South Australian Consolidated Acts

IRRIGATION (LAND TENURE) ACT 1930 - SECT 6

6—Interpretation

In this Act, and in leases granted under or continued by this Act, and in proceedings taken under this Act, except where the context or subject matter requires a different construction—

"advance" means any advance made under this Act or any of the repealed Acts;

"by-law" means by-law made under any of the repealed Acts;

"channel" includes a closed channel or pipe;

"Commission" means the Commission established by the Irrigation Act 1922 under the name of the Irrigation Commission and subsequently re-named the Irrigation and Drainage Commission by the South-Eastern Drainage Act 1926 ;

"fixed rate" means the annual rate of interest fixed by the Treasurer under section 97A of the Irrigation and Reclaimed Lands Act 1914 , or under section 137 of the Irrigation Act 1922 , or under section 118 of this Act, which was or is in force at the time when the moneys in question were expended or advanced respectively;

"irrigation area" means an irrigation area continued by or proclaimed under this Act or any of the repealed Acts;

"Land Board" means the Land Board as constituted under the Crown Lands Act 1929 ;

"lessee" includes, as well as the original lessee of the land held under a lease issued pursuant to this Act or any of the repealed Acts, the transferee of such lease, and the executors or administrators of such lessee or transferee;

"Minister" means the Minister of the Crown to whom, for the time being, the administration of this Act is committed by the Governor;

"owner", in relation to land within an irrigation area, means a person who owns, or who is purchasing from the Crown under an agreement to purchase, the fee simple of the land;

"reclaimed lands" means lands reclaimed from being swamp lands;

"repealed Acts" means the Acts repealed by this Act and the Acts repealed by the Irrigation and Reclaimed Lands Act 1914 and by the Irrigation Act 1922 ;

"River Murray" includes any affluent, effluent, anabranch, or extension of the River Murray, and any river, creek, stream, watercourse, spring, lake, lagoon, swamp, or marsh connected with the River Murray;

"Surveyor-General" means the Surveyor-General for the State, or the person for the time being discharging the duties of the office of such Surveyor-General.