Sandalwood Act 1881 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO QUADRAGESMO SENTO

VICTORTN, REGINE

No. 3

An Act to prevent the Destruction and Export of

Immature Sandalwood.

[Reserved 16th September, 1881.

[Royal Assent proclaimed 24th August, 1882.

HEREAS it is desirable to prevent the destruction and export

Wthe Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by andof immature Sandalwood : Be it enacted by His Excellency

with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as

follows :—

Stmxt ti tle 1. This Act may be cited as ' The Sandalwood Act, 1881.'

VICTORLE. No. 3

Sandalwood

2. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to wood not to be

time to proclaim and define one or more area or areas of Waste ",i;;;:i'2,`,1,,Tr-

Lands of the Crown, within which no live or growing sandalwood tree

areas

shall be cut or grubbed up for the period to be named by the Governor in such proclamation. And from and after the proclamation of any such area in the ' Government Gazette,' if any person shall cut or grub up any live or growing sandalwood tree within the 1Miits of any such area during the period set forth in such proclamation, he shall be deemed to be in the unlawful occupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown within the meaning of The Waste Lands Occupation Act, 1872.'

3. Waste Lands of the Crown shall not, for the purposes of this special ()tonna-

Act, be considered to include lands held under Special Occupation ;,70r

Leases or Licenses. included

4. Sections A, E, 10, -G, and H of ' The Shortening Ordinance, Shorte ning

1853; shall be incorporated with and taken to form part of this Act, to all intents and purposes and in as full and ample a manner as if they had been introduced and fully set forth in this Act. Ordinance

WILLIAM C. F. ROBINSON,

GOVERNOR.