✨ Small Farms Act Lease Provisions




JUNE 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1651

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS TO BE INSERTED IN LEASES UNDER SECTION 7 (1) OF THE SMALL FARMS (RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1932-33.

  1. Term of lease to be not less than ten years.

  2. The Board to have the option of purchasing the fee-simple of the land at any time during the currency of the lease at a price to be determined by agreement, or, failing agreement, by arbitration (or to be fixed in the lease).

  3. In the event of the option to purchase not being exercised, the Board to have the right to remove all movable improvements effected or paid for by the Board or by any sublessee. For the purposes of this clause buildings are to be deemed to be movable improvements.

  4. Rental to be payable half-yearly.

  5. Board to insure all buildings the property of the lessor on the leased land.

  6. The Board to maintain in good order and condition all buildings and improvements the property of the lessor.

  7. The Board to have free right to sublease without the consent of the lessor.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

SUMMARY OF THE PROVISIONS TO BE INSERTED IN LEASES UNDER SECTION 8 OF THE SMALL FARMS (RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1932-33.

  1. Term of lease not to exceed ten years.

  2. The lessee to have the right to acquire the fee-simple of the land comprised in the lease at any time after the expiration of four years from the commencement of the term at a price to be fixed in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the said Act or of regulations thereunder.

  3. The lessee to pay the rent monthly or half-yearly or as may be fixed by the lease.

  4. The lessee, with his family, to take up residence on the land comprised in the lease within such time as may be notified to him by the Commissioner, and thereafter throughout the term to reside continuously.

  5. The lessee to hold and use the land comprised in his lease bona fide for his own benefit, and not to transfer, assign, sublet, mortgage, charge, or part with possession of the land leased or any part thereof without the sanction of the Board.

  6. The lease to be liable to forfeiture in the event of the lessee abandoning the land, or neglecting or refusing to comply to the satisfaction of the Commissioner with any of the provisions of his lease.

  7. The lessee to be liable for all rates, taxes, charges, or assessments of every nature or kind imposed on the occupier of the land comprised in his lease.

  8. The lessee to clear and keep clear the land of noxious weeds and vermin, and to keep open all creeks, drains, and watercourses.

  9. The lessee to farm the land diligently and in a husbandlike manner.

  10. The lessee to repair, maintain, and keep in good substantial repair all buildings, fences, and erections on the leased land.

  11. The lessee to be responsible for the payment of all insurance premiums in respect of all buildings on the land leased.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS TO BE INSERTED IN LEASES UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE SMALL FARMS (RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1932-33.

  1. Term of lease not to exceed ten years.

  2. The lessee to have the right to acquire the fee-simple of the land comprised in his lease at any time after the expiration of four years from the commencement of the term of the lease at a price fixed in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the said Act or of regulations thereunder.

  3. The lessee, with his family, to take up residence on the leased land within such time as may be notified to him by the Commissioner, and thereafter throughout the term to reside continuously.

  4. The lessee to pay the rent monthly or half-yearly as may be fixed by the lease.

  5. The lessee to hold and use the land bona fide for his own use and benefit, and not to transfer, assign, sublet, mortgage, charge, or part with possession of the land leased or any part thereof without the sanction of the Board.

  6. In the event of default by the lessee in the due and punctual observance of any of the provisions of his lease, the Board to be notified by the lessor, and to be given the option of remedying the default and of entering in the name of the Crown as lessee in substitution for the lessee.

  7. If the Board elects to enter as lessee as provided in paragraph 6 hereof, the Board to have the right of transferring the lease to a new lessee.

  8. If the option to purchase the fee-simple provided in the lease shall not be exercised by the lessee, and if the Board shall not elect to purchase as provided by section 9 (4) of the said Act, the Board to have the right to remove all movable improvements effected or paid for by the Board or by the lessee. For the purposes of this clause buildings to be deemed to be movable improvements.

  9. The lessee not to commit waste, and to have no right to any metals, minerals, coal, or mines.

  10. The lessee to clear and keep clear the land from noxious weeds and vermin, and to keep open all creeks, drains, and watercourses.

  11. The lessee to repair, maintain, and keep in good substantial repair all buildings, fences, and erections on the leased land, and to insure in the name of the lessor all buildings the property of the lessor and in the name of the Crown all buildings erected or paid for by the Board or by the lessee.

  12. The lessee to farm the land diligently and in a husbandlike manner.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.



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πŸ—ΊοΈ Regulations under the Small Farms (Relief of Unemployment) Act, 1932-33 (continued from previous page)

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
19 June 1933
Regulations, Small Farms Act, Unemployment Relief, Land Settlement, Crown Lands
  • F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council