South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The rent for each
block for the first three years of the lease shall be payable as follows:
(a) for
the first year, one-quarter of the annual rent fixed under section 21;
(b) for
the second year, one-half of such rent;
(c) for
the third year, three-quarters of such rent.
(2) The provisions of
subsection (1) hereof shall apply only in respect of any block which, at
the time it is offered on perpetual lease, has not been planted or otherwise
brought under cultivation. If the Land Board is of opinion, at the time any
block is offered on perpetual lease—
(a) that
the whole or any portion of such block is in a complete state of cultivation
and in full bearing; or
(b)
that, although not in a complete state of cultivation or in full bearing, the
block or any portion thereof is in such a state or stage of cultivation that
the provisions of subsection (1) of this section should not apply, or
(c) that
there is any other reason why the provisions of subsection (1) hereof
should not apply,
then the Minister, in offering the said block on perpetual lease, may direct
that the provisions of subsection (1) hereof shall not apply in respect
of such block, and shall fix what proportion of the annual rent fixed under
section 21 (being the whole or any part thereof) shall be payable for the
first, second, and third years of the lease respectively, having regard to the
area of the block under cultivation at the time it is offered on perpetual
lease, and the state or stage of such cultivation.
(3) For the fourth and
each succeeding year of the lease of any block, the full amount of the annual
rent fixed under section 21 shall be payable.
(4) All such rents
shall be due and payable in advance.