Sncppleozent to the Queeins7and Uovermnent Uarette, .Friday, 3rd December, 1897.-NO. 131.
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ANN0 SEXAGESIMO
PRIM0
VICTORIA3 REGINB.
No. 13.
An
Act to Amend‘(
The Agricultural Lands Purchase Act of 1894.”[ASSENTED TO 2ND DECEMBER, 1897.1 E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with
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the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :-1.
This Act mag be citccl as “The Agricultwtcl Lnlzds Purclzuse Short title andAct Amendwzeizt Act of 1897,’’ and shall be read and construed with construction*
and as an amendment of “The Agriczcltzwccl Lnncls Purchase A c t of 1894” (hereinafter called the Principal Act) ; and the Principal Act and this Act may together be cited as (‘ T7~e Agt-iczdtzcml Laiads Pzcrchnse Acts, 1894 aiad 1897.”
2.
The tenth section of “ The C’rozoia Lnnds Act of 1896 ” is Repeal of section i o3.
I n the case of all lands suhject to the provisions of the Coliditions in case ofPrincipal Act which are proclaimed open for selection, and notwith- lallds Principal sL1bject Act, to which the
standing anything i n “ The Crozon L U ~ S Acts, 1884 to 1895,’’ or in are proclaimedopen
any other Act or Acts, to the contrary contained-
repealed. of 69 Tic. No. 31.
for selection.
[59 Tic. No. 31,
(1) Land Orders shall not be available in payment of rent ; (2) It shall not be necessary for any lessee, in order that he
may become the purchaser of the holding, to prove that the condition of occupation has been performed by the continuous and bond $de residence on the holding of the lessee himself or of any successive lessees, provided he prove that the condition of occupation has been otherwise performed for the prescribed period ;
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Agricultuiwl L a n d s P w c h a s e A c t Aiicendnient Act.
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Areas of purchased land inay be set apart.
Amount of instalmcnts to be paid in respect of sclections hereafter applied for.
schcclulc.
The sixth section of " TJbe Ci*owi& Lccitcls A c l of 1S91 "
shall not apply to such lands ;
N o such lands sliall be open to unconditional selection until they h a w been proclaimed, aiid have remained open to conditional selection for a t least three nioiiths ; The Governor in Couiicil may, in the Proclamatioii declaring such lands to be open for selection, further declare tliat any person then or theretofore in lawful occupation of any portioii of tlie said lalids shall be entitled to priority, aiid if, o n tlie day appointed as that on which the land will be open, a n application by such person to select such land is lodged at tlie same time as applications by other persons, the application of such person shall be deemecl to have been first lodged ancl shall be entitled to priority accordingly.
4.
(1.) The Governor in Council may, by Proclamation, clefiiie and set apart ang part or parts of any area of land (not exceeding one-fourth of such area) purchased under the provisions of the Principal Act, to be dealt witli as hereinafter mentioned.(2.) When any such area is so defined and set apart, the lands i n such area may be lxoclaimecl open fop selection in the manner and subject to the conditions prescribeil by the Principal Act ancl this Act ; but no person shall be qualified t o make qplication for a selection within any such area-
( a ) Unless lie has arrivecl in this Coloiiy less than three nioiitlis before maliing liis applicati,m ; and
( b ) Unless hc has continuously resided out of the Colony for
the period of five yenrs inimediately before such arrival in the Colony as aforesaid.
( 3 . ) Every such applicant shall, at the time of lodging his
application or at such later time as tlie Commissioner may then direct, furnish to the Luid Commissioner for the district in which the selec- tion applied for is situate proo€ of liis qualification under this Act.
(4.) The Governor in Council may ilialie Regulations prescribing the manner in which an applicant for a selection in any such area as aforesaid shall give proof of liis qualification to sdect in such area, aiid prescribiny such other ilzatters ant1 things as may be iiecessary to give effect to the provisioiis of this section.
hstalnzents Payul/Zt. m d w this Act.
5.
Fro111 and aiter the passing of this Act tlie animal rent to be paid by any person selecting land which is subject to tlie provisions of the Principal A c t sild this Act shall be a t the rates specified i n the Schedule t o this Act for every liuiidred pouncls of the purcliasing price, in litx of the rates meiitionetl in the fifteenth section and in the Schedule to the Principal Act.6.
Any person who, at thc passing of this Act, has selected land which is subject 1.0 the provisions of the Priiicilial Act, and has paid tlie first iiistalivent thereunder. but lias not Daid the secondTerms under which selectors who lxwve imid one instalment L11y may elect to
come under this Act. * instalment, may clect to coine under- the provisions i f this Act, ancl in such case the amount payable in-respect of the second year sliall be at the rate of two pounds twelve shilliiigs for every liuiidred pounds of the purchasing price.
Schedalo. I n tlie third ancl subsequent years, the amounts payable in such
case shall be i n accordance mith tlie rates specified in the Bchedule t o this Act,
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I n the case of any person selecting laiicl after the passing Amount to be imic1of this Act which is subject to the provisions of the Principal Act aiid
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this Act, and in the case of any person who elects t o come under t h e provisions of this Act under the provisions of' the last preceding section, the amount to be paid upon acquiring the fee-simple of a Farm before the expiration of the term of the lease shall be a sum equal to the amount then remaining unpaid i n respect of the principal of the purchase money calculated in accordance with t h e rates specified i n the flcliedule to tliis Act, together with a n amount equal tafive shillings for every year of the unexpired term of the lease in respect of every hundred pounds of the purchasing price.
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