Sewerage, Water Supply, and Gasfitting Act Amendment Act of 1951 (15 Geo Vi No. 42) (Qld)

LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 15 G eo . yi. No. 42,1951. Sewerage, Water Supply, Etc., Act. 449 (b) In any other case, to a Loan Fund or Loan Funds which that Local Authority shall establish in respect of the work or works. (4.) Every special or separate rate under this section Application shall be and be deemed to be a special or, as the case may °lO0^he be, separate rate for a particular function under the Act, Government and, subject to this Act, the provisions of the Act with Acts' respect to the making, levying, payment, and recovery of special or, as the case may be, separate rates for particular functions shall extend to and with respect to the making, levying, payment, and recovery of such rate. (5.) Without limiting the provisions of subsection Presumption four of this section, in any proceeding to levy and making^mi recover, or consequent on the levying or recovery of, a levying of rate, or relating to the liability of any person to berate- rated, pursuant to this Act, the lawful making and levying of the rate in question shall be presumed until the contrary is proved. An Act to Amend “ The Sewerage, Water Supply, 15£oE0i2VI and Gasfitting Act of 1949/’ in certain S ewerage , . m -. W ater S upply particulars. ? A ct L [A ssented to 22 nd N ovember 7 , 1951.] J a AC m T en O d P m 1 e 9 n 51 t . 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:— 1, This Act may be cited as “ The Sewerage, Water Short title Supply, and Gasfitting Act Amendment Act of 1951 ” and constmc- shall be read as one with * “ The Sewerage, Water Supply, tion. and Gasfitting Act of 1949,” herein referred to as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may be cited Collective collectively as “ The Sewerage, Water Supply, and 4lt e‘ Gasfitting Acts, 1949 to 1951.” 2. Section seventeen of the Principal A(ct is Amendments amended— of s. IX (i.) By inserting after the word “ If ” which |is the first word in that section the words 1 ; at any time * 13 G. 6 No. 55. P

450 LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Sewerage, Water Supply, Etc., Act. 15 G eo . VI. No. 42, (ii.) By inserting after subparagraph (iii.) of the first paragraph of that section (being that subparagraph commencing with the words “ Is guilty of gross misconduct ”) the following subparagraphs, namely :— “ or (iv.) Is not entitled to be the holder of that License or, as the case may be, Interim License or of a License or, as the case may be, Interim License of the class to which the License or Interim License held by him belongs; or (v.) Has obtained that License or, as the case may be, Interim License by any false statement or misrepresentation, or, by any other means whatsoever, has not properly obtained that License or, as the case may be, Interim License; or (vi.) Should, for any other reason, be called upon to show cause why his License or Interim License should not be cancelled or suspended,” ; (iii.) By inserting after the words “ should not be cancelled or suspended, and,” in that section the words “ whether cause is shown or not,” ; (iv.) By adding to the first paragraph of that section (after subparagraph (c) thereof) the words “ or may make such other order as the Board deems necessary or desirable in the circumstances ” ; (v.) By renumbering the said section as so amended subsection one of section seventeen of the Principal Act; (vi.) By adding to the said section as so amended and renumbered the following subsection, namely:— Return of “ (2.) When under this Act a License or Interim ormw^dedLicense is cancelled or suspended, then the person to licenses, whom that License or Interim License was granted &c' shall, upon request by a notice in writing served upon him, deliver forthwith to the Board that cancelled or suspended License or Interim License. If default in delivering any such License or Interim License is continued by any person who has been convicted of the offence of failing to deliver that License or Interim License, then that person shall be deemed to

LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 451 1951. Sewerage, Water Supply, Etc., Act. commit a continuing offence and shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five pounds for each and every day during which that offence is continued: Provided that the continuing offence in respect of such non-delivery shall not be deemed to commence Until the expiration of fourteen days from the date of conviction as aforementioned.” 3. The following section is inserted after section New s. 18a . eighteen of the Principal Act, namely :— “ ri^A.l (1.) Any person who obtains or attempts obtainmg to obtain any License or Interim License under this interim Act by any false statement or misrepresentation shall Uc.enseby be guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty of not sentation, more than one hundred pounds or to imprisonment with &c- •or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding six months. (2.) A person shall not use any License or Interim Using License which has been cancelled or suspended under this Shaded* Act.55 license or interim license. 4. Section seventeen of the Principal Act as amended ^PPu2c^ion by this Act shall apply with respect to any and every this’Act. license or Interim License whether granted before, on or after the passing of this Act. LOCAL GOVERNMENT. See L ocal A uthorities . LONG SERVICE LEAVE, COAL MINING INDUSTRY. See M ining . MACHINERY, INSPECTION OF. See L abour . MINERS, HOMESTEAD LEASES. See M ining .