The Crown Lands Act Further Amendment Act 1910 (SA)

ANNO PRTMO

GEORGII V REGIS.

A.D. 1910.

No. 1019.

An Act to further amend " The Crown Lands Act, 1903."

[Assented to, December 7th, 1910.1

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. This Act may be cited alone as The Crown Lands Act short titlea.

Further Amendment Act, 1910"; and The Crown Lands Act, NO. 830 of 190s.

1903 " (hereinafter called a the principal Act "), a The Crown NO. 8990f 1906.

Lands Act Amendment Act, 1905," The Crown Lands Act No. 909 1906.

Further Amendment Act, 1906," and this Act may be cited together

as The Crown Lands Acts, 1903 to 1910."

2. This Act is incorporated with the Acts mentioned in section 1, Incorpo~tion-

and those Acts and this Act shall be read together as one Act.

Closer Settlement L a d.

3. Paragraph ( h ) of section 21 of The Crown Lands Act R e W o f ~ e c t i o n 2 1 (h) of amending

Amendment Act, 1905," is hereby repealed. A C ~, 1906.

4, (1) From the passing of this Act the first four lines of section ~menammt of

sec. 161 of the

151 of the principal Act shall be read as follows :- principal Act;

" The Commissioner may repurchase land for the purposes of this 9tof-penditure in land for closer

Part of this Act at a cost not exceeding Six Hundred Thousand

Pounds in any two financial years, subject to the following con- 9 9

ditions,	namely: -
1019 6. Section

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The Crown Lands Act Further Amendmernt Act.-1910.

Amendments of

m. 162 of 6, Section 152 of the principal Act is hereby amended, as

p1 inctipal Act.	follows :-
Limit of value of

cloaer eettlemenl I. In paragraph 11. thereof the words U Four Thousand Pounds''

blocks.	are substitutecl for the words	Two Thousand Pounds ";
and

When improvements	11.	In paragraph I I I. thereof the words "Four Thousand Pounds" wherever they occur t,herein, and the word$ " Five Thou- sand Pounds" are substituted for the words " Four Thousand Pounds" wherever they occur therein.
disproportionate to
unmproved value or

bloch are pastoral	are substituted for the words "Two Thousand Pounds"
only.

Amendment of secs.	6,	Sections 157 and 158 of the principal Act are hereby amended
l67 and 168

consequent U	by substituting the words " Four Thousand Pounds" for the words
amendment o K c.

162. Two Thousand Pounds " in each of the said sections.

Surrender of	7. (1) The holder of any block under an agreement entered into
agreement M to

closer settlement land under Part X. of the ~ r i n c i ~ a l Act mav andv for and the Com- J L 1 J

pevtU" lease.

missioner may grant a ;+educiion of the interest payable under his agreement to a rate of not less than Two Pounds per centum per annum for five years as from the earliest date after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred a i d nine, when an instalment under his agreement fell due, and to a rate of not less than Three Pounds per centum per annum for the next succeeding five years: Provided that such reduction shall not be granted in any case unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that the enforce- ment of the agreement would inflict hardship upon the holder.

(2) In any case where a reduction of' interest is granted under the foregoing subsection the Commissioner shall also adjust the amounts of the instalments of purchase-money and the times of payment thereof provided for by the agreement-

I. So that the holder thereof shall not be required to pay any- thing on account of the principal money included in such

purchase-money until after a date fixed by the Com-

missioner not being later than the first day of January,

one thousand nine hundred and sixteen; and

11. So that the total of the principal money to be paid shall be the same as provided for by the agreement.

(3) The adjustment so made shall be binding on the holder, and the agreement shall be read and construed so as to give effect to

such adjustment.

Agreements for Transfer and other Dealinys.

i n p with l w s not Ageementafor b l - 13, Except in any cases as to which it is otheiwise expressly

,slid until cornmw- provided by the principal Act or any Act incorporated therewith,

moner consents

thereto. no agreement, whether verbal or in writing, for the sale, transfer, or subletting, or for the mortgaging or otherwise charging or encumbering of-

r. Any perpetual lease; 11. Any

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11. Any lease with right of purchase;

r 11. Any other lease, where the agreement cannot be given effect

to without the Commissioner's consent;

rv. Any agreement for sale;

v. Any interest in any such lease or agreement as here inbef~~e

mentioned; or

VI. The land or any interest in the land comprised in any such

lease or agreement as hereinbefore mentioned,

shall be of any validity or have any force or effect after the expira- tion of one year from the making of the agreement, unless before such expiration the consent in writing of the Commissioner to the proposed dealing has been obtained: Provided that this section shall not apply to any existing agreement nor to any agreement hereafter made in pursuance of any such existing agreement and for the purpose of giving effect to such existing agreement.

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. Romaa, Government Printer, North Terraoe.