New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MURRUMBIDGEE IRRIGATION AREAS OCCUPIERS RELIEF ACT 1934 - SECT 10

10 Reduction of rents

(1) The annual rental in respect of:

(a) each irrigation farm lease of an area exceeding five acres, and

(b) each non-irrigable lease used for farming purposes of an area exceeding five acres,

within the Yanco No 1 Irrigation Area or the Mirrool No 1 Irrigation Area is hereby reduced by one-third as on and from the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.

(2) The Minister may, in any case where in his opinion the circumstances so warrant, determine, in the case of any holding or tenure of an area exceeding five acres used for farming purposes (other than a holding or tenure referred to in subsection one of this section), that the annual rental of such holding or tenure shall be reduced by one-third as on and from the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.
The power conferred on the Minister by this subsection shall be deemed to have become exercisable on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, and shall be exercisable for a period of one year from that date.

(3) In any case where the annual rental of a holding has been determined in pursuance of an application made after the commencement of the Irrigation (Amendment) Act 1931 , under the provisions of section 143A of the Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913 , then:

(a) where the reduction consequent upon any such determination exceeds one-third of the rental obtaining immediately prior to the date of the said application, no reduction under subsection one or subsection two of this section shall be made, and

(b) where the reduction consequent upon any such determination does not exceed one-third of the rental obtaining immediately prior to the date of the said application then the annual rental as at the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, shall be further reduced so that the total reduction made shall be one-third of the said annual rental obtaining immediately prior to the date of the said application.

(4) In addition to the reduction of rental provided for in subsections one, two and three of this section the Minister in any case where he deems the circumstances so warrant may reduce the annual rental of a lease holding or tenure referred to in those subsections to a greater extent than one-third, and any such reduction may be made to take effect on or after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.
The provisions of this subsection shall be deemed to have been in force from the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, and shall be exercisable within a period of one year after that date.

(5) Where in any case the reduction referred to in subsections one, two and three of this section is applied the reduction in rental provided by the Crown Lands (Amendment) Act 1932 shall not apply.

(6) Where the rental of any holding has been reduced under subsection one or subsection two of this section and an application in respect of that holding made after the commencement of the Irrigation (Amendment) Act 1931 , under section 143A of the Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913 , has not been disposed of at the commencement of this Act no further proceedings upon such application shall be taken.