Workers' Homes Act Amendment Act 1912 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO TERTIO

GEORGII QUINTI REGIS,

LVI.

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No 75 of 1912.

AN ACT to amend the Workers' Homes Act,

1911.

[Assented to 30th December, 1912.]

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

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

1.     This Act may be cited as the Workers' Homes Act Amend- Short title.

ment Act, 1912, and shall be read as one with the Workers' Homes

Act, 1911, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act.

2.     Section three of the principal Act is amended by adding to Amendment of

the interpretation of the term " dwelling-house " the following S"'

words:—

" The term also includes any shop or business premises being

a portion of or attached to the dwelling-house."

and by striking out from the interpretation of the term " worker " the word "three" in the fourth line of such definition, and inserting the word " four."

3.     (1.) Section six of the principal Act is repealed, and a Amendment of

section is inserted in place thereof as follows :-- See. 6.

6. (f.) The funds necessary for the effectual execution of Funds.

this Act shall be such moneys as may from time to time

be appropriated by Parliament for the purpose.

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All such moneys shall be placed to the credit of an account at the Treasury, to be called the Workers' Homes Fund, and applied to the purposes of this Act ; and such account may be operated upon in the prescribed manner.

(2.)

The interest on and contributions, at a rate to be pre- scribed by the Colonial Treasurer, to the sinking fund for the redemption of moneys appropriated by Parliament to the pur- poses of this Act shall be paid by the Board to the Colonial Treasurer half-yearly, and applied by the Colonial Treasurer to recoup the Consolidated Revenue Fund in respect of such interest and contributions.

(3.)

Amendment of 4. Section eleven of the principal Act is amended by adding to

See. 11. the proviso the following words:-

" or any instalment of not less than ten pounds."

Amendment of

Sec. 12. 5. Section twelve of the principal Act is repealed, and a section

is inserted in place thereof as follows:-

Applications. 12. (1.) The Board may declare any land open for selection for the purposes of this Part of this Act, and may receive applications for workers' dwellings before or after the erection of dwelling-houses.

(2.) Every application shall be in the prescribed form and

shall contain the prescribed particulars.

(3.) Every applicant shall

(a.)	satisfy the Board that he is a worker within the meaning of this Act, and that he is not the owner of any dwelling-house in West- ern Australia ; and
(b.)	pay to the Board with his application a fee

of five shillings.

(4.) If an application is approved, the applicant shall, within a time to be stated in the notice of approval, deposit with the Board the sum of five pounds, and such deposit shall be placed to the credit of the applicant and applied in part payment of the pur- chase money for the dwelling-house.

(5.) If such deposit is not duly made, the Board may

cancel the application.

(6.) If an applicant whose application has been approved shall not, when required by the Board so to do, accept a lease of the worker's dwelling and execute a counterpart thereof, the Board may cancel the application and forfeit the deposit.

3 GEO. Arl Workers' Homes—A mendnient. [1912, No. 75.

6. A section is inserted in the principal Act as follows:-	Applications in
respect of specific

1:3A. (1.) Any worker may, by an application in the prescribed allotments.

form, request the Board

(a.) to purchase an allotment of land specified in

the application ;

(b.) to dedicate such land to the purposes of this

Act ;

(c.)	to erect a. worker's dwelling thereon ; and
(d.)	to grant a lease thereof to the applicant

under this Part of this Act.

(2.) 'I he applicant shall

(a.)	satisfy the Board that he is a worker within the meaning of this Act, and that he is not the owner of any dwelling-house in West- ern Australia ;
(b.)	deposit with the Board the sum of five

pounds ; and

(c.) pay to the Board a fee of five shillings and the prescribed fee for the valuation of the land.

(3.) If the application is approved, the deposit shall be placed to the credit of the applicant and applied in part payment of the cost of the dwelling-house ; but if the application is not approved, the deposit shall be repaid to the applicant.

(4.) If the applicant shall not, when required by the Board so to do, accept a lease of the worker's dwelling and execute a counterpart thereof, the Board may cancel the application and forfeit the deposit, and declare the land and dwelling-house open for selection under this part of this Act.

7. Section twenty-three of the principal Act is amended UNr Amendment of See,

omitting subsection two thereof, and inserting in place thereof the 23.

following:

(2.) The Minister may, under and subject to this Part of this Act, erect a dwelling-house on any such land and dis- pose of the same as a worker's dwelling:

Provided that the person by whom the land was surrendered shall have the right to apply for the worker's dwelling to be erected thereon in pre- ference to any other person, for a period of one month next following the surrender.

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Amendment of

Sec. 24.	8. Section twenty-four, subsection one, paragraph (c) of the principal Act is amended by the insertion after the word "mort- gage" of the words "or liability."
Amendment of Sec.

29.             9. Section twenty-nine of the principal Act is amended by

omitting the words " and being either ten pounds or a multiple of

ten pounds " in paragraph (h.).

Amendment of See. 10. Section thirty-vine of the principal Act is repealed, and a

39.   section is inserted in place thereof, as follows :—

Fine for delayed	39. If any payment required by this Act to be made by a lessee or borrower is not paid. within fourteen days after its due date, the lessee or borrower shall be liable to a fine of one penny per pound or portion of a pound thereof for every month or portion of a month during which the payment required to be made remains unpaid after the expiration of such fourteen clays.
payments.

Amendment of 11. Section forty-three of the principal Act is amended by

See. 43.

inserting after the word "land," in line two thereof, the words

"leased by the Crown including land."

Amendment of 12. Section fifty of the principal Act is repealed, and a section

See. 50. is inserted in place thereof as follows:--

Regulations. (50.) "'the Governor may from time to time make regula- tions prescribing forms and the fees to be paid for any valuation, inspection, report, plan, or specification, and generally for the objects and purposes of this Act."

Repeal of Schedule.	13.	The Schedule to the principal Act is hereby repealed.
Manner of showing

amendments. Government Printer shall be printed as amended by this Act, 14. All copies of the principal Act hereafter printed by the

under the supervision of the Clerk ,of Parliaments, and reference shall be made in the margin of the principal Act to the sections of this Act by which such amendments are made.

By Authority: FRED. WM. SIMPSON, Government Printer, Perth.