An Act to make provision for the Relief of Discharged [Assented to, January 6th, 1926.] E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia, follows: 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "Discharged Soldiers Settle- Short titles. ment (Relief) Act, 1925." (2) The Discharged Soldiers Settlement Acts, 1917 to 1923, and this Act may be cited together as the "Discharged Soldiers Settlement Acts, 1917 to 1925." (3) The Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1917, is hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act." 2. This Act is incorporated with the other Acts mentioned in Incorporation. section 1 of this Act, and those Acts and this Act shall be read as one Act. 3. Section 12 of the principal Act (which section was amended Amendment of 1313, by section 6 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1918) is further amended (a) by inserting in the third line thereof after the word 'purchase-money" the words "or interest"; and (b) by inserting in the last line thereof after the word 1721 4. Section Remission of Amendment of 1346, 1918, s. 18 Permits. Surrender of fee simple of land in exchange for agreement. Discharged Soldiers Settlement (Relief) Act.-1925. 4. Section 18 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1918, is amended by adding at the end of subsection (1) thereof the following proviso: Provided that this section shall not apply where the discharged soldier applying for the allotment of a block is already the holder of a block allotted or transferred to him on lease or agreement under the principal Act or the Acts incorporated therewith. 5. (1) Where any land purchased under section 15 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1918 (as re-enacted by section 26 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act Further Amendment Act, 1919), is vested in fee simple in a discharged soldier and a mortgage of the land has been given to the Minister to secure. payment to him of any money paid by him for the purchase of the land or of any money advanced by him to the discharged soldier pursuant to the principal Act and any Acts incorporated therewith, and (a) the discharged soldier is unable to meet any payment of money becoming due under the mortgage, and (b) the Minister is of opinion that the discharged soldier has worked and maintained his land in a satisfactory and proper manner, the Minister may permit the discharged soldier to surrender and transfer his land to His Majesty under the provisions of this section. (2) Where any land is surrendered and transferred to His Majesty under this section the Minister may grant to the discharged soldier surrendering the land an agreement over such land. (3) The agreement shall contain the same covenants and conditions as other agreements granted under section 15 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1918 (as re-enacted by section 26 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act Further Amendment Act, 1919): Provided that the term of the, agreement shall be calculated from the date when the land was originally purchased by the Minister for the settlement thereon of a particular discharged soldier: Provided also that the amount of purchase-money specified in the agreement shall include the amount of principal owing by the discharged soldier under his mortgage in respect of moneys paid by the Minister for the purchase price of the land, and may also include at the discretion of the Minister all or any of the following amounts, namely: (a) the whole or any portion of the principal owing by the discharged soldier to the Minister in respect of any advance other than the moneys paid by the Minister for the purchase price of the land: (b) any arrears of interest due to the Minister under the mortgage or on account of any other advance made to the discharged soldier. (4) Section Discharged Soldiers Settlement (Relief) Act.-1925. (4) Section 18 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1918, shall not apply when any land is granted on agreement under this section. to surrendered land 6. If any land transferred to His Majesty pursuant to the next Cancellation of title preceding section of this Act is under the provisions of the Real Property Act, 1886, the Registrar-General shall upon the lodging with him of the transfer of the land make an entry on the folium in the Register Book relating to the land as follows:-"Cancelled, the within land having become vested in the Crown," and shall cancel any certificate of title to the land lodged with any such transfer as aforesaid by indorsing the entry aforesaid thereon and shall sign such entry and endorsement. 7. (1) The Minister of Irrigation may, with respect to any dis- Provisions for relief charged soldier who holds, whether on lease, or under an agreement, Irrigation Areas. or in fee simple, any such land as is referred to in section 128 of the Irrigation Act, 1922, exercise all or any of the following powers namely: (a) He may add any moneys advanced by him to a discharged soldier for any of the purposes mentioned in subparagraph (b) He may capitalise any arrears of interest due under any (c) He may make an advance under the principal Act to any (e) He may remit wholly or in part any moneys due to him by (f) He Further report by Registration of alterations and variations of leases and mortgages. Exemption of certain documents from registration fees. Discharged Soldiers Settlement (Relief) Act.-1925. (f) He may reduce the rent payable by any discharged soldier for any land held by such discharged soldier on lease from the Crown or may remit any such rent: (9) He may direct that the rent payable by any discharged soldier for any land held by such discharged soldier on lease from the Crown shall be payable quarterly in advance: (h) He may direct that any irrigation rates due to the Irrigation Commission be remitted wholly or in part, and upon the giving of such direction such rates shall be remitted accordingly. (2) The powers conferred on the Minister by subsection (1) of this section shall be exercised by the Minister on the recommendation of the Irrigation Commission. (3) Where pursuant to this section any sum of money is added to the capital sum secured by an existing mortgage, such mortgage shall, unless and until a new mortgage is taken in lieu of such existing mortgage, be deemed to be a security for the sum so added, and to provide for the repayment thereof by instalments payable at the same time as the instalments of the original sum secured by the mortgage are payable, and of such number that the last of them would be payable at the time when the last instalment of the original advance would be payable. 8. (1) It shall be the duty of the Irrigation Commission, on or before the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, to inquire and report to the Minister what part (if any) of the liabilities to the Government of each lessee of an irrigation block it is necessary to remit in order to enable such lessee to continue working his block with a reasonable likelihood of success. (2) Upon receipt of such report the Minister shall present such report to Parliament. 9. Where any action taken by the Minister under section 7 alters the rent payable under a lease, or in any way varies the terms or conditions of a lease or mortgage, the provisions of Part XIII. of the Real Property Act, 1886, shall apply with respect to such alteration or variation. 10. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Real Property Act, 1886 or any other Act, where for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of section 7 it is necessary or expedient to register any instrument in the Lands Titles Office or the General Registry Office, or to make any entry in the Register Book, no fees shall be payable in connection with such registration or the making of such entry. In the name and on behalf of His Majesty. I hereby assent to this Bill. TOM BRIDGES, Governor. Adelaide: By authority, R. E. E. ROGERS, Government, Printer, North Terrace. An Act to amend the Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1911 to 1924. B [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 "Workmen's Compensation Short titles. Act Amendment Act, 1925." (2) The Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1911 to 1924, and this Act, may be cited together as the "Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1911 to 1925." (3) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1911, is hereinafter re- No. 1053 of 1911, ferred to as "the principal Act." 2. This Act is incorporated with the other Acts mentioned in Incorporation. section 1 of this Act, and those Acts and this Act shall be read as one Act. S. 3. Section 6 of the principal Act (as amended by section 4 of the Amendment of Workmen's Compensation Act Further Amendment Act, 1924) is 6 principal Act, further amended by striking out the word "three" in the fourth Minimum period line of subsection 2 thereof and inserting in lieu of that word the of disablement. word "one". 1722 4. Subparagraph |