Wickepin-Merredin Railway Act 1911 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO PRIMO

GEORGII QIJINTI REGIS,

XXI.

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No. 10 of 1911.

AN ACT to authorise the Construction of a

Railway from Wickepin to Merredin.

[Assented to 16th Pebruaiy, 1911.]

Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Par-BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by andwith the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and

liament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1.    This Act may be cited as the Wickepin-illerredin Railway Short title.

Act, 1911.

2.    It shall be lawful to construct and maintain a railway from Authority to con-

Wickepin to Merredin, with all necessary, proper, and usual works struct.

and conveniences in connection therewith, along the line described

in the Schedule to this Act.

3.    Notwithstanding anything contained in the Public Works Deviation.

Act, 1902, it shall be lawful for the Minister for Works to deviate -from the line as described in such Schedule to the extent of ten miles on either side thereof.

4. At any time after the passing of this Act, and until the Power to Governor

expiration of twelve months from the publication of notice in the

to compulsorily

purchase hind' ,

in 15 miles of rail-

way.

1911, No. 10.] Wiekepin-Merredin Railway. [1 GEO. V.

Government Gazette declaring the railway open for traffic, the

Governor may

(a)

With the object of encouraging the cultivation and settle- ment of the land, compulsorily purchase any land in parcels of not less than one thousand acres, each parcel being the property of one person or two or more per- sons, jointly or in common, and situated within fifteen miles of any part of the line of the railway, and which land is certified by the Minister for Lands as suitable for closer agricultural settlement;

(b)

Compulsorily purchase any land situated as aforesaid for

towilsites ;

Provided that no land shall be compulsorily purchased under paragraph (a) of this section until the Land Purchase Board has favourably reported thereon.

Purchase money to

be determined 5.

On the determination by the Governor from time to time to land within such defined limits may be taken under the Public Works Act, 1902, and the provisions of that Act shall apply, and the amount of the purchase money shall be determined as com- pensation is determined under that Act:

under Public	exercise the power conferred by the last preceding section, any
Works Act, 1902.
Provided that, on the exercise of any such power, or on the acquisition by the Governor within the said period of land situated as aforesaid for any work within the meaning of the Public Works Act, 1902, no regard shall be had to any increased value occasioned by the railway, and the purchase money shall be assessed at the probable and reasonable price which the land, with any improve- ments thereon, or the estate or interest of the claimant therein, might have been expected to realise if offered for sale at the date the land was taken, and if the railway had not been constructed or authorised.
Governor may

require surrender, 6.

Before the purchase money is paid for any land compul- sorily purchased under the authority of this Act, the Governor may require the claimant to execute a surrender, conveyance, or transfer of the land to the Crown, or as the Governor may direct, free from all encumbrances.

etc., to be made.

Application of 60 7.

All such land acquired under paragraph (a) of section four shall be dealt with under the provisions of the Agricultural Lands Purchase Act, 1896, and the purchase money may be paid out of any moneys authorised to be raised and expended by that Act, or as therein prescribed.

Viet., No. 26.

1 GEO. V.] Wickepin-Aferredin Railway. [1911, No. 10.

SCHEDULE.

WICKEPIN-MERREDIN RAILWAY.

Description of Line of Railway.

Commencing at a point in the Wickepin Station Yard on the Narrogin- Wickepin. Railway, and proceeding thence in a generally North-Easterly direction for about 36 miles; thence in a generally Easterly direction for about 34 miles, and thence in a generally Northerly direction for about 50 miles and terminating at a point in or near the Merredin Station Yard on the Northam-Southern Cross Railway, as more particularly delineated and coloured red on map marked P.W.D., W.A., 15285, deposited pursuant to 2 Edw. VII., No. 47, Section N. Total length about 120 miles.

By Authority: FILED. Ww. SurrsoN, Government Printer, Perth.