GEAFTON AND SOUTH GRAFTON WATER SUPPLY ADMINISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ACT. Act No. 7, 1931.
An Act to enlarge the powers of the Grafton and South Grafton Water Board in certain respects; to validate certain payments and matters; to amend the Grafton and South Grafton Water Supply Administration Act, 1915; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 16th February, 1931.]
E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative 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 " Grafton and South Grafton Water Supply Administration (Amendment) Act, 1931," and shall be read and construed with the Grafton and South Grafton Water Supply Administration Act, 1915, in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

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(1) The Principal Act is amended as follows :-- (a) by omitting from section two the definition of the term " Prescribed " and by inserting in lieu thereof the following new definition :-- " Prescribed" means prescribed by this Act or by regulations made thereunder or by ordinances made under the Local Government Act, 1919, as amended by subsequent Acts. (b) by inserting at the end of section eight the words " T h e board may vote from its funds an allowance to the chairman not exceeding fifty pounds per annum " ; (c) by omitting from subsection three of section thirteen the words " Country Towns Water and Sewerage Acts, 1 8 8 0 - 1 9 0 5 " and by inserting in lieu thereof the words " Local Government Act, 1919 " ; (d) (i) by omitting from section fourteen the words " Country Towns Water and Sewer age Acts, 1880-1905, and so much of the Local Government Act, 1906, as amends the said Acts " and by inserting in lieu thereof the words " Local Government Act, 1919, as amended by subsequent Acts " ; (ii) by omitting from the same section the words " i n the said A c t s " and by inserting in lieu thereof the words " in the said Act as so amended " ; (iii) by omitting from the same section the words and figures " P a r t I of the Act 57 Vic. No. 19 " and by inserting in lieu thereof the words " Part X I V of the Local Government Act, 1919, as so amended " ; (e) by inserting at the end of section fourteen the following new subsection :-- (2) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this section the board shall have and shall be deemed always to have had power with the consent of the Minister for Public

Public Works to carry out alterations and extensions to the works under its control, and the board may with the consent of the Governor borrow such sums as m a y b e required for any purposes of the board, and may give such security over the undertaking and revenues of the board as the Governor may approve, but no such security shall take or be given any priority over the charge in favour of the Crown in respect of moneys expended on the works and interest remaining unpaid. (2) Any regulation or by-law made under the Country Towns Water and Sewerage Acts, 1880-1905, in force at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to continue in force for the purposes of the prosecution for any breach thereof and for other pur poses until repealed or replaced by ordinance made under the Local Government Act, 1919, or by regulation made under the Grafton and South Grafton Water Supply Administration Act, 1915, as amended by this Act. 3 . (1) Any rate or charge heretofore made or imposed by the board otherwise valid shall not be deemed invalid merely on the ground that it may have been expressed to have been made or imposed pursuant to the Local Government Act, 1919. (2) Any payment by the board to its chairman by way of allowance before the commencement of this Act is hereby validated.

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