Transfers of land which is under the Transfer of Land Act when acquired by the Commonwealth. Commonwealth or Commonwealth authority as (iv) The Registrar of Titles may, if he is satisfied as to 5. With respect to any acquired land which at the date of the acquisition thereof is or was subject to the provisions of the Transfer of Land Act, 1893, the following provisions shall apply: (i) If the land is vested in the Commonwealth the Attorney General, or if the land is vested in any Commonwealth authority then the authority in whom the land is so vested, may apply to the Registrar of Titles to transfer the land into the name of the Commonwealth or the Commonwealth authority, as the case may be: (ii) If the land is land which became vested in the Commonwealth pursuant to the Constitution the Attorney General or the Commonwealth authority, whichever makes the application, shall furnish the Registrar of Titles with a certificate under the hand of the Attorney General, or seal of the Commonwealth authority, as the case may be, certifying that the land became so vested in the Commonwealth and setting out any other facts relevant to the title of the Commonwealth or Commonwealth authority: (iii) In all cases other than those mentioned in the next preceding paragraph there shall be furnished to the Registrar of Titles in support of the application a copy, certified under the hand of the Attorney General, or the seal of the Common- (iv) The Registrar of Titles, if he is satisfied as to the 6. Any entry made in the Register Book or on any certificate of title or instrument before the commencement of this Act for the purpose of transferring into the name of the Commonwealth or any Commonwealth authority any acquired land shall be deemed to have been lawfully and validly made, and any certificate or instrument issued before the commencement of this Act by the Registrar of Titles to the Commonwealth or any Commonwealth authority relating to any acquired land shall be deemed to be and to have been at all times valid and effectual in all respects. enter acquisition in certain circum 7. If the Registrar of Titles is satisfied on information Registrar may received by him from any source that the whole or any part Register Book in of any land included in a certificate is acquired land, he may, stances. notwithstanding that no application pursuant to section five of this Act has been made, make an entry in the Register Book specifying that the land in question has been acquired by the Commonwealth or Commonwealth authority, as the case may be. PLANT DISEASES. 16° GEO. V., No. IV. Short title. Insertion of new section after Sec. 8. Obligation to carry out treatment for plant diseases. Reprinting of principal Act with amendments. No. 4 of 1925. AN ACT to amend the Plant Diseases Act, 1914. [Assented to 24th September, 1925.] E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Plant Diseases Act Amendment Act, 1925. 2. There is hereby inserted in the Plant Diseases Act, 1914, after section eight thereof, a new section as follows: 8a. (1) Whenever any disease to which this section applies exists or appears in any orchard, the occupier of the orchard shall take or cause to be taken such steps, and adopt such measures, as are prescribed as appropriate steps to be taken, and measures to be adopted, in order to eradicate such disease and prevent the spread thereof. Penalty: Twenty-five pounds. (2) The diseases to which this section applies are such diseases as are for the time declared by any regulation to be subject to the provisions of this section. 3. All copies of the principal Act hereafter printed by the Government Printer shall be printed as amended by this Act, under the supervision of the Clerk of Parliaments, and all necessary reference to the Act shall be made in the margin, and in any such reprint the short title shall be the Plant Diseases Act, 1914-1925. AN ACT to amend the Transfer of Land Act, 1893. [Assented to 24th September, 1925.] E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Transfer of Land Act Short title. Amendment Act, 1925, and shall be read as one with the Transfer of Land Act, 1893, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act. 2. A section is inserted in the principal Act, as fol- Offices of Commislows: 7a. (1.) Any person qualified to be appointed Commissioner of Titles may be appointed both Commissioner of Titles and Registrar of Titles, and may perform the duties and exercise the powers of both offices. (2.) Any act, matter, or thing which is required by (a) referred by the Registrar of Titles to the Com- (b) done or proceeded with or granted or refused sioner and Registrar may be held by one person. Powers of Assistant Registrars not affected. may be dealt with by a person appointed to both offices under this section without any reference, or on his own initiative or judgment, or pursuant to any order or direction made or given by himself, as in the circumstances of the case may appear to be most convenient. (3.) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to extend the powers of any Assistant Registrar. LAND TAX AND INCOME TAX. 16° GEO. V., No. VI. Amendment of No. 6 of 1925. AN ACT to amend Section Seven of the Land Tax and [Assented to 24th September, 1925.] E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. Section seven of the Land Tax and Income Tax Act, 1924, is amended by adding thereto "and for the financial year ending the 30th day of June, 1926.” |