The Crown Lands, Closer Settlement and Blockholders Loans Amendment Act 1901 (SA)

EDWARDI V11 REGIS.

A. D. 1901.

No. 777.

An Act to amend the Crown Lands Acts, and for other

purposes.

[Asseu f ell' to, December rrst, rpo1.1

l3 it Enacted by thc Governor, with the advice and consent of

B' the Yarlianient of South Australia, as follows :

1, This i4ct mav bp cited as " 'rile Crown Lands, Clos~~r S2ttlr- Title and

rncnt, and ~lockhoiders' Loans Am( nd~ncilt Act, 1901." Sections 3, incorporation.

4, a i d 5 hereof shall be incorporate[l and read with " 'l h? Crown

Lands Act, 1888," and all the Acts iiicorporatcd therewith.

2, Section 3 of " The Crown Lands Amcnclmcnt Act, 1898," Repeal.

is hercby rcycaled.

3, Any lessee under any Crown lease heretofore granted may, Leases may be sur- rendered for perpetual

and two, apply in writing to the Surveyor-General to surre~lder

his lease for a perpetual lease undcr the provisions of this Act:

before the thirty-first day of Ilecernber: one thousand nine hundred 1,,,,,. solely used for pastoral or agricultural purposes, or both, or which, 3,105!98. in the opiuion of the Commissioner? may not be required for sub- division.

4, Any kssce under any lrns:. heretofore granted may, before Reduction of rents

tllc thirty-first day of I)c.cembcr, one thousand nine huntlrctl and and purchase-~uoney	.
two, apply in writing to thc Su~vyor-Gcneral for a rccluction of
rent or purchase-money undcr such lcasc, and if a reduction shall be
rccommenclecl by the Surveyo~General and approved by the Com-

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Anzendment Act.-1901.

missioner the same shall be mircltl, and shall take effect from the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and a mc-moranclum of the reduction shall be indorsed on the lease.

Rent to be fixed at

per Rquare mile.	5. In respect of ilny lands which are only suikdble for pastoral purposes, the Surveyor-General, subject to the approval of the Com- missioncl-, shall fix the annual rent at per square mile, subject to the same conditions as land under Pastoral Acts.
Repeal and sub-
stituted section.	6, Sections 3 and 12 of b L The Closer Settlement Act, 1897," hereinafter referred to as " the principl Act," are hereby repealed, and the next two succeeding sections are substituted in lieu thereof, and shall be incorporated and read with the said Act.
Land re-purchased,

how dealt with. 7. All land re-purchased under the principal Act shall be dealt

31688197.	with as follows :-
To be cut into blocks

not exceeding ;E2,000	(a) ' b e land, except such portions as may be required for dedi- cation or reservation for public purposes or for towns, shall be cut up into blocks not exceeding Two Thousand Pounds in unimproved value:
unimproved value.
Blocks with valuable
improvements or suit-	(6) \Vherc, in cutting up any rc-pmchascd land, improvements to
able for pastoral pur-

poses not to exceed	a large value would necessarily be included in one or more
$4,000.	blocks, and the value of such improvcmcnts would be out of p p o r t i o n to the value of the blocks if the limitation of
'I'tvo Thousand Pounds unimproved value were not
exceeded, the block or blocks on which such valuable im- provements are situated, or where thc land is suitable only for pastoral purposes, may exceed Two Thousand Pounds, but not Four Thousand Pounds, in unimproved value:
TO be taken up on

perpetual lease.	(c) The blocks shall be offered as open to be taken up on per- petual lease under the Crown Lands Acts, but subject to	the provisions of the principal Act.
Conditions as to value

of holdings and 8. No lease shall be granted under the principal Act to any person

transfer.

who is already the holder of land of the unimproved value of Two Thousand Pounds, or who would thereby become the holder of land exceeding such value, and no transfer of any lease granted under this Act shall be permitted except on the recommendation of the Land Board for the district and with the consent of the Commissioner, and no such recommendation or consent shall be given to ally transfer in favor of any lessee or owner of land who would thereby become the holder of land exceeding Two Thousand Pounds of unimproved value.

Loans to be repaid by

annual instalmentu.

Q, Section 6 of '<The Blockholders Loans Act," being an Act

numbered 515 of 1891, is hereby repealed, and the section imme-

6/515/91.

diately hereafter following is substituted in lieu thereof and shall

be incorporated with such Act.

10. All

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Amendment Act.--1901.

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10. All moneys advanced to any blockholder shall by him be Moneys, how repaid.

repaid to the Commissioner b y twenty equal annual instalments. the first of such annual instalments to be paid at the expiration of twelve months from the date of such advance; and, at the option of' the blockholder, any part of such moneys may be repaid at any earlier times than those mentioned in this section.

11, The lessee of any lands leased under " The Ostrich Farming Right of purchase of

9ct, 1882," who has complied with the covenants contained in his osvich leases.

lease may purchase the fee-simple of such lands at any time during

the currency of such lease after the expiration of the first six years,

and upon payment of the purchase-money the Governor may issue

to wch lessee a grant of the fee-simple of such lands.

12, The provisions of " The Taxation Acts Amendment Act, Provisions of ~ c t 734

of 1900 to apply to

1900," shall apply to all lands the rent or purchase-money of which	,,,.
shall be reduced under this Act.

13, All reductions heretofore granted by the Coinmissioner Validating reductions.

under assumed authority of any Act are hereby validated, although the time for applying for or making the same may have expired before the making thereof.

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

this Bill.

TENNY SON, Governor.

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Adelaide: By authority, C. E. BHIBTOW, Government Pri nter,