granted by the hour, from the operation of sections 3 and 4 of the
Foreshores and Sea Bed Ord/ 1901.
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2. The provisions of section 10(1) of this Ord/ appear to me to be too general in their terms, and to tend to defeat the object with which the Foreshores and Sea Bed Ord/ of 1901 was enacted, viz. to guard against the public alienation & frustration of any proposed reclamation of the foreshore and seabed, with a view to preventing any substantial interference with public rights.
I should be glad if this sub-section (3) could therefore be clarified in many cases.
Sub-section (2)
3. appears to have for its object the withdrawal of free issue of Crown leases erected under Crown leases since October 5, 1901, from the foreshore out of Ord/ 21 of 1901. If leases have been granted and piers erected in breach of these terms, validation of this kind is presumably not required. I do not, however, understand why this withdrawal should extend to the future.
4. If, as the Acting Attorney General furnishes, the terms of the Crown Lease applicable to the case are not...