Wharfage and Tonnage Rates Act Amendment Act 1882 No 8a (NSW)

No. VIII .

An Act to amend the " Wharfage and Ton­ nage Rates Act of 1880." [21st November,

1882.]

WH E R E A S it is expedient to amend the "Wharfage and Tonnage Rates Act of 1880" (being the Act fourty-fourth Victoria	number eight) for the purpose of removing doubts as to the law of
leasing public Wharves Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most
Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­
lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows :—

1. This Act may be cited as the " Wharfage and Tonnage Rates

Act Amendment Ar t 1882 ."
2. The power conferred by section eighteen of the Act forty- fourth Victoria number eight and all powers of leasing any public
jetty pier quay or landing-place contained in the Act forty-third Victoria number thirteen may be exercised in respect of any portion
frontage or section of the Circular Quay or any other public wharf either by public auction or private contract as the Colonial Treasurer may think best in the public interest and notwithstanding anything in either of the said cited Acts contained for any term not exceeding three years and subject to such annual rental and other conditions and reservations as the Governor with the advice of the Executive

Council may prescribe whether by general regulations or otherwise.

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