The Farmers' Assistance (Debts Adjustment) Acts, 1935 to 1938"; (d) 11" The Wire and Wire-Netting Advances Act of 1927 " ; (e) ~ " The Wire and Wire-Nett1:ng Advances Act of 1933" ; * 1 Geo. V. No. 26 and amending Act, supra, pages 748 et seg. t 14 Geo. V. No. 41 as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, post, page 17384. t 7 Geo. V. No. 32 and amending Acts, supra, pages 9453 et seq. § 26 Geo. V. No. 23 and amending Act, supra, pages 15564 et seq. 11 18 Geo. V. No. 23, supra, page 12058. '1 24 Geo. V. No. 23, supra, page 14808.

16914 BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4, (j) *" The Marsupial Proof Fencing Acts, 1898 to 1913" ; (g) Any other Act or law permitting of advances being made to aid rural development as may be prescribed; (h) Any advance which pursuant to the provisions of t" The Income ( Unemployment Relief) Tax Acts, 1930 to 1935" (or of any Act amending or in substitution for those Acts) for the purposes of rural development or any loan of a similar or like purpose or for or in aid of rural development generally which may be made by the Minister for Labour and Industry or, as the case may be, the Secretary for Public Lands from funds advanced from the Treasury from whatever account they may be advanced. Without limiting the general meaning of the expression" advances in aid of rural development," such expression may include advances that may be made for purposes such as ringbarking and suckering, scrub-falling, clearing, stumping and grubbing, water improvements, and improvements in land development generally. (2.) For the purpose of exercising such duties as aforesaid, the Board shall have power and authority- (i.) To inquire into and consider applications for advances or loans as hereinbefore referred to ; (ii.) To require any further or other information in respect of any such application; (iii.) To recommend to the proper authority the approval of any such application (either wholly or in respect of any amount less than the amount applied for) ; (iv.) To recommend to the proper authority the refusal of any such application. (3.) The Board shall on reference to it have power and authority to recommend to the Corporation or Minister concerned the grant or refusal or the grant on such terms and conditions as recommended of relief to any necessitous borrower under the aforesaid Acts or otherwise, and also on reference to it to consider and make recommendations to the Corporation or Minister * 62 Vie. No. 16 and amending Acts, 8upra, pages 2077 et 8eq. t 21 Geo. V. No. 1 and amending Acts, 8upra, pages 12952 et seq.

BANKS AND BANKING. 16915 1938. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. concerned in respect of cases involving *and right or [*Sic in remedy of the mortgagee, including entry into possession, . : :~ : !e; foreclosure, forfeiture, sale, leasing by mortgagee in" any."] possession, and action on covenant for payment. (4.) The Board shall also have such advisory powers as may from time to time be prescribed, and such other powers as may be delegated by the Minister to the Board. (5.) The Corporation shall have power to charge an annual management fee in respect of the administrative expenses connected with the duties undertaken by it in respect of departments other than the duties directly relating to the Corporation under this Act. of 11. In addition to the powers, authorities, and Furt~er functions of the Board as otherwise provided in this Act, ~ ~~ : :ons it shall be the duty of the Board- Develop- ment (i.) To submit proposals for the effective adminis- Board. tration of this Act, and for the effective organisation and performance of the work involved in dealing expeditiously with applications for advances within the general purview of this Act and the Board's administration; (ii.) To submit proposals for utilising in the work of the Board the services of the available field and office staffs of the Corporation and of the Department of Public Lands; (iii.) To co-operate with any Crown instrumentality or instrumentality representing the Crown in regard to matters of rural development; (iv.) To perform such other duties as the Corporation or Minister may direct. 12. (1.) The Governor in Council, on the recom- Officer~ . mendation of the Public Service Commissioner, may appoint an officer to be called "the Secretary of the Corporation of the Bureau of Rural Development" (herein referred to as " the Secretary") and may appoint and employ such administrative and technical officers and other employees to assist in the execution of this Act as may be necessary, and such Secretary, officers, and employees shall be paid such salaries as may be duly directed. The Secretary shall also ex officio be the Secretary of the Board;

16916 BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4, (2.) The Secretary shall have power to execute documents on behalf of the Corporation or Board and to affix the official seal of the Corporation, and shall also have such other powers and perform such other duties as are from time to time imposed by the Minister or by the Board: Provided always that an officer of the Public Service may, in addition to the position which he presently holds at or after the commencement of this Act, be appointed also to perform such other duties under this Act as the Governor in Council may direct or as may be prescribed, and in respect of the performance of such duties shall be deemed to be an officer of the Board: Provided further, that any officer appointed under this Act may hold his office under this Act in conjunction with any other office which he may hold at or after the commencement of this Act. Sa.laries, &c. 13. The salaries, wages, or allowances of the Secretary or of any officer or employee of the Board and the fees (if any) allowed to members of the Board, and the expenses in connection with the Board shall be paid out of the Fund or otherwise as the Governor in Council may so direct. Corpora.tion 14. The Corporation may arrange with any Crown ~ ; y manage instrumentality or Crown corporation or Minister usmess. representing the Crown to manage, and such corporation shall thereupon as the fully constituted deputy and attorney of and for such Crown instrumentality or Crown corporation or Minister representing the Crown, be authorised to manage the whole or any part of the business of the Crown instrumentality or Crown corpora- tion or Minister representing the Crown, and for so doing the Corporation shall be entitled to receive such annual management fee or commission as is mutually agreed upon between the Corporation and the Crown instru- mentality or Crown corporation or Minister concerned. Application of Act to advances under Acts administered by other departments. 15. In respect of any application for an advance- (a) Under *"The Wire and Wire-Netting Advances Act oJ 1927," t" The Wire and Wire-Netting Advances Act oJ 1933," t" The Marsupial ProoJ Fencing Acts, 1898 to 1913," or in respect of * 18 Geo. V. No. 23, 8Upra, page 12058. t 24 Geo. V. No. 23, 8Upra, page 14808. t 62 Vic. No. 16 and amending Acts, 8Upra, pages 2077 et Beq.

1938. BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfm·, Etc., Act. 16917 any advance which the Secretary for Public Lands is at the commencement of this Act entitled to grant by way of loan in aid of rural development generally; or (b) By way of loan made by the Minister for Labo~ r and Industry from the Fund constituted under *"The Income (Unemployment Relief) Tax Acts, 1930 to 1935" (or under any Act amending or in substitution for those Acts), the functions of the Board shall be to recommend in an advisory capacity only whether or not such advance shall be approved, or if approved the amount and terms and conditions thereof and, subject to subsection three of section ten of this Act, neither the Corporation or the Board or the Fund shall in any wise be further concerned therein, nor shall the practice and procedure laid down by any of the Acts referred to (or the provisions thereof) or the powers of the Minister administering such Acts, or the powers ofthe Minister in making any advances from any moneys made available to him from the Consolidated Revenue, including in this term any Loan Fund or other Fund, or the recovery of moneys lent and the procedure in respect thereof be in any wise affected by the provisions of this Act : Provided always, the practice and procedure at present existing in the making of advances by the Secretary for Public Lands in aid of rural development generally are and shall always have been lawful, and are hereby authorised, approved, ratified, confirmed, and validated accordingly. 16. In addition to and without in any way limiting General the powers 6f the Governor in Council, the Governor in powers. Council is hereby empowered from time to time by Order in Council to issue such orders and give such directions, whether in extension or amendment of this Act, and prescribe such rules as will in his judgment be calculated to give full effect to the objects, purposes, and provisions of this Act, and in the direction of aid in primary production generally, and where there is in this Act no provision or no sufficient provision in respect to any matter or thing, and it is deemed necessary or expedient to give effect thereto, providing for and supplying such omission or insufficiency. * 21 Geo. V. No. 1 and amending Acts, 8upra, pages 12952 et 8eq.

16918 BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4, Where power and authority is conferred upon the Governor in Council by this Act to make an Order in Council, he may make such one or more Orders in Council as appear to him necessary or expedient in the circum- stances, and either at one and the same time or from time to time. The Governor in Council may amend or rescind any Order in Council by a subsequent Order in Council. No misnomer or inaccurate description or omission in or from any Proclamation or Order in Council shall in any wise prevent or abridge the operation of this Act and the Proclamation or Order in Council with respect to the subject-matter provided the same is designated so as to be understood. Reprinting of Act. Schedule. 17. In all copies of the Principal Act as amended by this Act or by any Order in Council (so far as such amendment has not been superseded by the provisions of this Act) hereinafter printed by the Government Printer, the sections, subsections, and numbered or lettered paragraphs thereof shall be renumbered or relettered so as to be in consecutive numerical or alphabetical order throughout, and all specific references to any section, subsection, or paragraph by its number or letter in any enactment therein contained shall be amended by the substitution of the proper number or letter of the reprinted Act, and further to the intent that the provisions of section 29A of *" The Acts Shortening Acts" shall apply; and the directions contained in the said Schedule of this Act shall also be observed. Moreover the Principal Act as amended by this Act shall, on the reprint thereof as hereinbefore provided, be published in the Gazette under the name and title of t" The R'IJral Development Oo-ordination of Advances Act of 1938," and such reprint shall be judicially noticed. * 31 Vic. No. 6 and amending Acts, 8upra, pages 15 et 8eq. t 14 Geo. V. No. 41 as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, P08t, page 17384.

BANKS AND BANKING. 16919 1938. ---- ~ - - ~ - - - ~ Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. S.2 (1.) S.17. SCHEDULE. AMENDMENTS OF ACTS AND DIRECTIONS AS TO REPRINT OF ACTs. - - - - ~ - ~ ~ - ~ - - - - - - ---- ~ - - - - ~ - - ~- - -- - - - ~ - - - ~ ~- - -- - -~ ~ -. - -- . ~~ - -- ~ - Act. Section. Extent of Amendment. " The Agricultural Bank Title Acts, 1923 to 1934" (being 14 GBO. V. No. 41, as amended bv 20 Geo. V. No. 3,22 Geo. V. No. 22, 25 Geo. V. No. 16, and 25 Geo. V. No. 30). Omit the title and insert new title afi follows :- "An Act to Provide for the Co-ordination of the Adminis- tration of Provisions regarding, and the Making of Provision for, State Advances, to Co-operative Companies, Associations, and Pri- mary Producers, the Constitution of the Corporation of the Bureau of Rural Development, and for other purposes." Section 1 Omit the section and insert new section one in lieu thereof, namely:- "[1.] This Act may be cited as *" The Rural Development Co-ordina- tion of Advances Act of 1938," and shall come into operation on the date of the Proclamation of the coming into operation of t" The . Rural Development Transfer and Co-ordina- tion of Powers Act of 1938." " Section 2 ,Omit the section and insert a new i section in lieu thereof, namely :- I " [2.J This Act is divided into ! Parts, as follows : - PART I.-PRELIMINARY; PART I1.-THE CORPORATION OF THE BUREAU OF RURAL DEVELOP1\IENT ; PART Ill. - Anv ANCES TO CO-OPERATIVE COMPANIES; PAR'l' IV. - ADVANCES TO COMMODITY BOARDS; PART V.--ADVANCES TO FARMERS AND OTHERS; PART VI.--MISCELLANEOUS." * 14 Geo. V. No. 41 as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, post, page 17384. t This Act.

16920 Act. BANKS AND BANKING. R1tral Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4. Section. Extent of Amendment. " The Agricultural Bank: Section 3 Acts, 1923 to 1934" : (being 14 Geo. V. No. ] 41, as amended by 20 ! Geo. V. No. 3, 22 Geo. I V. No. 22, 25 Geo. V. I No. 16, and 25 Geo. ! V. No. 30)-continued.! (a) Omit the definition of "Agricultural Bank" or "Bank" and insert new definition as follows ;- " " The Corporation of the Bureau of Rural Development" or " Corporation "-The Cor- .poration of the Bureau of Rural Development created by this Act." (b) In the definition of "Co-operative company" or "Company" omit the words "A joint stock company formed and registered under *" The Companies Acts, 1863 to 1913," " and insert the words "A company formed and registered or deemed to be formed and registered under t"The Companies Act of 1931 " " in lieu thereof. (c) Omit the definition of " Fund" and insert a new definition in lieu thereof, as follows : - " " Fund "-The Corporation of the Bureau of Rural Develop- ment Fund created by this Act." (d) After the definition of'" Land" insert new definition as follows :- " "Minister "-The Secretary for Agriculture and Stock or other Minister of the Crown for the time being administering this Act." (e) After the definition of" Regulations" insert new definition as follows :- " " Rural Development Board" or "Board "-The Rural De- velopment Board created by . this Act." (f) In the last paragraph of the said section omit the word "Bank" and insert the word "Corporation" in lieu thereof. * Repealed by 22 Geo. V. No. 53, supra, page 13433. t 22 Geo. V. No. 53, supra, page 13433.

BANKS AND BANKING. 16921 1938. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. ~ - -----------.-------c, - --~ . - . - - - - Act. Section. I :Extent of Amendment. .- - ~ - - · - ·- I-- - -- ~ -- - ----------- - - - - - - - - ~ ~ " The Agricultural Bank Caption of I Omit this caption and insert new caption Acts, 1923 to 1934" I PART H.-THE I in lieu thereof, namely:- (being 14 Geo. V. No. I AGRICULTURAL. "PART H.-THE CORPORATION OF 41, as amended by 20 i BANK I THE BUREAU OF RURAL Geo. V. No. 3,22 Geo. I DEVELOP1WENT." V. No. 22, 25 Geo. V. : No. 16, and 25 Geo.18ection 4 I Omit the section and insert in lieu V. No. 30)-continued. . thereof new section, being section four of *" The Rural Development I Transfer and Co-ordination of Powers Act of 1938," as follows :- "Minister to be a Corporation. [4.] The Minister and his successors in office, representing the Cr(lwn, shall for all the purposes of this Act be a corporation sole by the name of "The Corporation of the Bureau of Rural Development" (herein referred to as " the Corpora- t,ion"), and by that name shall have perpetual succession and an official seal which shall be judicially noticed and, notwithstanrling the provisions of any other Act, shall be capable in law of suing and being sued, and shall, subject to this Act, have power to take, purchase, take on lease, sell, exchange, lease, and hold land, goods, chattels, securities, and any other property whatsoever. li'or all the purposes of this Act, the Corporation shall have and may exercise all the powers, privileges, rights, and remedies of the Crown." Section 5 : Omit the section, and insert in lieu , thereof new sections as follows, namely :-Sections being sections eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen of *" The Rural Development Transfer and Co-ordination of Powers Act of 1938," which sections as so inserted shall be read and construed with and form part of t"The Rural Development Co-ordination of Advances Act of 1938." * This Act. t 14 Geo. V. No. 41 as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, P08t, page 17384.

16922 Act. BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4, Section. Extent of Amendment. "TheAgriculturalBank Section 6 Acts, 1923 to 1934 " (being 14 Geo. V. No. 41, as amended by 20 Section 7 Geo. V. No. 3, 22 Geo. V. No. 22, 25 Geo. V. No. 16, and 25 Geo. V.No.30)-continued. Omit the word " Bank" and insert the word " Corporation" in lieu thereof. Omit the heading "Agricultural Bank Fund" and insert the heading "Corporation of the Bureau of Rural Development Fund" in lieu thereof. Omit section seven and insert in lieu thereof new sections as follows, namely :-Sections six and seven of *,' The Rural Development Transfer and Co-ordination of Powers Act of 1938," which sections as so inserted shall be read and construed with and form part of 't" The Rural Development Co-ordination of Advances Act of 1938." Section 8 Omit the word " Bank" where it twice occurs and insert the word "Cor- poration " in lieu thereof. Section 9 Omit the heading "Transfer of Assets &c., to Bank" and insert" Tr.ansfer of Assets, &c., to Corporation" in lieu thereof; also omit section nine and insert new section in lieu thereof being section five of *" The Rural Development Transfer and Co-ordina- tion of Powers Act of 1938," which section as so inserted shall be read and construed with and form part of t" The Rural Development Co- ordination of Advances Act of 1938." Section 10 Omit the section. Section II Omit the words" joint stock." Section 12 Omit the word " Bank" and insert the word" Corporation" in lieu thereof. Section 13 Omit the word " Bank" where it twice occurs and insert the word " Corporation" in lieu thereof. Section 14 Omit the word " Bank" where it twice occurs and insert the word " Corporation" in lieu thereof. '" This Act. t 14 Geo. V. No. 41 as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, P08t, page 17384.

BANKS AND BANKIN~ . 16923 1938. Rural Development Transfer, Etcl., Act. I Act. I Section. EXfent of Amendment. ~ -~ - -~ -- ~ -- - - ~ - ~ I~ I ~ - - ~ - - - 1- - ' ~ - - ~ - 1~ - - - - - - ~ - - - - " The Agricultural Bank (I Section 15 Acts, 1923 to 1934" (being 14 Geo. V. No. 1 41, as amended by 20 I Geo. V. No. 3,22 Geo. Caption V. No. 22, 25 Geo. V. section 15A No. 16, and 25 Geo. V. No. 30)-continued : Omit the I word " Bunk" wherever I occurring and insert the word ! " Corporlfttion" in lieu thereof. I to I Omit part bf the caption to section 15A, namely :1-" PART III.A" and insert , "PART V." in lieu thereof. I Section 15A Omit the I word "Bank" wherever occurring and insert the word ., Corpomtion " in lieu thereof; also omit thp words "Rural Assistance Board " and insert the word " Board " in lieu t~ ereof; in the last paragraph the words "the Principal" are repealedl and the word "this" is inserted lin lieu thereof. Caption before: Omit pa.rt Iof the caption before section section 16 I sixteen, Inamely :-" PART IV." and insert" fART V." in lieu thereof. I Section 16 I Omit the 1Vord " Bank" and imlert the word" Corporation" in lieu thereof. 1 j Section 17 I I Omit the word " Bank" and insert the word" Corporation" in lieu thereof. 1 ! Section 19 I Omit thd word "Bank" wherever occurri~ and insert the word " Corporation" in lieu thereof. Section 20 I I i Omit thfj word "Bank" wherever ocqurring and insert the word " Corporation" in lieu thereof. I I I Section 20A Omit the i"Word " Bank" and insert the word " Corporation" in lieu thereof. I I i Caption before Omit par~ of the caption before section section 21 twenty-one, namely, "PART V." and insert "I PART VI." in lieu thereof. Section 21 Omit th~ word "Bank" wherever occurring and insert the word " Corpdration " in lieu thereof. i Section 22 I i Omit the Iword " Bank" and insert the I word" ICorporation " in lieu thereof.

16924 Act. BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4, Section. Extent of Amendment. " The Agricultu,ral Bank Section 23 Acts, 1923 to 1934" (being 14 Geo. V. No. 41, as amended by 20 Geo. V, No. 3, 22 Geo. V. No. 22, 25 Geo. V. Section 24 No. 16, and 25 Geo. V. No. 30)-continued, Section 24A Section 24B Section 25 Section 25A In section twenty-three after the words " this Act" where those words twice occur the words " or *., 1'he Agricultural Bank Acts, 1923 to 1934 " " are inserted. In section twenty-four after the words "this Act" the words "or *" The Agric'ulturaT Bank Acts, ] 923 to 1934," " are iru;erted. Omit the word " Bank" and insert the word" Corporation" in lieu thereof. Omit the word "Bank" wherever occurring and insert the word " Corporation" in lieu thereof; also omit the words "Rural Assistance Board" where those words twice occur and insert the word "Board" in lieu thereof. Mter the words "under this Act" insert the words" or *" The Agricul- tural Bank Acts, 1923 to 1934." " 'Section 25A is amended as follows:- (a) In subsection one the word" Bank" wherever occurring is repealed and the word "Corporation" is inserted in lieu thereof. In the said subsection after the words t" " The Local Authorities Acts, 1902 to 1927," " the words " or t" The Local Government Act of 1936 " " are inserted; also the figures" 1927 " are repealed and the figures " 1935 " are inserted in lieu thereof. In the said subsection the words "Act of 1924 " " are repealed and the words "Acts, 1924 to 1937,"" are inserted in lieu thereof. In the sidenote to the said sub- section the word " Bank " is repealed and the word "Corporation" is inserted in lieu thereof. * 14 Geo. V. No. 41 and amending Acts, supra, pages 10443 et seq. t 2 Edw. VII. No. 19 and amending Acts, supra, pages 1860 et seq. t I Geo. VI. No. 1, supra, page 16035.

1938. BANKS AND BANE ING. Rural Development Transfe , Etc., Act. 16925 Act. Section. I Extent of Amendment. --I--!I-----+--- " The Agricultural Bank Section 25A- Act8, 1923 to 1934" continued. (being 14 Geo. V. No. 41, as amended by 20 Geo. V. No. 3,22 Geo. I V. No. 22, 25 Geo. V. No. 16, and 25 Geo. V. No. 30)-continued. (b) In subsection two the word" Bank " is r~ pealed and the word" Corpora- tiOIl" is inserted in lieu thereof. (c) In subsection three the word "B nk" wherever occurring is repealed and the word" Corporation" is in~erted in lieu thereof. (d) In subsection four the word" Bank " wherever occurring is repealed and the word "Corporation" is inserted in lieu thereof; also the words and figures "Act of 1918 " " are repealed and the words and figures "Acts, 1918 to 1937,"" are inserted in lieu thereof. (e) In subsection five the word" Bank" wherever occurring is repealed and the word " Corporation" is inserted in lieu thereof; also after the words " Local Authorities Acts " the words and figures" or *" The Local Govern- ment Act of 1936"" are inserted; also the words and figures "Act of 1924 " " are repealed and the words and figures "Act8, 1924 to 1937,"" are inserted in lieu thereof. (j') In subsection six the word " Bank " wherever occurring is repealed and the word "Corporation" is inserted in lieu thereof. (g) In subsection 6A the word " Bank " wherever occurring is repealed and the word "Corporation" is inserted in lieu thereof. (h) In subsection seven the words t " "The Agricultural Bank Act of 1923"" where those words first occur are repealed, and the words t" "The Agricultural Banlc Act8, 1923 to 1934 " " are inserted in lieu thereof ; also the words "or the Bank under the provisions of t" The Agricult1tral Bank Act of 1923" acts" are repealed and the words "or the Bank under the provisions of t" The Agricultural Bank Acts, 1923 to 1934," has acted or the Corporation under this Act acts" are inserted in lieu thereof. * 1 Geo. VI. No. 1, supra, page 16035. t 14 Geo. V. No. 41, supra, page 10443. t 14 Gea. V. No. 41 and amending Acts, supra, pages 10443 et seg.

16926 Act. BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4, Section. Extent of Amendment. " The Agricultural Bank Section 25A- Act8, 1923 to 1934" continued. (being 14 Geo. V. No. 41,as amended by 20 Geo. V. No. 3,22 Geo. V. No. 22, 25 Geo. V. No. 16, and 25 Geo. V. No. 30)-c ,. ontinued. (i) In subsection eight the words "with the exception that for the word "Bank" the word "Corpora- tion" shall be read" are repealed and the words "and to the intent that the word. " Corporation" herein shall be and be construed as the Corporation under the State Advances Act or the Corporation under the Workers' Homes Acts, as the case may require," are inserted in lieu thereof. (j) In subsection SA the words " as if the Corporation were named in the said section in place of the Bank" are repealed and the words "as if the Workers' Homes Corporation were named in this section in place of the Corporation under this Act" are inserted in lieu thereof; also the word" Corporation" where it elsewhere occurs in the said subsection is repealed and the words "Workers' Homes Corporation" are inserted in lieu thereof. (k) In subsection nine the words *" "The Agricultura7 Bank Act oJ 1923" be deemed to have been inserted therein at the passing of that Act" are repealed and the words t" "The Agricultural Bank Act8, 1923 to 1934," be deemed to have been inserted therein at thp, passing of *" The Agricultural Bank Act of 1923"" are inserted in lieu thereof; also in the last paragraph of the said subsection nine the words *" "The Agricultural Bank Act of 1923" acts" are repealed and the words t"" The Agricultural Bank Acts, 1923 to 1934," has acted, or the Corporation under this Act acts" are inserted in lieu thereof. Section 25B Section 25:8 is amended as follows:- The word "Manager" in the sidenote is repealed and the words " Secretary of Board " is inserted in lieu thereof. * 14 Geo. V. No. 41, 8upra, page 10443. t 14 Geo. VI. No. 41 and amending Acts, supra, pages 10443 et Beq.

1938. Act. BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 16927 Section. Extent of Amendment. " The Agricultural Bank Section 25B- Acts, 1923 to 1934" continued. (being 14 Geo. V. No. 41, as amended by 20 Geo. V, No. 3,22 Geo. V. No. 22, 25 Geo. V. No. 16, and 25 Geo. V. No. 30)-continued. The words " Manager of the Bank" are repealed and the word "Secretary" is inserted in lieu thereof; also the words "officer of the Bank" are repealed and the words "officer of the Board" are inserted in lieu thereof; also the words "Manager in that behalf" are repealed and the words "Board in that behalf" are inserted in lieu thereof: also the words" authority of the Agricultural Bank pursuant to the provisions of *"The Agricultural Bank Acts, 1923 to 1929," " are repealed and the words " authority of the Corporation pursuant to this Act" are inserted in lieu thereof; also the figures " 1922 to 1924,"" where they twice occur are repealed and the figures "1922 to 1936,"" are inserted in lieu thereof; also the words "Manager, inspector " are repealed and the words " Secretary, inspector" are inserted in lieu thereof; also the paragraph (f i) is amended by omitting the words "Agricultural Bank pursuant to the provisions of *" The Agricultural Bank Acts, 1923 to 1929,"" and by inserting the words "Corporation of the Board of Rural Development pursuant to t"The Rural Development Co-ordination of Advances Act of 1938 " " are inserted in lieu thereof. Section 250 Omit the word "Bank" wherever occurring in the first paragraph of subsection one and insert the word " Corporation" in lieu thereof; also omit the word " Manager" wherever occurring and insert the word " Secretary" in lieu thereof. In the last paragraph of the said subsection one omit all words from " excepting" to " accordingly" ; also omit the word " Bank" where it twice occurs and insert the word " Corporation" in lieu thereof. * 14 Geo. V. No. 41 a~ d amending Acts, supra, pages 10443 et seq. t 14 Geo. V. No. 41 as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, post, page 17384. B

16928 BANKS AND BANKING. - -~ - -- - -- - --- .~- - Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4, I Act. Section. I - - · · - ~ -- - ~-- --- :-- --~ --- -- - I Extent of Amendment. " The Agricultural Bank I Section 25c- .1, In subsection two omit the word Acts, 1923 to 1934" continued. ' " Bank" and insert the word (being 14 Geo. V. No. I I " Corporation" in lieu thereof; also 41, as amended by 20 ; omit the figures "1929" and Geo. V. No. 3,22 Geo. I insert" 1932" in lieu thereof. V. No. 22, 25 Geo. V. i No. 16, and 25 Geo. I New section to I Insert new section after section 25c, V. No. 30)-continued.: follow section I namely section sixteen of *"The Rural 25c. Development Transfer and Co- ordination of Powers Act of 1938," which section as so inserted shall be read and construed with and form part of t" The Rural Development Co- ordination of Advances Act of 1938." Section 26 : Section twenty-six is amended as follows ;- Omit the word "Bank" wherever occurring and insert the word " Corporation" in lieu thereof; also insert new paragraph (x.) to subsection two as follows : - , "(x.) Regulating the duties and responsibilities of the Board; practice and procedure in relation to the powers and duties of the Board with respect to the matters and things under its jurisdiction or referred to it; the regulation of meetings, proceedings, and the conduct of business of the Board; and such other administrative matters as may be necessary to give full effect to this Act." Omit subsection three and insert new paragraph in lieu thereof, namely;- "Proclamations, Orders in Council &c., to form part of this Act. (3.) All Proclamations, Orders in Council, and regulations made or purporting to have been made under this Act shall be published in the Gazette, and thereupon shall be of the same effect as if they were enacted in this Act and shall be judicially noticed, and shall not be questioned in any proceedings whatsoever. * This Act. t 14 Geo. V. No. 41 as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, post, page 17384.

1938. Act. BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 16929 Section. Extent of Amendment. " The Agricultural Bank Section 26- Acts, 1923 to 1934" continued. (being 14 Geo. V. No. 41, as amended by 20 Geo. V. No. 3,22 Geo. V. No. 22, 25 Geo. V. No. 16, and 25 Geo. V. No. 30)-continued. i The publication in the Gazette of any such Proclamation, Order in Council, or regulation shall be conclusive evidence of the matters contained therein, and of the power and authority to make such Pro- clamation, Order in Council, or regulation. 'Po be laid before Parliament. . All Proclamations, Orders in Council, and regulations shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly within fourteen days after such publication if Parliament is in session; or, if not, then within fourteen days after the commence· ment of the next ensuing session. If Parliament passes a resolution disallowing any such Pr0clamation, Order in Council, or regulation, of which resolution notice has been given at any time within fourteen sitting days of such House after such Proclamation, Order in Council, or regulation has been laid before it, such Proclamation. Order in Council, or regulation shall thereupon cease to have effect, but without prejudice to the validity of anything done in the meantime and without prejudice to the power to make any further or other Proclamation, Order in Council, or regulations. For the purposes of this sub- section the term "sitting days" shall mean days on which the House actually sits for the despatch of business."

16930 Act. BANKS AND BANKING. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. 2 GEO. VI. No. 4, Section. Exttmt of Amendment. " The AY'ficnltural Bank Schedule Acts, 1923 to 1934" (being 14 Geo. V. No. 41, as amended by 20, Geo. V, No. 3, 22 Geo.,1 V. No. 22, 25 Geo. V. No. 16, and 25 Geo. I V. No. 30)-continued., Omit "Bank" wherever occurring in the Schedule or in any sidenote thereto and insert "Corporation" in lieu thereof. And generally whenever in the reprint of *" The Agricldtural Bank Acts, 1923 to 1934," as amended by this Act (and now intituled f' The Rural Development Co-ordination of Advances Act of 1938") the term "this Act" is used, such term shall unless the context otherwise indicates or requires mean t" The Rural Develop- ment Co-ordination of Advances Act of 1938," and such lastmentioned Act shall be read and construed accordingly. .• The Rural Assistance Board and Agricul- tural Bank Acts Amendment Act of 1934" (25 Geo. V. No. 30) Sections 2 to 0, both inclusive Omit the sections. , The Farm.erfl' Assist- Section 2 ance (Debts Adjust- ment) Acts, 1935 to 1936" (being 26 Geo. V. No. 23 and 1 Edw. VIII. No. 16) Omit the definition of "Board" in section two and insert new definition as follows :- " " Board"--The Rural Develop- ment "Board constituted pursuant to t" The Rural Development Co-ordination of Advances Act of 1938." " Collective Title.-t" The Farmers' Assist- ance (Debts Adjustment) Acts, 1935 to 1936," as amended by this Act, may collectively be cited as "The Farmers' Assistance (Debts Adjustment) Acts, 1935 to 1938." ,. 14 Geo. V. No. 41 and amending Acts, supra, pages 10443 et seq. t 14 Geo. V. No. 41 as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, ]J9St, page 17:3.'04. t 26 Oeo. V. No. 23 and amending Act, supra, pages 15564 ct scq.

BANKS AND BANKING. 16931 1938. Rural Development Transfer, Etc., Act. I Act. I Section.. Extent of Amendment. -------------1-------1----- " The Discharged Section 8E Soldiel's' Settlement Acts, 1917 to 1932" (being 7 Geo. V. No. 32, 10 Geo. V. No. 21, 17 Geo. V. No. 31) as amended by "The Land ActsAmendment Act of 1932" (23 Geo, V. No. 16) and" The Land Acts Amend- ment Act of 19M " (25 ~ Geo. V. No, 3 1 ) · .. I In the said section the words "Corporation (being the Corporation of the Agricultural Bank pursuant to *" The Agricultural Bank Acts, 1923 to 1931 ") shall" are repealed and the words "Corporation (being the Corporation of the Bureau of Rural Development constituted pursuant to t"The Rural Development Co-ordination ofAdvances Act of 1938") shall subject to such lastmentioned Act" are inserted in lieu thereof; also the words "said Corporation of the Agricultural Bank " are repealed and the words "said Corporation" are inserted in lieu thereof; also the words " the Corporation of the Agricultural Bank " are repealed and the words" the said Corporation" are inserted in lieu thereof. i I Collective Title.-The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Acts as amended by subsequent Acts and this Act may collectively be cited as " l'he Discharged Soldier8' Settle.ment Acts, 1917 to 1938." * 14 Geo. V. No. 41 and amending Acts, supra, pages 10443 et 8eg. t 14 Geo. V. No. 41 as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, P08t, page 17384.