The Closer Settlement Act Amendment Act 1911 (SA)

ANNO SECUNDO

GEORGII V REGIS.

A.D. 1911.

No. 1049.

An Act to amend "The Closer Settlement Act, 1910."

[Assented to, December 7th, 1911.1

E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia,

follows: B with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as

1. (1) This Act may be cited alone as " The Closer Settlement Short title.

Act Amendment Act, 1911."

(2) "The Closer Settlement Act, 1910," and this Act may be

cited together as The Closer Settlement Acts, l910 and 1911."

thereof. 4, (1) Subject

2, This Act is incorporated and shall be read with " The Closer Incorporation with

Settlement Act, 19 10," and the Acts incorporated therewith. other Acts.

3, Section 6 of "The Closer Settlement Act, 1910," is Amendmentof section 6 o! Closer

amended- Settlement A C ~, 1910.

I. By inserting after the word and " in the second line of

subsection (2) thereof, the following words :-" a certificate signed by the Director of Irrigation and Reclamation

Works that any land therein specified ";

1 1. By inserting the word respectively " after the word " shall "

in the third line of subsection (2) thereof; and

I r I. By inserting the words and of the said Director " after

Surveyor-General " in the third line of subsection (3)

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Acquisition of lands

required for working 4, (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, any land of a'ny

lands adjacent to	kind (save such as is excepted by subsection (1) of section 6 of 'L The
River Mu~rny.	Closer Settlement Act, 1910 ") which adjoins land adjacent to the River Murray suitable for reclamation may be taken -and acquired by the Commissioner under The Closer Settlement Act, 1910," for the purposes for which lands may be taken and acquired under that Act.
(2) No land shall be so taken and acquired by virtue of the power conferred by this section unless-

( a ) The land which i t adjoins as aforesaid is at the same time or has previously been so taken and acquired, or is other- wise vested in His Majesty the King or in some person on behalf of His Majesty, and

( b ) The Surveyor-General has signed a certificate stating that

the land adjoins land adjacent to the River Murray

suitable for reclamation, and

(c) The Director of Irrigation and Reclamation Works has signed a certificate that the land is required for the con- venient or better working or use of the said land which

it adjoins, and

( d ) The said Director and the Surveyor-General have recom-

mended in writing that the land be so taken and

acquired, and

( e ) The Commissioner has offered the occupier of such land the

right to select a block of swamp or reclaimed land and

an area of other land in conjunction therewith.

(3) Such certificate of the Surveyor-General or of the said Director shall be conclusive as to the matters stated therein.

(4) All the provisions of The Closer Settlement Act, 1910," as

to lands adjacent to the River Murray suitable for reclamation shall apply to land to be taken and acquired, or taken and acquired, by virtue of the power conferred by this section.

( 5 ) Notwithstanding any provision in the principal Act contained, no land shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to adjoin land from which it is separated by the main stream of the River Murray, and not merely by a creek, affluent, effluent, ana-branch, or extension of, or lagoon connected with, the said River.

Amendment of

sectiona 10 and l l of 5, Sections 10 and 11 of The Closer Settlement Act, 19 10," are

Cloaer settlementbct, amended by inserting " or section 12 " after the expression 'L section

9 " wherever i t occurs therein.

6. Section

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6. Section 15 of "The Closer Settlement Act, 1910," is Amendmentsof section 16.

ainended-

1. By inserting " has been agreed between the Commissioner and

the owner or " after the word ';	therefor " in the fifth line
thereof, and

11. By substituting " 17 " for " 18 " in the sixth line thereof.

In the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

DAY H. BOSANQUET, Governor.

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Adelaide : By authority, R. E. E. ROQERS, Government Printer, North Terrace.