Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act 1903
Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act 1903
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Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act 1903
Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act 1903
Public Act |
1903 No 25 |
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Date of assent |
30 October 1903 |
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An Act to provide for the Encouragement of Settlement on Bush and other Crown Lands.
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Short Title.
The Short Title of this Act is “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”
2 Encouragement of settlement on bush and swamp land.
(1.)
The Governor, at his discretion, may, in setting apart any swamp or bush or scrub land to be disposed of by way of sale or selection under Part III., IV., or V. of “The Land Act, 1892,”
provide—
(a.)
That no general rare shall be levied or collected by any local authority from such land for any period not exceeding four years in the case of heavy-bush land, or three years in the case of light-bush land or swamp land, or two years in the case of scrub land, from the date from which such land was disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such land during such period;
(b.)
That, after the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector, the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period not exceeding four years in the case of heavy-bush land, three years in the case of light-bush land or swamp land, or two years in the case of scrub land, shall not be demanded:
Provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent conceded under this section shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.
(2.)
Nothing herein shall relieve the selector from the consequences of non-compliance with the conditions of the lease or license in respect to “residence”
or “improvements”
on bush or scrub land required by “The Land Act, 1892.”
(3.)
The Land Board may exempt any tenant of swamp lands from the conditions of residence for five years if he from time to time, according to the tenor of his lease or license, puts on the land comprised therein substantial improvements of a permanent nature to twice the amount actually required by section one hundred and forty-four of “The Land Act, 1892,”
anything therein to the contrary notwithstanding.
(4.)
The Governor, in any notification setting apart any lands under this section, may declare what portions of such lands shall for the purposes of this Act be “heavy-bush land,”
“light-bush land,”
“scrub land,”
or “swamp land,”
respectively.
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Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act 1903
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