Land Act, 1939

Construction of section 44 of the Land Act, 1933.

31.—The following provisions shall apply and have effect and be deemed always to have applied and had effect in relation to the construction of the reference in section 44 of the Land Act, 1933 , to the total expenditure proposed to be made by the Land Commission in or towards the reconstruction of any work, that is to say:—

(a) there shall be included in the said total expenditure the total amount proposed to be expended in or towards a reconstruction which is to be executed on one occasion to one watercourse, drain, embankment, or other work and constitutes a single operation of reconstruction of that work, whether such single operation consists of a single piece or item of reconstruction done in one particular place or part of the said work or of a number of pieces or items of reconstruction done at different places or parts of the said work;

(b) there shall not be included in such total expenditure any money proposed to be expended in or towards the reconstruction of the said watercourse, drain, embankment, or other work on another occasion (whether past or future) or to be expended in the course of a different operation of reconstruction of the said work;

(c) there shall not be included in such total expenditure any expenditure proposed to be made in respect of another watercourse, drain, embankment, or other work.