State Development and Public Works Organisation Acts Amendment Act of 1958 (7 Eliz Ii No. 48) (Qld)

796 WORKS. State Development and Public Works, Etc., Act. 7 E liz . II. No. 48, WHEAT INDUSTRY STABILISATION. See A griculture . WORKS. 7 NEO l . iz 4.8I. I. An Act to Amend “The State Development and T he S tate D evelopment and P ublic Public Works Organisation Acts, 1938 to W orks O rganisation 1954,” in certain particulars. A cts A mendment A ct op 1958. [A ssented to 11 th D ecember , 1958.] Short title. Principal Act. Collective title. E it enacted by the Queen’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 . ( 1 .) This Act may be cited as “ The State Development and Public Works Organisation Acts Amendment Act of 1958.” (2.) *“ The State Development and Public Works Organisation Acts, 1938 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 State Development and Public Works Organisation Acts, 1938 to 1958.” Amendment of s. 8 a . 2. Section 8 a of the Principal Act is amended— (i.) By inserting in the first paragraph of that section— {a) After the words “ power to take,” appearing therein, the words “ acquire by grant,” ; and (b) After the word “ purchase,” appearing therein, the words “ take on lease,” ; and (ii.) By inserting, after the first paragraph of that section, the following paragraph :— “ The Co-ordinator-General, as such corporation representing the Crown, for all the purposes of this Act shall have and may exercise all the powers, privileges, rights and remedies of the Crown.” * 2 Gr. 6 No. 3 and amending Acts.

WORKS. 797 1958. State Development and Public Works, Etc., Act. 3. The Principal Act is amended by inserting,New s-20c- after section 20 b thereof, the following section:— “ [20c.] Where in connection with the construction, closure of establishment, carrying out, or undertaking of any [°nger ° works by the Co-ordinator-General under or pursuant required, to this Act a rearrangement of roads has been made in any locality the Co-ordinator-General, with the approval of the Governor in Council, may, by notice published in the Gazette, close any existing road or part thereof which in the opinion of the Co-ordinator-General is no longer required and thereupon, notwithstanding any other Act to the contrary, the land comprised in such road or part of a road so closed shall become vested in the Co-ordinator-General and may be used for the purposes of the said works or disposed of as the Governor in Council by Order in Council directs.” 4. The Principal Act is amended by inserting, New s. 20 d . after section 20c, as inserted by this Act, the following section:— “ [20 d .] When the Co-ordinator-General is of the Power of co­ opinion that any works authorised under or pursuant to this Act to be constructed, undertaken, carried out negotiate for or established by him (hereinafter in this section referred ^J^er of to as “ authorised works ”) have been completed in constructed accordance with the plans and specifications thereofby hun' or so much thereof has been completed so as to render the part so completed available for use for or in connection with the purposes for which the authorised works were so authorised, the Co-ordinator-General shall have power and authority to negotiate and enter into an agreement with— (i.) Any corporation, commission, board, or instrumentality representing the Crown ; or (ii.) Any local body, which is authorised to construct, undertake, establish, carry out, maintain, carry on, manage or control any such authorised works, for the acquisition, management, operation and control by the corporation, commission, board, or instrumentality representing the Crown, or, as the case may be, local body (hereinafter in this section referred to as “ the transferee ”) of the authorised works or part thereof completed as aforesaid and the transferee shall be and is hereby authorised to acquire, manage, operate and control the authorised works or part thereof

798 WORKS. State Development, Etc., Act. 7 E liz . II. No. 48,1958. completed as aforesaid in pursuance of such an agreement negotiated and entered into and approved by the Governor in Council as hereinafter provided and any Act by or under which the transferee is constituted, established* regulated or controlled, shall be read and construed accordingly. The power and authority hereby conferred upon the Co-ordinator-General to negotiate and enter into an agreement with the transferee shall be subject to the condition that the Co-ordinator-General shall in writing submit to the Governor in Council full and detailed particulars of any such agreement negotiated by him with the transferee and that no such agreement shall be entered into or have any force or effect unless and until the terms and conditions thereof shall have been approved by the Governor in Council. For the purpose of securing to the transferee the use and occupation of lands required for or included in the authorised work or part thereof completed as aforesaid the subject of the agreement, the Governor in Council is hereby empowered, in the name of Her Majesty, to grant in fee-simple or demise under such of the leasehold tenures provided for in “ The Land Acts, 1910 to 1958,” as he deems appropriate, lands to the transferee. This section shall apply whether the authorised works were so authorised before, on or after the passing of *“ The State Development and Public Works Organisation Acts Amendment Act of 1958,” and whether the authorised works were so completed or partially completed before, on or after the passing of that Act.” * This Act.