A BILL

To abolish the Land and Valuation Court; to enlarge the jurisdictions of the Supreme Court and the District Court; to repeal the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921; to amend the Australian Oil Refining Limited Agreement Ratification Act, 1954, and certain other Acts; and for purposes connected therewith.

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advance and consent of the Legislative Council and Leaislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : -

 

1. This Act may be cited as the “Land and Valuation Court Abolition Act, 1975”.	Short title.
2. This Act shall commence on such day as may be appointed by the Governor in respect thereof and as may be notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.	Commencement.
3. In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires, “Court” means the Land and Valuation Court constituted by the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921.	Interpretation.
4. The Court is hereby abolished.	Abolition of the Court.
5. (1) The appointments of the Judge of the Court and of the additional Judge of the Court are hereby terminated.	Termination of appointments of judges.
(2) This section does not affect,the rank, title, status, precedence, salary,or other rights and privileges of the Judge of the Court or of the additional Judge of the Court as the holders, respectively, of the offices of Chief Justice and Judge of the Supreme Court.
6. (1) The appointments of the registrar, assistant registrar and other officers of the Court are hereby terminated.	Termination of appointment of officers.
(2) This section does not affect any salary or other rights. or privileges under the Public Service Act, 1902, or any other Act, of the registrar, assistant registrar and other officers of the Court.
7. (1) Subject to subsection (2) a decision or order made by the Court or a Judge, Deputy Judge or additional Judge of the Court and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall after that commencement have effect as if it were a decision or order made by the Supreme Court.	Transitional provision.
(2) Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a person had the right to have a case stated under section 17 of the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921, in respect of a decision or order of the Court he shall be entitled to appeal from the decision or order as if it were a decision or order of the Supreme Court.
8. Subject to this Act, the jurisdiction of the Court under any Act other than the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921, immediately before the commencement of this Act is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court.	Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
9. (1) Subject to subsection (2), upon the commencement of this Act any proceedings pending in the Court shall be continued in and disposed of by the Supreme Court.	Pending proceedings.
(2) Upon the commencement of this Act any proceedings pending in the Court under section 118 of the Local Government Act, 1919, shall be continued in and disposed of by,the District Court.
10. All documents filed or deposited in the Office of the Court in connection with proceedings before the Court shall be handed over to the Court in which, by virtue of this Act, the proceedings are to be continued.	Documents.
11. A reference to the Court in-	References to the Court.
(a) an Act passed before the commencement of this Act, not being the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921, nor an Act specified in the first column of the Schedule;
(b) an instrument made under an Act and made before the commencement of this Act; or
(c) a contract made or other thing done before the commencement of this Act,
shall, in relation to events happening after the commencement of this Act, and in relation to rights, privileges, obligations or liabilities existing at or accruing after the commencement of this Act, but except in so far as the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires, be read
(d) so far as the reference affects or relates to the operation of section 118 of the Local Government Act, 1919, as a reference to the District Court; and
(e) so far as the reference affects or relates to any other matter as a reference to the Supreme Court.
12. The Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921, is hereby repealed.	Repeal.
13. Each Act specified in the First Column of the Schedule to this Act is amended as specified opposite that Act in the Second Column of that Schedule.	Amendments.

 

Year and number of Act.	Short title or subject of Act.	Section, etc., to be amended.	Amendment
No.34, 1954	Australian Oil Refining Limited Agreement Ratification Act, 1954	Section 7	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” where first appearng; insert instead “Supreme Court”. Omit “office of the Registrar of the Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 7(4)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court and the Judge thereof”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.11, 1950	Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (Reclamation and Exchange) Agreement Ratification Act, 1950	Section 15(3)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” where first appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”. Omit “office of the Registrar of the Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 15(4)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court and the Judge thereof”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 20(1)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 20(2)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court is given to the Registrar of the said Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court is filed in the Court”.
		Section 20(3)	Omit the subsection; insert instead the following subsection:
			(3) The Supreme Court shall have power to hear and determine all matters so referred to it.
No.12, 1950	Broken Hill Propreitary Company Limited (Steelworks) Agreement Ratification Act, 1950	Section 10(3)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” where first appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”. Omit “office of the Registrar of the Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 10(4)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court and the Judge thereof”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.20, 1938	Broken Hill Water and Sewerage Act, 1938	Section 26(5)	Omit “under the provisions of the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921,”. After “Public Works Act, 1912”; insert “by notification published in the Gazette”.
No.3, 1941	Casino to Bonalbo Railway (Repeal) Act, 1941	Section 5	Omit everything appearing after “Public Works Act, 1912”; insert instead “by notification published in the Gazette”.
No.8, 1950	Church and School Lands (Grace Bros. Pty. Limited) Act, 1950	Section 2(4)	Omit everything appearing after “reference”; insert instead “to the Supreme Court”.
No.37, 1904	Closer Settlement Act, 1904	Section 18(3)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court constituted by the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Sections 28, 35, 42 and 52	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.12, 1907	Closer Settlement (Amendment) Act, 1907	Sections 4(4)(b)(ii) and (5), 5(7), 9, 10 and 10A.	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.74, 1912	Closer Settlement (Amendment) Act, 1912	Section 4	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.7, 1914	Closer Settlement (Amendment) Act, 1914	Section 7	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.38, 1943	Closer Settlement (Amendment) Act, 1943	Section 3	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.14, 1927	Closer Settlement and Returned Soldiers Settlement (Amendment) Act, 1927	Section 2(9)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.44, 1946	Coal Industry Act, 1946	Sections 26 and 27	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.41, 1964	Cobar to Wilcannia Railway (Repeal) Act, 1964	Section 6	Omit everything appearing after “Public Works Act, 1912”; insert instead “by notification published in the Gazette”.
No.44, 1963	Cobar Water Supply Act, 1963	Section 13(3)	Omit “under the provisions of the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921, as amended by subsequent Acts,”. Insert after “Public Works Act, 1912”, “by notification published in the Gazette”.
No.7, 1913	Crown Lands Consolidation Act, 1913	Sections 4, 5, 12, 14(7) and (8), 16(1), 17(1), 18, 19, 20, 59(3A), 114(3), 125(1), 136B(1), 145(4), 145B(1B), 147A, 153, 166, 173F(2), 173G, 173H, 197(1) and (3), 208, 209, 246 and 280.	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 22	Omit the heading and the section. Substitute the following new heading and section:
			General powers and procedures of Supreme Court.
			22. The Supreme Court - Jurisdiction of the Court.
			shall have power to hear and determine all appeals and all matters referred to the court by the Minister or by a local land board or chairman and to make any order or decision which the nature of the case may require including an order remitting the appeal or matter to a land board for such action as may be directed and in that event the land board shall be empowered and bound to act accordingly.
		Section 173F(1)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court constituted by the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 246	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court on appeal or reference from a local land board”.

 

No.29, 1970	Dairy Industry Authority Act, 1970	Section 57	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.58, 1935	Fisheries and Oyster Farms Act, 1935	Section 76(6)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.1, 1974	Growth Centres (Land Acquisition) Act, 1974	Section 2(1)	Omit the definition of “appropriate court”; insert instead the following definition:
			“appropriate court” means the Supreme Court and, in any case where the claim does not exceed five hundred dollars, a court of petty sessions held before a stipendiary magistrate.
			Omit definition of “Land and Valuation Court”.
		Section 10(2)(c)	Omit “$200”; insert instead $500.
		Section 10(4)	Omit the subsection; insert instead the following subsection:
			“(4) Proceedingsinstituted under subsection (2) shall, subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, be dealt with as if they were proceedings to determine a claim for compensation by reason of the acquisition of land for public purposes under the Public Works Act, 1912, and for the purpose only of such proceedings, a person against whom the proceedings are instituted and who, before the institution of those proceedings has not served a notice in writing on the Constructing Authority under section 102 of the Public Works Act, 1912, shall be deemed to have made a claim for compensation for an amount that exceeds $500.”
		Section 10(5)	Omit “Upon remission to the Land and Valuation Court of proceedings instituted under subsection (2) in respect of a resumption, that Court may”; insert instead “The Supreme Court, in determining proceedings instituted under subsection (2), may”.
		Section 10(6), (8)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 10(7)	Omit the subsection.
		Section 10(9)	Omit the subsection; insert instead the following subsection:
			(9) Nothing in subsection (2) affects the rule making powers conferred by the Supreme Court Act, 1970.
		Section 10(4)	Omit the subsection; insert instead the following subsection:
			“(4) Proceedingsinstituted under subsection (2) shall, subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, be dealt with as if they were proceedings to determine a claim for compensation by reason of the acquisition of land for public purposes under the Public Works Act, 1912, and for the purpose only of such proceedings, a person against whom the proceedings are instituted and who, before the institution of those proceedings has not served a notice in writing on the Constructing Authority under section 102 of the Public Works Act, 1912, shall be deemed to have made a claim for compensation for an amount that exceeds $500.”
		Section 10(5)	Omit “Upon remission to the Land and Valuation Court of proceedings instituted under subsection (2) in respect of a resumption, that Court may”; insert instead “The Supreme Court, in determining proceedings instituted under subsection (2), may”.
		Section 10(6), (8)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 10(7)	Omit the subsection.
		Section 10(9)	Omit the subsection; insert instead the following subsection:
			(9) Nothing in subsection (2) affects the rule making powers conferred by the Supreme Court Act, 1970.
No.7, 1912	Housing Act, 1912	Section 4C(4)	Omit everything appearing after “Public Works Act, 1912”; insert instead “by notification published in the Gazette.”
No.11, 1938	Hunter District Water, Sewerage and Drainage Act, 1938	Section 32(5)	Omit everything appearing after “shall be dealt with”; insert instead “as if it were a case in which a claim for compensation had been made by reason of the acquisition of land for public purposes under the Public Works Act, 1912, by notification published in the Gazette.”
		Section 101B(8)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court as constituted by the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.34, 1950	Hunter Valley Conservation Trust Act, 1950	Sections 28(6), (7) and (8) and 54	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.10, 1956	Hunter Valley Flood Mitigation Act, 1956	Sections 22, 30(2) and (3), 31(3), (4), 33 and 35	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.73, 1912	Irrigation Act, 1912	Sections 5G, 11C(3)(f), 11E and 20(5)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.3, 1927	Land Agents Act, 1927	Section 3	Omit definition of “Court”; insert instead the following new definition: “Court” means the Supreme Court. Omit “Land and Valuation Court” from the definition of “Land Agent”; insert instead “Supreme Court”. Omit “court” from definition of “Registrar”; insert instead “Division of the Supreme Court to which proceedings by way of appeal under the Crown Lands Acts have been assigned.”
No.18, 1971	Land Aggregation Tax Management Act, 1971	Section 59(1)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court constituted by the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Sections 59(2), 60 and 61	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.22, 1970	Land Development Contribution Management Act, 1970	Section 3	Omit definition of “Land and Valuation Court”.
		Section 22(5)	Omit everything appearing after “as an appeal”; insert instead “to the Supreme Court”.
		Section 22(6)	Omit the subsection; insert instead the following subsection:
			(6) The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals forwarded to it under subsection five of this section.
		Section 24(3)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 24(4)	Omit the subsection.
		Section 24A(7), (9)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 24A(8)	Omit the subsection.
		Section 40(2)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 48	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 49(1)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” where first appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”. Omit everything appearing after “section forty-eight”; insert instead a full stop.
		Section 49(3)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 50(1)	Omit “The judge of the Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “the Supreme Court”.
		Section 50(2)	Omit “The registrar of the Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “The registrar of the Division of the Supreme Court to which appeals under this Part are assigned”.
		Section 53	Omit “the judge of the Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “the Supreme Court”.
No.26, 1956	Land Tax Management Act, 1956	Section 59(1)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court constituted by the Land and Valuation Act, 1921, as amended by subsequent Acts”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Sections 59(2), 60 and 61	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.

 

No.42, 1919	Liquor (Amendment) Act, 1919	Section 24	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.41, 1919	Local Government Act, 1919	Section 118	Omit subsection (7); insert instead the following new subsections: (7) The onus of proof that land is rural land shall lie upon the ratepayer and the council's decision with regard thereto may be the subject of an appeal by him, within the time and in the manner provided by this section, to the nearest court of petty sessions where the valuation of the unimproved capital value of the land does not exceed ten thousand dollars, or to the District Court where such valuation exceeds ten thousand dollars. (8) Within thirty days after the prescribed notice to pay the general rate on the land has been served on the ratepayer in accordance with this Act or within such further time as the court may allow, the ratepayer desiring to appeal shall file in the appropriate court and serve on the council a notice of appeal. (9) The court of petty sessions or the District Court, as the case may be, shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the appeal and to make such orders thereon, including orders for costs, as the nature of the case may require. (10) An order for costs made under this section may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment under the District Court Act, 1973, or the Courts of Petty Sessions (Civil Claims) Act, 1970, as the case may be. (11) Any person dissatisfied with the decision of the District Court or any court of petty sessions as being erroneous in point of law may appeal therefrom to the Supreme Court in the manner provided by rules of that Court.
		Section 133(3)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court as constituted by the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 133(4)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 171(3)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 171(4)	Omit the subsection; insert instead the following subsection: (4) Any person dissatisfied with the decision of any court of petty sessions as being erroneous in point of law may appeal therefrom to the Supreme Court in the manner provided by rules of that court.
		Section 342AC(5)(a)	Omit “by the Land and Valuation Court” and everything appearing thereafter; insert instead “by the Supreme Court”.
		Section 342AC(5)(c)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 342AC(5)(c)	Omit the paragraph.
		Section 342AC(6)(a), (b) and (c)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”, wherever appear-ing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 342AC(6)(d)	Omit the paragraph.
		Section 342AC(7) and (8)	Omit the subsections.
		Section 342AC(9)	Omit “, the Land and Valuation Court”.
		Section 417A	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 536C	Omit “106,”.
		Section 53D	Omit “in section 9 of the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921-1940”; insert instead “by the Public Works Act, 1912”.
		Section 536DA(4)	Omit “in section 9 of the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921, as amended by subsequent Acts”; insert instead “by the Public Works Act, 1912.”
		Schedule 3, Section 19	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.21, 1958	Local Government (Amendment) Act, 1958	Section 7(8)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.39, 1953	Lord Howe Island Act, 1953	Section 24	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.24, 1924	Main Roads Act, 1924	Section 27C(5)(b)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court under the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.50, 1924	Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Act, 1924	Section 32(5)	Omit everything appearing after “shall be dealt with”; insert instead “as if it were a case in which a claim for compensation had been made by reason of the acquisition of land for public purposes under the Public Works Act, 1912, by notification published in the Gazette”.
		Section 97B(8)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court as constituted by the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.22, 1961	Mine Subsidence Compensation Act, 1961	Section 12(4)(a)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.42, 1910	Murrumbidgee Irrigation Act, 1910	Section 6(2B)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.35, 1934	Pastures Protection Act, 1934	Sections 42, 134, 137 and 138	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 139	Omit the section.
No.90, 1967	Pipelines Act, 1967	Sections 16(4) and 22A(4)	Omit everything appearing after “determined”; insert instead “as if it were a case in which a claim for compensation had been made by reason of the acquisition of land for public purposes under the Public Works Act, 1912, by notification published in the Gazette”.
No.43, 1955	Port Kembla Inner Harbour Construction and Ratification Act, 1955	Section 12(3)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” where first appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”. Omit “office of the Registrar of the Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 12(4)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court and the Judge thereof “; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.31, 1924	Prickly-pear Act, 1924	Sections 15(4), 21A(5)(f) and 22(3)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.47, 1973	Private Irrigation Districts and Water (Amendment) Act, 1973	Sections 12, 45 and 46	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
43 Vic. No.23	Public Instruction Act of 1880	Section 4A(5)	Omit everything appearing after the words “subsequent Acts,”; insert instead “by notification published in the Gazette”.
No.95, 1902	Public Roads Act, 1902	Sections 13(1A) and 34(1)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.45, 1912	Public Works Act, 1912	Section 104	Insert after “Court”, “or, where the amount of the claim does not exceed $500, in a court of petty sessions,”. Insert after subsection (1) the following new subsections: (2) The Court or a court of petty sessions, as the case may be, shall have jurisdiction to determine the nature of the estate or interest of the claimant in the subject land and the amount of compensation, if any, to which he is entitled and may make such orders including orders as to costs as the nature of the case requires. (3) In the exercise of its jurisdiction under this section the Court, or a court of petty sessions, as the case may be, may order that any other person who claims to have had or who may have had an estate or interest in the subject land at the date of resumption be joined as a party to the proceedings and may then proceed to determine the nature of the estate or interest of that person and the amount of compensation, if any, to which he is entitled and may make such orders including orders as to his costs as the nature of the case requires. (4) The jurisdiction conferred on a court of petty sessions by this section shall not be exercised except by a stipendiary magistrate sitting alone.
		Section 105 and 106	Omit the sections.
No.37, 1930	Reclamation Act, 1930	Section 12	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.21, 1016	Returned Soldiers Settlement Act, 1916	Sections 5 and 19(3B)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.20, 1948	Rivers and Foreshores Improvement Act, 1948	Sections 6(2), 7 and 14	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.10, 1938	Soil Conservation Act, 1938	Section 22(2) and (4)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.16, 1946	State Brickworks Act, 1946	Section 8(4)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.70, 1912	State Coal Mines Act, 1912	Section 7(5) and (7)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 9	Omit the section.
No.29, 1947	State Tileworks Act, 1947	Section 8(3)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.52, 1970	Supreme Court Act, 1970	Section 24(6)(c)	Omit the paragraph.
		Section 48(1)(a)(i)	Omit the subparagraph.
		Section 124(1)(e) and (f)	Omit “(other than the Judge of the Land and Valuation Court)”.
No.3, 1929	Surveyors Act, 1929	Section 26(1)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 26(5)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Division of the Supreme Court to which proceedings by way of appeal under the provisions of the Crown Lands Consolidation Act, 1913 have been assigned”.
No.72, 1974	Technical and Further Education act, 1974	Section 29(6)	Omit the subsection; insert instead the following subsection: (6) A claim for compensation under this Act, shall be dealt with as if it were a case in which a claim for compensation had been made by reason of the acquisition of land for public purposes under the Public Works Act, 1912 by notification published in the Gazette.
No.18, 1930	Transport Act, 1930	Section 36(2)	Omit “the judge of the Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “the Supreme Court”.
		Section 160	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.2, 1916	Valuation of Land Act, 1916	Section 37	Omit “Land and Valuation Court as constituted by the Land and Valuation Court Act, 1921,”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.48, 1948	War Service Land Settlement (Amendment) Act, 1948	Section 9(5)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.44, 1912	Water Act, 1912	Sections 11(4) and (6), 12(1) and (2), 13A(4), (5) and (6), 14(1) and (2).	Omit “Land and Valuation Court”; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
		Section 14(5)	Omit the subsection; insert instead the following subsection: (5) An appeal under this section shall be heard at a venue convenient to the parties and to the court. Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.57, 1940	Water (Amendment) Act, 1940	Section 4(4)	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.
No.70, 1901	Western Lands Act, 1901	Sections 9(3), (6), 10B, 18C, 18G (1A), 26(4), 27	Omit “Land and Valuation Court” wherever appearing; insert instead “Supreme Court”.