Stock Routes and Rural Lands Protection Acts Amendment Act of 1946 (No. 2) (10 Geo Vi No. 36) (Qld)

182 LAND. Stock Routes and Rural Lands, Etc., Act. 10 GEO. VI. No. 36, LAND. (1) Stock Routes and Rural Lands Protection Acts Amendment Act of 1946 (No. 2) 10 Geo. VI. No. 36 (2) Valuation of Land (Temporary Pro- visions) Act of 1946 .. .. 10 (}eo. VI. No. 41 10 N G o E . O 3 . 6 V . I. An Act to Amend" The Stock Routes and Rural THE STOCK ROUTES AND RURAL LANDS Lands Protection Acts, 1944 to 1946," in PROTECTION ACTS certain particulars. AHENDHENT ACT OF 1946. [ASSENTED TO 1ST NOVEMBER, 1946.] B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queenslandin Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- Short title 1. This Act may be cited as "The Stock Routes aconndstruct· 1 on. and Rural Lands Protection Acts Amendment A . ct of 1946 (No. 2}," and shall be read as one WIth *" The Stock Routes and Rural Lands Protection Acts, 1944 to 1946," herein referred to as the Principal Act. Collective The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively title. cited as " The Stock Routes and Rural Lands Protection Acts, 1944 to 1946." Amendments of the Principal Act. a 5 Rn 9 e . dpenaelwof s. and 2 th . eSefcotliloonwifnifgty-sneicnteioonf tisheinPsreinrtceidpalinAcliteius rtehpeeraeloefd, namely:- lEanndtr. y upon Supe"ri[n5t9e.n]d(e1n.t), Tanhey inSsuppecetroinr teonr daennyt, perasnoyn auAtshsoirsitsaendt by the Superintendent or the Local Authority may at any time enter upon any land for the purpose of making an inspection. (2.) The Minister or the Superintendent or, for the purposes of the exercise or discharge of any function, power, or duty conferred upon a Local Authority by this Act, such Local Authority may authorise any * 8 G. 6 No. 16 and amending Act.

LAND. 183 1946. Stock Routes and Rural Lands, Etc., Act. person to do upon any land, whether in the occupation of any person or not, any of the following things, that is to say:- (i.) Erect, alter, and/or repair a fence; (ii.) Improve an existing fence, and/or affix wire- netting to an existing fence ; (iii.) Search for and/or destroy rabbits; (iv.) Search for and/or destroy dingoes; (v.) Search for and/or destroy vermin; (vi.) Search for and/or destroy noxious plants. Any person so authorised may take such means as to him appear expedient for doing any of such things as aforesaid, and for that purpose may enter upon the said land with or without assistants, and, in the exercise of the power conferred by this Act with reference to the destruction of dingoes, rabbits, or other vermin may without entry upon the said land lay any poison or poison baits thereon by means of an aircraft. (3.) Where this Act prescribes that a person shall not enter upon any land except under the authority of a subsisting permit granted under this Act, nothing in this section shall authorise any person to enter any land for any purpose in respect of which such permit is so prescribed." 3. Section sixty of the Principal Act is repealed Repeal of and the following section is inserted in lieu thereof, ~ . nto~ ew namely:- " [60.] (1. ) No person shall be deemed a trespaSSerIndemnity or be liable for any damage occasioned by him by reason tOtl?ers?ns of the executI.On 0 f any power or f unc ' tIOn vested'In hI' m aecxe I c ll u g ti I o II n of uocncdaeSrI. Oonredin optuhresruWanI.scee tohfatnhisI.nActtheunlreesassosnuacbhledaemxaergCeI.sies bcp° oynfitwheeirrsrseAdct. of such power or function. (2.) The adoption and use of such methods as are ordinarily adopted and used for the purpose of destroying dingoes, rabbits, or other vermin and/or noxious plants shall be deemed to be a reasonable exercise of the powers conferred by this Act with reference to the destruction of dingoes, rabbits, or other vermin and/or noxious plants if the person adopting or using such methods exercises ordinary skill and care therein, and the laying of poison or poison baits by means of an aircraft

184 LAND. Valuation of Land, Etc., Act. 10 GEO. VI. No. 41, shall be deemed to be a reasonable exercise of the powers conferred by this Act with reference to the destruction of dingoes, rabbits, or other vermin if done with such skill and care as is reasonable in the circumstances. (3.) Before any poison is laid upon any holding by any such person he shall give to the owner of such holding at least seven days' notice in writing stating the approximate time and the approximate localities where such poison is to be laid but the provisions of this subsection shall, as respects the laying of poison or poison baits by means of an aircraft, be deemed to have been sufficiently complied with if such notice has been given by the Superintendent." 10 GEO. VI. An Act to make Temporary Provision concerning N~ ' n! 1. V ALUA'l'ION OF the Valuation of Land by Local Authorities " ( TE~ ~ ~ iiRY consequent upon the Promulgation of The PRlf9~ ~ : S) Valuation of Land Act of 1944," and for other consequential purposes. [ASSENTED TO 14TH NOVEMBER, 1946.] Preamble. WHEREAS *" The Valuation of Land Act of 1944 " has been proclaimed to be in force on and from the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and whereas it is necessary owing to certain circumstances arising that certain temporary provision be made to enable Local Authorities (including Brisbane City Council) to make valuations of the rateable land in their respective Areas during the period and under the provisions as hereunder set forth. Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : - Short title 1. This Act may be cited as "The Valuation of and . Land (Temporary Provi8ion8) Act of 1946," and shall be constructIOn. read as one with *" The Valuation of Land Act of 1944," herein referred to as the Principal Act. * 8 G. 6 No. 3.