Treaty of Peace Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1922. No. 121.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE TREATY OF PEACE (GERMANY) ACT 1919‑1920.

I, THE DEPUTY OF THE GOVERNOR‑GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Treaty of Peace (Germany) Act 1919‑20, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this first day of September, 1922.

W. H. IRVINE,

Deputy of the Governor‑General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. M. HUGHES,

Prime Minister.

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Amendment of the Treaty of Peace Regulations.

(As amended to this date.)

1. Regulation 50 is amended by omitting from paragraph (1) thereof the words—

“(d)The balance of the purchase‑money shall be paid in ten equal annual instalments”;

and substituting

“(d)The balance of the purchase‑money shall be paid in twenty equal annual instalments”.

Title to be the best title vested in Custodian.

2.Regulation 53 is repealed and the following substituted:—

“53. (1) The title that shall issue to the purchaser of a property shall be the best title vested in the Custodian from the former owner of the property.

(2) Where the title to any property purchased from the Custodian is incomplete, the purchaser may complete the title by fulfilment of the conditions thereof, or, in the case of any leaseholds offered by the Custodian with the right to convert to conditional freehold, may, with the consent of the Administrator, convert to a conditional freehold, but any such completion or conversion shall be at the purchaser’s expense.

(3) Every title shall be subject to any laws or Ordinances of the Territory of New Guinea from time to time in force relating to land.”

3. Regulation 54 is amended by inserting, after the word “plantations”, the words, “well planted and cultivated, and”.

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