Workers' Homes Act Amendment Act of 1922 (13 Geo v No. 21) (Qld)

LABOUR. ss. 1-3. 13 GEO. V. No. 21,1922. Workers' Homes Act Amendment Act. point 26 degrees south latitude 148 degrees east longitude, thence north-west.erly to a point 23 degrees south latitude 146 degrees east longitude, thence northerly to e, point 20 degrees south latitude 146 degre:s east longitude, thence north-westerly to a point 16 degrees ,south lat.itude 145 degrees east hngitude, thence easterly to the coast. So much of each District as is ea.st of the line defined in the last preceding paragraph shall be in No. 1 Subdivision, and so mueh of eaeh District as is not east of the said line shall be in No. 2 Sub- ,division of the Southern, Central, and Northern Dist.ricts respectively. 10093 An Act to Amend "The Workers' Homes Act of 13 Geo, v. 1919" in certain particulars. No. 21. THE ,\VORKERS' [ ASSENTED TO 14TH OCTOBER 1922.'.. ] Ho~ mflACT , , A:VIENDMENT B " Ac'l' OF 1922. E It enacted by the Kmg's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, ,and by the authority of the same, as follows ; - 1. This Act may be cited as "The Workers' Short title Homes Act Amendment Act of 1922," and shall be read and , as one with *"The Workers' Homes Act of 1919," herein~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ctlOn referred to as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may together be cited as "The Workers' Homes Acts, 1919 to 1922." 2. The following words are added to the last para- Amendment graph of section eight of the Principal Act :-" and, after ofs. 8. erection of any such home or acquisition under this Act {)f any land with a building thereon suitable for a home, may alter, enlarge or improve the same." 3. The first paragraph of subsection three of section Amendment nine of the Principal Act is repealed, and the following of s. 9 provision is inserted in lieu thereof:- "vVhere more persons than one apply to become purchasers of the_ same home, the Minister, after ta.king into consideration the particular circumstances of each * 10 Geo. V. No. 7, supra, page 9164.

10094 ss. 4-6. LABOUR. Workers' Homes Act Amendment Act. 13 GEO. V. No. 21, of such persons, may in his discretion decide which person, if any, shall be eligible to enter into the contract, of sale." Amendment 4. In subsection four of section fourteen of the of B. 14. Principal Act, after the words" The appurtenant land shall not be " the word " mortgaged " is inserted. In subsection six of the said section, the word " weekly" is repealed, and the words "monthly in advance on the first day of each month" are inserted in lieu thereof. Amendment 5. The following amendments are made in section of B. 16. sixteen of the Principal Act : - (i.) The word" weekly" wherever it occurs is re-- pealed, and the word" monthly" is respectively inserted in lieu thereof. (ii.) All words from and including the words "A sum" to and including the word" payable" where it first occurs are repealed, and the words" A sum which if paid on the first day of each month is calculated to be sufficient to liquidate within a period to be deter- mined by the Minister, not exceeding twenty-five. years,. the unpaid purchase money of the home together with . interest at the rate of five pounds per centum per annum on the outstanding balance of such purchase money at the beginning of each month shall be payable" are inserted in lieu thereof; also paragraph (a) of the said section is repealed. (iii.) In paragraph (b) the words" to be declared in the contract of sale" are repealed. (iv.) The following words are added to the last paragraph :-"'so as to shorten the period of repayment of the purchase moneys, but payment of any such larger instalment shall not affect the amount of the monthly rent determined under this section." A of m B e . n 1 d 8. ment eight 6 e . enThofe thfoelloPwriinncgippalarAagcratp: h- is added to section (d) Keep in good and tenantable repair, in the manner and to the extent prescribed, all fences, fixtures, and improvements upon the appurtenant land.

LABOUR. ss. 7-9. 10095 1922. Workers' Homes Act Amendment Act. 7. The following provision is added to section Amendment nineteen of the Principal Act :- of s. 19. "Where the consent of the Minister is sought to the letting of any home, the Minister may require as a condition to his consent that the lessee shall enter into .and execute in favour of the Minister such agreement as will secure to the Minister, when so demanded, ali the rents and profits of the home and the attornment of such lessee to the Minister." 8. The following provision is added to subsection Amendment two of section twenty-two of the Principal Act :-" in of s. 22. which case the home and appurtenant land shall there- .after be subject to be dealt with and disposed of under this Act as if no contract of sale had ever been entered into." The following subsection is added to the said section :- " (3.) The Minister may in his discretion forfeit all ,sums paid by the purchaser who has made default, or may refund to the said purchaser such portion thereof :as he thinks fit." 9. After section twenty-four of the Principal Act, the following sections are inserted :- " [24A.] No document or instrument executed for Exemption the purposes of this Act shall be liable to stamp duty, ~ ~~ . stamp :any enactment to the contrary notwithstanding. [24B.] Land for the time being vested in the Minister Exemption which is not the subject of a contract of sale and is not from rates. 1et to a tenant shall not be deemed to be rateable land within the meaning of *" The Local Authorities Acts, 1902 to 1920," or any Act amending or in substitution for those Acts. [240.] No matter or thing done and no agreement Exemption ·entered into by the Minister or any officer or other ~ : r: nal })erson on his behalf or under his direction shall, if the liability. matter or thing was done or the agreement was entered into bona fide for the purposes of this Act, subject the Minister or any such person to any personal liability j-n respect thereof." * 2 Edw. VII. No. 19 and Amending Ads, supra, pages 1860 et seq., .5653, 5918, 8304, and 9571, and infra, page 10126.