Sugar Experiment Stations Acts Amendment Act of 1951 (15 Geo Vi No. 10) (Qld)

278 SUGAR. Sugar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. 15 GEO. VI. No. 10,. SUGAR. 15 N G o E . O 1 . 0 V . I. An Act to Amend" The Sugar Experiment Stations STUHGEAR Acts, 1900 to 1948," in certain particulars. EXPERIMENT STATIONS ACTS AMENDMENT [ASSENTED TO 30TH MARCH, 1951.] ACT OF B 1951. 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 and construc- tion. 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as "The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts Amendment Act of 1951, '~ and shall be read as one with *" The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts, 1900 to 1948," herein referred to as the· Principal Act. Collective The Principal Act and this Act may be cited title. collectively as "The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts, 1900 to 1951." Commence- ment of t(2.) Except as hereinafter provided, this Act shall Act. come into operation upon a date to be fixed by the Governor in Council by Proclamation published in the Gazette. Aofms.en2d. ments follow 2 s . : S-ection two of the Principal Act is amended as (a) The definition of the term" Fund" is repealed. Director. (b) The definition of the term "Director" is repealed and, in lieu of that repealed definition, the following definition is inserted, namely :- " " Director "-The Director of Sugar Experiment Stations appointed under this Act: the term .includes any person charged for the time being with carrying out the duties of that office; " (c) The definition of the term "Approved" is amended by repealing therein the word "Minister H and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed word, the word " Board ". * 64 V. No. 17 and amending Acts. t Commenced on 1st July, 1951. (See Proclamation published in Gazette of 16th June, 1951, p. 728).

1951. SUGAR. Sugar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. 279 (d) The definition of the term "Advisory Board" is repealed and, in lieu of that repealed definition, the following definition is inserted :- " " Board "-The Sugar Experiment Stations Board Board. established under this Act: the term, where necessary, includes the chairman or any member of that Board;" (e) The following definition is added to that section, namely:- " "Under Secretary"-The Under Secretary for Under the time being of the Department of Secretary. Agricu1ture and Stock: the term includes any person charged for the time being with the duties of that office." 3. Section 2A of the Principal Act is repealed. Repeal of S.2A. 4. Section three of the Principal Act is amended- Amendments of s. 3. (a) By repealing the word "Minister" and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed word, the word " Board". (b) By repealing the words " his opinion " and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words " its opinion". 5. Section 3A of the Principal Act is repealed and, Repeal of in lieu of that repealed section, the following section is : ~ ~A. ~ew inserted, namely :- "[3A.] (1.) For the purpose of assisting in the improvement and development of the sugar industry in Queensland in and in respect of all matters relating to the production of sugar cane, the manufacture of cane sugar, and otherwise to the well-being of the sugar industry there shall be established a Board called "The Sugar Experiment Stations Board" (herein in this Act referred to as " the Board "). The Board shall for and in relation to the aforementioned purpose establish, maintain, and administer an organisation. That organisation is herein referred to and shall be known as " The Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations." (2.) The Board shall consist of four members appointed by the Governor in Council by notification published in the Gazette as follows, namely:- (a) The Minister who shall be ex officio a member and the chairman of the Board:

280 SUGAR. ------------------ Sugar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. 15 GEO. VI. No. 10, (b) The Under Secretary who shall be ex officio a member and the deputy chairman of the Board; (c) A member representative of the growers of sugar-cane who shall be a nominee of The Queensland Cane Growers' Council; and (d) A member representative of the manufacturers of cane sugar who shall be a nominee of The Australian Sugar Producers' Association Limited. The Board shall be deemed to be established on and from the date of the notification in the Gazette of the first appointment of the members thereof. (3.) The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor in Council for and, subject to this Act. hold their respective offices for such period as may be prescribed and be eligible for reappointment. (4.) (a) If whenever either or both of the persons required by this Act to be nominated for membership of the Board by The Queensland Cane Growers' Council and The Australian Sugar Producers' Association respectively is or are not duly nominated on or before a date fixed by the Minister, the Governor in Council may nevertheless appoint a person or, as the case requires, two persons not nominated as prescribed to be a member or members of the Board. (b) If a nominee as aforesaid refuses to accept appointment to the Board or, having been appointed a member of the Board, fails or refuses to act as such, the Governor in Council may thereupon appoint, in lieu of that nominee or appointee, a person who need not be nominated as prescribed to be a member of the Board and may, in the case of such an appointment consequent on the failure or refusal of an appointed member to act as such, cancel his appointment. (5.) A member of the Board shall be entitled to be paid such amount by way of fees and allowances for • expenses as may be fixed by the Board and approved by the Minister. (6.) The first appointment of the members to the Board may be made, and the two persons to be firstly nominated as specified in paragraphs (c) and (d) of

1951. SUGAR. Sugar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. 281 subsection two of this section for appointment thereto may be nominated, as prescribed at any time on or after the date of the passing of *" The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts Amendment Act of 1951." " 6. The following section is inserted after section 3A New s. 3B of the Principal Act as previously inserted by this Act, inserted. namely;-· "[3B.] (1.) The office of a member specified in~ isqualifica. paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of subsection two of~ ~ : : : ~ ~ section 3A of this Act shall become vacant if that ship. member- (a) Dies or becomes mentally sick; (b) Becomes bankrupt, or presents a bankruptcy petition against himself, or enters into any composition, or scheme or arrangement, or deed of assignment without sequestration, or deed of arrangement under Parts XI. and XII. of the t Bankruptcy Act, 1924-1945 of the Commonwealth or otherwise takes advantage of the laws in force for the time being relating to bankruptcy; (c) Is convicted for a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment for twelve months or longer; (d) Is removed from office by the Governor in Council for misbehaviour or incapacity; (e) Becomes in any way concerned or interested in any contract or agreement made by or on behalf of the Board or in anywise participates or claims to be entitled to participate in the profit thereof or in any benefit or emolument arising therefrom ; (f) Is absent without leave of the Board from three consecutive ordinary meetings of the Board; or (g) Resigns his office by writing under his hand addressed to and accepted by the Minister. (2.) A person shall not be appointed to the office of a member of the Board or be eligible for nomination for that appointment at any time when that office, if held by him, would be vacated upon any ground specified in subsection one of this section." * This Act. t No. 37 of 1924 of the Commonwealth and amending Acts.

282 SUGAR. Sugar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. 15 GEO. VI. No. 10,. New s. 30 7. The following section is inserted after section 3B inserted. of the Principal Act as previously inserted by this Act,. namely;- Board to be " [30.] {1.) The Board shall be a body corporate : o~ ~ : ate. under the name and style of "The Sugar Experiment Stations Board," with perpetual succession and an official seal, and shall be capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name and of acquiring, holding, and disposing of property, real and personal, movable and immovable. (2.) All courts, judges, and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the seal of the Board affixed to any document, and shall presume that it was duly affixed." New s. 3D inserted. Meeting, business, &C., of the Board. 8. The following section is inserted after section 30 of the Principal Act as previously inserted by this Act,. namely;- " [3D.] {1.) The Board shall meet at such times and places and shall conduct its business and proceedings in such manner as may be prescribed or, in so far as not prescribed, determined by the Board; Provided that if the time and place for holding the first meeting after the first or a subsequent appointment of the whole number of members is not prescribed, the Minister shall determine the time and place of that meeting. Quorum. (2.) A quorum at a meeting of the Board shall be as prescribed. Casting vote. (3.) .The chairman or, in his absence, the deputy chairman shall preside at a meeting of the Board. When so presiding, the chairman shall have a deliberative vote and, in the case of an equality of votes, a casting vote also, but the deputy chairman shall have a deliberative vote only. Voting. (4.) Every member present at a meeting shall vote upon every motion upon which a vote is taken. If a member fails or refuses to vote upon a motion,. his vote shall count for the negative. When the deputy chairman is presiding at a meeting, a motion upon which the voting is equal shall be deemed to be resolved in thB negative.

1951. SUGAR. Sugar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. 283 (5.) If the Minister or the Under Secretary will be unable to attend at any meeting, the Minister may appoint in writing a person to attend that meeting in his room or, as the case requires, in the room of the Under Secretary. . A person so appointed shall for the purposes of the meeting in question have and exercise all of the powers, functions, and duties of a member except that a person so appointed in the room of the Minister shall not preside at that meeting unless his appointment directs him to act as chairman as deputy for the Minister, when he shall so preside but shall have a deliberative vote only. (6.) If a member is granted by the Board leave of absence from meetings of the Board for six months or longer for cause deemed by the Minister to be sufficient, the Governor in Council may appoint a deputy to act for that member during his absence on that leave. That deputy shall have and exercise the powers, functions, and duties of the member whose deputy he is while that member is absent on leave. In the case of a member specified in paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of subsection two of section 3A of this Act the Minister shall call for a like nomination for a deputy as aforesaid and if a person is duly nominated the Governor in Council shall appoint him. (7.) If the office of a member specified in paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of subsection two of section 3A of this Act becomes vacant before the expiration of the term for which he has been appointed the Governor in Council may appoint another person to hold that office for the remainder of that term: . Provided that where the remainder of that term is long~ r than one year the appointee shall be nominated for appointment as prescribed." lE 9. The following section is inserted after section 3D ~ ew s. of the Principal Act as previously inserted by this Act, lIlSerte • namely:- " [3E.] (1.) Subject to this Act, the Board- (a) Shall have, exercise, and perform the powers, authorities, functions, and duties conferred or imposed upon it by this Act;

284 SUGAR. Sugar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. 15 GEO. VI. No. 10, (b) Shall be responsible for determining the needs of the sugar industry in relation to the investigation of matters and problems appertaining to the production of sugar-cane and the manufacture of cane sugar, and for the investigation of those matters and problems, and for disseminating information obtained by such investigations; (c) Shall have, exercise, and perform all such other powers, functions, authorities, and duties as may be conferred or imposed upon it by the Governor in Council by Order in Council (power to make Orders in Council as aforesaid being hereby delegated) or as may be prescribed; and (d) Shall have, perform, and may exercise as the delegate of the Minister such of his powers, authorities, and functions under this Act as he may delegate to it at any time and from time to time (delegations as aforesaid by the Minister being hereby authorised). Committees. (2.) (a) The Board may appoint a Committee comprising such and so many persons as the Board deems necessary to advise it upon or in relation to any matter or matters of or appertaining to any of the powers, authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities of the Board under this Act. (b) The power to appoint a Committee shall include power to the Board to appoint such and so many Committees as it deems desirable and either at any time or from time to time. (c) The Board shall appoint the chairman and fix the quorum at meetings of a Committee appointed by it. (d) A Committee shall meet at such times and places as may be directed by the Board and, subject to any such direction, may meet at such times and places as it determines. (e) The Board may abolish any and every such Committee. (f) Members of Committees shall be paid such fees or allowances for expenses or both as the Board may allow."

1951. SUGAR. Sugar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. 285 10. The following section is inserted after section ~ ews. 3F 3E of the Principal Act as previously inserted by this Inserted. Act, namely :- " [3F.] (1.) On and from the date of the coming into.operation of *" The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts Amendment Act of 1951 "- (a) All property, real and personal, movable and immovable (including all Sugar Experiment Stations, and all buildings, laboratories, other improvements, plant, machinery, equipment, instruments, and apparatus thereon and the two glass-houses specified in paragraph (b) ofthis subsection), the expenses ofestablishing or providing which has been defrayed from The Sugar Fund shall, without further or other authority than the provisions of this section, be transferred to and shall vest in the Board ; (b) The property transferred to and vested in the Board under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall include the two glass-houses the construction of which was commenced before the coming into operation of *" The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts Amendment Act of 1951," and which are situated upon the reserve for agricultural experiment purposes No. 1241 comprising portion 377 situated in the County of Stanley, Parish of North Brisbane, City of Brisbane. If those glass-houses are incomplete when transferred to and vested in the Board, the Board may do all such things and take all such steps as are necessary to complete the oonstruction thereof, and the Board and the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations may maintain, occupy, protect, 'manage, and use those glass-houses for all purposes of or connected with the work and, in particular, the investigational activities of the said Bureau. The Governor in Council is hereby empowered to make by Orders in Council all such provision as he deems necessary to give effect to this paragraph (b) ; * This Act.

286 • SUGAR. S~ ~gar Experiment Stations, Etc., ~ - 1ct. 15 GEO. VI. No. 10, (c) The Sugar Experiment Stations Advisory Board shall be abolished and the members thereof shall go out of office; (d) The balance, if any, to the credit of The Sugar Fund in the Treasury shall be transferred to and included in the funds of the Board and The Sugar Fund shall Le closed; (e) Any amount ofany assessment made and levied under section seven of this Act prior to the date of the coming into operation of *" The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts Amendment Act of 1951," and not already paid or which becomes payable after the date last herein- before mentioned, shall be payable to and recoverable by the Board in the same manner as the amount of a like assessment is payable to and recoverable by it under this Act; (j) All debts and other liabilities incurred before the date of the coming into operation of *" The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts Amendment Act of 1951," which are payable out of The Sugar Fund, shall be transferred to and imposed upon the Board, which shall be charged with the obligation of, and shall be liable in law for, the proper payment thereof; (g) All officers and employees of the Crown who having been appointed before the date of the coming into operation of *" The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts Amendment Act of 1951" are employed at the lastmentioned date in or for purposes of or related to the maintenance and carrying on of the organisation under this Act known as the Burea·u of Sugar Experiment Stations shall become and be persons employed in their respective capacities by the Board. (2.) (a) Where an officer to whom paragraph (g) of subsection one of this section applies shall, at the date of the coming into operation of *" The Sugar Experiment Acts Amendment Act of 1951," be bound by a condition of a contract or of a bond to perform service for a stipulated term not then expired in a capacity. in which he becomes an employee of the Board, then that officer * This Act.

SUGA.R. 287 1951. Stlgar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. shall be bound to serve the Board in terms of that contract or bond for the remainder of that stipulated period and any right or remedy enforceable at law for failure, neglect, or refusal to perform that service against that officer or against any person who shall have guaranteed the performance of the aforementioned condition .shall be had and may be exercised by the Board accordingly. (b) Where any other person shall, at the date of the coming into operation of *" The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts Amendment Act of 1951," be bound by a condition of a contract or of a bond to perform service for a stipulated term to commence after that lastmentioned date in a capacity in which he would become an employee of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, then that person shall be bound to commence and to perform service with the Board in terms of that contract, or bond for that stipulated period, and any right or remedy enforceable at law for failure, neglect, or refusal to commence or to perform that service against that person, or against any other person who shall have guaranteed the performance of the aforementioned condition, shall be had and may be exercised by the Board accordingly." 11. The following section is inserted after section New s. 3G 3F of the Principal Act as previously inserted by this inserted. Act, namely:- " [3G.] (1.) The Minister or, at the request of the When ~oard Minister, the Under Secretary may at any time and from ; ~: ~ :s~ nd time to time, in writing under his hand, require the Board or information the Director to furnish to the Minister in writing a report or ~ ~ ~ fs~ er. information upon or in respect of the finances generally of the Board, or any specified financial transactions of the Board, or any matter or thing relating to the revenue of or expenditure by the Board, or any matter or thing relating to the administration of this Act by the Board, or relating to the establishment, maintenance, carrying on, or management of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, or relating to any thing done or omitted to be done or alleged to have been done or omitted to be done by the Board or by the Director. (2.) The Board or, as the case may be, the Director shall, when thereunto required by the Minister under this section, furnish to him forthwith or, if he shall have * This Act.

'288 News.3H inserted. SUGAR. ,----_._---- Sugar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. 15 GEO. VI. No. 10, .- - - --, .... _ - - - , - - - - - - - - - - , - - _ . _ - - . - , _ . _ - - - - - - specified a time within which he requires the report or information, within that time a report or information in writing which, regard being had to the requirement of the Minister therefor, is full, true, and correct." 12. The following section is inserted after section 30 of the Principal Act as previously inserted by this Act, namely:- "[3R.] (1.) The Board- (a) Shall appoint a Director of Sugar Experiment Stations and an Assistant Director of Sugar Experiment Stations and shall notify in the Gazette every such appointment: Provided that the persons holding, at the date of the coming into operation of *" The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts Amendment Act of 1951," those offices under and within the meaning of the provisions of this Act in force immediately prior to that date shall, without further or other appointment or notification as aforesaid by the Board, be deemed to berespectively the Director of Sugar Experiment Stations and the Assistant Director of Sugar Experiment Stations duly appointed and employed by the Board; (b) The Board may appoint and employ a secretary to the Board and such and so many other officers, inspectors, and employees as it deems necessary from time to time for the due and effectual administration of this Act. (2.) The Director, the secretary, all other officers, inspectors, and employees appointed and employed by the Board shall each be paid respectively by the Board such salary, wages, or other remuneration as is fixed by the Board but not less than the amount thereof payable under any award or order of any industrial court in any case where such an award or order is applicable. (3.) A certificate purporting to be signed by the chairman, the Director, or the secretary of the Board and certifying that a person named therein is an officer, inspector, or employee of the Board shall be evidence of the fact certified to therein and that the signature thereto is the signature of a chairman, or of the Director, or of the said secretary, as the case may be. * This Act.

SUGAR. 289 1951. Sugar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. (4.) Every person holding office as an inspector under and for the purposes of *" The Diseases in Plants Acts, 1929 to 1948," shall, without further or other appointment whatsoever, be and be deemed to be an inspector duly appointed under and for the purposes of this Act." 13. The following section is inserted after section ~ew s. 3J 3H of the Principal Act as previously inserted by this Inserted. Act, namely :- " [3J.] (1.) All fees or allowances for expenses Expenditure , payable to members of the Board, all salaries, wages, or : ~ ~o~ ~~ ~ t. other remuneration and allowances for expenses payable to the Director, the secretary of the Board, and other officers and employees of the Board, and, except as otherwise provided in this Act, all other costs, charges, and expenses incurred in the administration of this Act (including expenditure for any purpose approved by the Board as having relation to the promotion of the well- being of the sugar industry) shall be paid out of the funds of the Board. (2.) The Board shall cause such books to be provided and kept and true and regular accounts to be entered therein in respect of each and every financial transaction of the Board and of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations as shall be prescribed or, in so far as not prescribed, required by the Auditor-General. (3.) The accounts of the Board, including the accounts of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, shall be audited by the Auditor-General, who, with respect to such accounts and audit, shall have and may exercise all of the powers and authorities conferred on him by t" The Audit Acts, 1874 to 1948," and the regulations thereunder. The Auditor-General shall furnish to the Minister and to the Board a copy of the report upon every audit made as aforesaid. (4.) An annual fee of such amount as shall be fixed by the Auditor-General from time to time shall be paid by the Board to the Treasurer in respect of the aforesaid audit." * 20 G. 5 No. 11 and amending Acts. t 38 v. No. 12 and amending Acts. K

290 SUGAR. Sugar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. 15 GEO. VI. No. 10, New ss. 3B: and 3L 14:-. The following sections are inserted after section inserted. 3J of the Principal Act as previously inserted by this Act, namely :- Indemnity "[3R.] No matter or thing done or omitted to be taondmoefmficbeerrss done by any member of the Board, by the Director, by of the Board. the secretary, by any inspector, by any other officer or employee of the Board, or by any other person whomsoever acting in the course of the duties of his office or under the direction of the Board shall, if the act or omission, as the case may be, has been done or omitted to be done bona fide for a purpose of or connected with the administration ofthis Act, subject any of the aforementioned persons to any personal liability whatsoever arising out of the act or omission in question. Imp~ ? per [3L.] A member, officer, or employee of the Board h;ac:U:=bers, or an officer or employee holding his office or employment officers, &c. under this Act or serving under the Board who, without lawful authority, solicits or receives from any person any valuable consideration, and a person who, without lawful authority, gives or offers to any such member, officer, or employee any valuable consideration- (a) As an inducement or reward for or otherwise on account of that member, officer, or employee doing or forbearing to do, or having done or forborne to do, any act in relation to the affairs or business of the Board, or of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, or otherwise in relation to the administration of this Act; or (b) The receipt or any expectation of which would in any way tend to influence that member, officer, or employee to show, or to forbear to show, favour or disfavour to any person whomsoever in relation to the affairs or business of the Board, or of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations or otherwise in relation to the administration of this Act, shall each respectively be guilty of an offence against this Act and liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred pounds." New S.3M inserted. 15. The following section is inserted after section 3L of the Principal Act as previously inserted by this Act, namely:- "[3M.] An action shall not be brought against the Board, or the Director, or any other person whomsoever

SUGAR. 291 1951. Sugar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. holding office or employment under this Act or serving under the Board for anything done or intended to be done or omitted to be done under this Act or in relation to the administration of this Act until the expiration of one month after notice in writing has been served on the Board, the Director, or, as the case may be, that other person clearly stating the cause of action, and the name and place of abode of the intended plaintiff and of his solicitor or agent." 16. Section four of the Principal Act is hereby Repeal of repea I e d . L~ 17. .Section five of the Principal Act is amended ~ rr: . ~ ~ dment by repealmg the second paragraph thereof. 18. Section six of the Principal Act is hereby R1eal of repealed. 8. • 19. Section seven of the Principal Act is amended- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ents (a) By inserting after the words "The Minister may" in the first paragraph of that section the words " on the recommendation of the Board ". (b) By repealing the word" Minister" where that word appears for the second time in the first paragraph of that section and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed word, the word " Board ". (c) By repealing the word " Minister" in the third paragraph of that section and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed word, the word " Board". (d) By repealing the words "thirty-first day of January" in the said third paragraph and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words" twenty-eighth day of February". (e) By repealing the words" Minister, and may be recovered at the suit of the Minister or other person appointed by him in that behalf" in the fourth paragraph of that section and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words" Board, and may be recovered at the suit of the Board or of a person thereunto appointed by it ". 20. Section 7 A of the Principal Act is amended by Amendment repealing the words "thirty-first day of January," oh. 7A. where those words appear in the fourth paragraph of that section, and by inserting, in heu of those repealed. words, the words" twenty-eighth day of February."

292 SUGAR. S1tgar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. 15 GEO. VI. No. 10, Amendments of s. 8. 21. Section eight of the Principal Act is amended- (a) By repealing the word "Minister" and by inserting, in lieu ofthat repealed word, the word" Board". (b) By repealing in the second paragraph of that section the words "Any officer of the Government" and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words "Any person ". (c) By repealing the words " Governor in Council " and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the word "Board ". Repeal of 22. Section nine of the Principal Act ie repealed and new s. 9. and, in lieu of that repealed section, the following section is inserted, namely ;- Crown subsidy. " [9.] Subject to appropriation by Parliament, the Treasurer shall in each year make to the Board payment of a sum equal to whichever of the following is the lesser, that is to say ;- (a) The amount of the assessment made and levied in that year under, but only under, section seven of this Act; or (b) Seven thousand pounds." Repeal of s. 10. 23. Section ten of the Principal Act is repealed. Amendment 24. Subsection seven of section eleven of the ofs.U:(7). Principal Act is amended by repealing the word "Advisory" where that word appears twice in that subsection. Amendment 25. Subsection one of section seventeen of the of8.17 (1). Principal Act is amended by repealing the word " Minister" and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed word, the word " Board". Amendment 26. Section thirty-one of the Principal Act is ofs.31. amended by repealing the word "Advisory" where and so often as that word appears in that section. Amendment6! 27. Section thirty-two of the Principal Act IS of s. 32. amended as follows;- (a) The second paragraph of subsection one of that section is repealed and in lieu of that repealed paragraph, the following paragraph is inserted, namely ;- " The provisions of section seven of this Act shall, subject to all necessary adaptations thereof, apply in respect of the making and levying by the Minister and the payment to and recovery by the Board respectively of any and every assessment made under this section."

SUGAR. 293 1951. Sugar Experiment Stations, Etc., Act. (b) Subsection two of that section is repealed and, in lieu of that repealed subsection, the following subsection is inserted, namely :- " (2.) All moneys paid to or recovered by the Board in respect of any assessment under this section shall be remitted by it to the Cane Pest and Disease Control Board in and for the area for which that assessment was made and levied. Moneys so remitted shall be paid into a bank to the credit of an account in the name of the Cane Pests and Disease Control Board in question and that account shall be operated upon by its chairman and secretary.', 28. Section thirty-three of the Principal Act is Amendment amended by repealing the word "Advisory" where and of8. 33. so often as that word appears in that section. 29. Subsection two of section forty-two of the Amendment Principal Act is repealed and the following subsection of8. 42. is inserted in lieu thereof, namely :- " (2.) All offences against this Act may be prosecuted in a summary way under *" The Justices Acts, 1886 to 1949," on complaint by the Director, or by an inspector, or by any other person authorised by the Board. Proceedings for an offence against this Act may be instituted at any time within one year after the commission of the offence or within four months after the discovery thereof by the complainant, whichever is the later period." 30. Section forty-four of the Principal Act is Amendment amended by repealing the words "moneys to be of s. 44. appropriated by Parliament for that purpose, which appropriation is hereby authorised accordingly" and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words " the funds of the Board ". 31. The following section is inserted after section New s. 48A forty-eight of the Principal Act, namely:- inserted. " [48A.] The Director shall, within the period of Annual ninety days next succeeding the thirtieth day of June ~ E: : J. by in each and every year, make to the Minister a report upon the administration of this Act during the preceding financial year. * 50 V. No. 17 and amending Acts.

294 SUGAR-SUPREME COURT. Supreme Court Acts Amendment Act. 14 GEO. VI. No. 28,1950. The Minister shall lay a copy of that report before Parliament." oAfm s. e 4 n 9 dm (2 e ). nt Princ 3 ip 2 a . l SAucbtsiescatmioenndtwedo byofadsdeicntigonthefroerttoy-tnhienefololofwtihnge paragraph, namely :- "All such regulations as the Governor in Council deems necessary or expedient for carrying out the objects and purposes of *" The Sugar Experiment Stations Acts Amendment Act of 1951" or for prescribing any matter or thing required or permitted by that Act to be prescribed may be made on the passing of that Act." SUPREME COURT. 14 N G o E . O 2 . 8 V . I. An Act Relating to the Salaries Payable to the THE SUPREME Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland. COURT ACTS AMENDMENT ACT OF 1950. [ASSENTED TO 8TH DECEMBER, 1950.] 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 and con- struction. Collective title. 1. This Act may be cited as " The Supreme Court Acts Amendment Act of 1950," and shall be read as one with t" The Supreme Court Acts, 1861 to 1949." t" The Supreme Court Acts, 1861 to 1949," and this Act may collectively be cited as "The Supreme Court Acts, 1861 to 1950." Salaries of 2. (1.) The salary of the Chief Justice of Queensland t~~ § ~ ~ ~ : me shall be at the rate of three thousand three hundred Court. and fifty pounds per annum. (2.) The salaries of the Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court shall be at the rate of three thousand one' hundred pounds per annum. Repeal of 3. t" The Supreme Court Acts Amendment Act of N 13 o. G 5 e . o. VI. 1948" is repealed. * This Act. t 25 V. No. 13 and amending Acts. t 13 G. VI."N"n, 5.