A.D. 1926. Amend ment of Allotments. Provided that nothing in this Act shall affect the terms and conditions on which a small holding purchased, or leased before the commencement of this Act is held. PART II. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS OF THE SMALL 16. In the definition of "small holding" contained in section sixty-one of the principal Act, for the words definition of " fifty pounds," there shall be substituted the words one hundred pounds." 66 small holding." Amend ment of law as to the acquisition of land. 66 5 10 17.-(1) The provisions of the Lands Clauses Acts incorporated with the principal Act by section thirtyeight thereof for the purpose of the purchase of land by agreement under that Act shall not include section eighty-two of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 15 1845, relating to the costs of conveyances. (2) Where one or more objections to an order for the compulsory acquisition of land under Part I. of the First Schedule to the principal Act have been presented and not withdrawn, the Minister may dispense 20 with the holding of a public inquiry and may confirm the order without holding such an inquiry in any case where he is of opinion that the objection or all the objections presented relate exclusively to matters which could be dealt with by the arbitrator to whom questions 25 of disputed compensation are to be referred under the said Schedule, and the Minister may for that purpose require any objector to state in writing the grounds of his objection. (3) For removing doubts as to the effect of the 30 Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, it is hereby declared: (a) that the said Act does not apply to the deter- (b) that the said Act has not affected the power 5 Allotments. hearing of counsel or expert witnesses and of A.D. 1926. so given and scales so fixed apply to arbitrations 18.-(1) Where a council in pursuance of the powers Provisions 10 conferred by section forty-four of the principal Act have as to land given notice to the landlord of land compulsorily hired compulby them to renew the tenancy, it shall be lawful for the sorily hired. council to withdraw the notice at any time not less than three months before the expiration of the tenancy if it 15 appears to the council that the rent assessed in pursuance of the said section is such as will involve loss to the council, but in any such case the landlord shall be entitled to obtain from the council compensation for any loss or expenses which he may have sustained or incurred 20 by reason or in consequence of the notice to renew and of the notice to withdraw, such compensation to be determined in like manner as the compensation for withdrawal of notice to treat under subsection (8) of section thirty-nine of the principal Act. 25 (2) A notice to resume possession of the whole or part of land hired by a council compulsorily for small holdings or allotments given under section forty-six of the principal Act shall not be valid if given before it has been shown to the satisfaction of the Minister that the 30 land, possession of which is proposed to be resumed, is required for such a purpose as is mentioned in that section, and where an applicant has failed to satisfy the Minister that any land is required for such a purpose, any further application to the Minister with a view to the 35 resumption of possession of the same land or any part of it for the same purpose shall not be entertained if made within two years after the previous application. small 19.-(1) Subsection (3) of section eleven of the Land Power of Settlement (Facilities) Act, 1919 (which enables the tenant to 40 tenant of a holding provided by a county council on purchase land purchased by the council to purchase the holding) holding held shall apply only in the case of a tenant in occupation of from a a small holding at the commencement of this Act; and county council. Allotments. A.D. 1926. nothing in this Act or in any repeal effected thereby shall affect the terms on which such a tenant is so entitled to purchase his holding. Power to sell land without consent of Minister in certain cases. Minor amendments. Repeals. Short title and con struction. (2) In the case of a tenant of a small holding whose 20. (1) Notwithstanding anything in section twelve Settlement 15 (2) Section thirteen of the Land 21. The amendments specified in the second column PART III. 22.-(1) The enactments mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act (including those relating to the Small Holdings Commissioners) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that schedule. (2) Any references in any other Act to the Small 30 23.-(1) This Act may be cited as the Small (2) This Act shall be construed as one with the 40 Allotments. A.D. 1926. nothing in this Act or in any repeal effected thereby shall affect the terms on which such a tenant is so entitled to purchase his holding. Power to sell land without consent of Minister in certain cases. Minor amendments. Repeals. Short title and con struction. (2) In the case of a tenant of a small holding whose 20.-(1) Notwithstanding anything in section twelve (2) Section thirteen of the Land Settlement 15 21. The amendments specified in the second column PART III. 22.-(1) The enactments mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act (including those relating to the Small Holdings Commissioners) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that schedule. 25 (2) Any references in any other Act to the Small 30 23.-(1) This Act may be cited as the Small (2) This Act shall be construed as one with the 40 |