An Act to amend the Shearers Accommodation Act, 1922. [Assented to, January 6th, 1926.] E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as follows: 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "Shearers Accommodation Act Short titles. Amendment Act, 1925." (2) The Shearers Accommodation Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred No. 1543 of 1922. to as "the principal Act"), and this Act may be cited together as the "Shearers Accommodation Acts, 1922 and 1925." 2. Subsection (2) of section 6 of the principal Act is amended Amendment of principal Act, s. 6 (a) by striking out paragraph 1. thereof, and by inserting in lieu Proper and sufficient thereof the following paragraph- I. Not less than three hundred cubic feet of air space (b) by inserting the words "or dining" after the word "sleep- 1710 3. Section accommodation. Amendment of principal Act, 8.7 Disposal of refuse Amendment of principal Act, 8. 10 Notice to comply with Act. Shearers Accommodation Act Amendment Act.--1925. 3. Section 7 of the principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following subsection : (4) Every employer shall provide in every room used for dining or cooking receptacles in which refuse may be placed and shall cause the receptacles to be emptied at least once in every twenty-four hours. No such refuse shall be deposited, buried, or otherwise disposed of at any distance within one hundred yards of any buildings provided for the accommodation of shearers. 4. Subsection (1) of section 10 is amended so as to read as follows: (1) Where an Inspector, after the making of an inspection, has reason to believe that any requirement of this Act has not been complied with, he shall give notice to the employer concerned directing him within a time mentioned in the notice, but in no case longer than three months, to comply with such requirement. In the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to Adelaide: By authority, R. E. E. ROGERS, Government Printer, North ferrace. An Act to further amend the Pastoral Act, 1904, and the [Assented to, January 6th, 1926.] E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as follows: 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "Pastoral Act Further Short titles. Amendment Act, 1925." (2) The Pastoral Acts, 1904 to 1922, and this Act may be cited together as "the Pastoral Acts, 1904 to 1925." (3) The Pastoral Act, 1904, is hereinafter referred to as "the No. 850 of 1904. principal Act." Amendments to the principal Act. 2. Section 67 of the principal Act is amended by adding at the Amendment of end thereof the following proviso: principal Act, s. 67Repayment for Government Provided that if any payment for improvements made by improvements. the Commissioner pursuant to section 65 is made out of General Revenue, then any moneys received by the Commissioner in respect of any such improvements shall be paid into General Revenue, 1711 3. Section Amendment of principal Act, s. 94 Rights to travel stock. Pastoral Act Further Amendment Act.-1925. 3. Section 94 of the principal Act is amended so as to read as follows: 94. (1) Any person may enter and cross any run with sheep or cattle subject, however, to the observance of the following rules : I. Notice in writing shall be given by the owner or person in charge of the sheep or cattle to the lessee, overseer, or manager of the run or to a person authorised by the lessee, overseer, or manager, to accept notices pursuant to this section, not less than two days or more than seven days before it is proposed to enter and cross the run as aforesaid; if at the time it is desired to give the notice there is no person on the run to whom the same may be given, then the notice may be given by affixing the same to a conspicuous place on the homestead on the run, or, if there is no homestead, then on a conspicuous place at the gateway or place where the stock are to enter the run. II. Every such notice shall specify— (a) the number of such sheep or cattle and by whom they are owned; (b) their starting point and proposed destination and whether they are or are not only travelling for feed; (c) the points (which shall be by gates where the run is fenced) and dates on which it is proposed to enter and leave the run; and (d) the person in whose charge the sheep or cattle will be. III. In the event of the entry on the run being delayed to the extent of not more than forty-eight hours, a corresponding extension shall be allowed in the time for leaving the run: IV. The person in charge of the sheep or cattle, if there is a stock route through the run leading to their destination, shall follow that stock route; and if there is no such stock route, shall follow the directions of the lessee, overseer, or manager of the run as to the line of travel which shall be practicable, in which the run is to be crossed; if no directions are given as aforesaid, and there is no such stock route through the run, the person in charge of the sheep or cattle shall cross the run from the point of entry to the point of leaving the run by the most direct practicable line of travel: Pastoral Act Further Amendment Act.-1925. v. The person in charge of the sheep or cattle shall, in the case of sheep, travel the sheep a distance of not less than five miles on each day while crossing the run, and shall, in the case of cattle, travel the cattle a distance of not less than ten miles on each day while crossing the run, and shall securely close all gates on the line of travel: VI. If the sheep or cattle are only travelling for feed the owner or person in charge of the sheep or cattle shall be liable to pay to the lessee of the run, or to the overseer or manager of the run on behalf of the lessee, a sum of Six Pence for every hundred of such sheep or part of one hundred of such sheep, and Six Pence for every twenty of such cattle or part of twenty of such cattle, for every day or part of a day during which the sheep or cattle may be upon the run, which sum shall be recoverable by the lessee from the owner or person in charge of the sheep or cattle either summarily or by action in any Court of competent jurisdiction. (2) If there is a stock route leading to their destination, then the sheep or cattle shall be travelled by the most direct practicable line of travel from their starting point to the nearest point on the nearest stock route leading to their destination: Provided that, as far as practicable, the starting point in such a case shall be the point on the run from which the sheep or cattle are proceeding which is nearest to the nearest stock route leading to their destination. (3) Any notice required to be given pursuant to this section. may be given in the form set out in the Fifth Schedule. (4) The lessee of any run which is fenced shall provide a gate at every point where any fence on the run crosses a stock route and shall, in addition, provide gates in every fence on the said run so that there is at least one gate provided in every ten miles of such fence. (5) For the purpose of this section "stock route" shall mean any stock route shown in red on the plan in the Schedule to the Pastoral Act Further Amendment Act, 1925, and shall also include any further stock route which is declared by the Governor by proclamation to be a stock route for the purpose of this section. The Governor may, by proclamation, declare that any stock route shall cease to be a stock route, and may, by proclamation, declare that any stock route shall be varied, altered, or amended in the manner set forth in the proclamation. (6) Any person who commits any act in contravention of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not less than Twenty Pounds or more than One Hundred Pounds. (7) Nothing in this section shall in anywise affect the operation of the provisions of section 20 of the Stock Diseases Act, 1888, as amended by section 6 of the Pastoral Act Further Amendment Act, 1925. 4. The |