LAWS CONTINUED.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 July 1920, Page 5

LAWS CONTINUED.

SOME IMPORTANT MATTERS. WAR REGULATIONS;. (6y Wire.—Parliamentary Reporter.)

Wellington, Last Night. The Statutes Repeal and Expiring Laws Continuance Bill lias been introduced iu the House of Representatives. The Bill contained several important clauses.

The duration of the Government's power to issue debentures iu rcspe<sfc of land acquired by the Crown is extended indefinitely. The period of the protection o£ certain mineral leases in the Nelson land, district, including the Parapara iron lease, is extended for six months. -

The rent restriction provisions of' various Acts are continued. The provisions dealt with in* this way are found in the Acts of lfllfi, 1917,' WIS, and 1919, and the extension is until August 31, 1921. They include part 4 of the War Legislation Act, 1917 (pr6viding for the assessment of rent at 8 per cent, on the 1 ;!> 14 capital value), section 13 of the War Legislation Amendment Act, J!HS (protecting tenants from ejection), and section 5G of the Housing Act, 1919 (providing for the refusal of orders of ejection on the ground of undue hardship) : The' protection given to soldiers and discharged soldiers in occupation of dwellings is continued until August 81, 19-21. The definition of soldier is amended to cover men who are actually drawing mjlitary pay. A discharged soldier is defined as a person who has served beyond the seas as a member of an expeditionary force, and who has received his discharge, or whose appointment in the case of an officer lias been terminated. >

The Treaties qjiijljpfbe Act, which gave the Government'pwver to save effect to the Peace Trefds us far as Sew Zealand was to undertake the administration of Western Samoa, is amende<l hy the repeal of section 6, which limited its duration to one year. The Act . now continues in operation indefinitely.

The authority given to "the Government' by 'the Finn nee Ac|,' 1810, to make'-regulations .rogardiiteit banking rales of mteiest, note and jtf-' vestment of money, is extended hy the repeal of section 48, which Umited the authority to the duration of the war arw' '-x'olve months afterwards.'

Part 1 of the Monopoly Prevention Act, 1308, dealing with agricultural implements, is extended until August 31, 1921.

Sectioiiß 42, 43, and 44i of the Land Laws Ameiylmcnt Act, 1914, giving the riovprnment nower to exempt lessees of Crown land from cropping conditions, and to postpone the payment of rent of pastoral runs and' small grazing runs, are extended until August 31, 1921. Section 70 6f the Financft Act, 1917, giving trustees powej to raise money On the security of trust estates for investment in Government loans is similarly extended, ,