(No. 1.) 



DRAFT of Amended Rabbit Bill embodying 

 the alterations and additions proposed at 

 the Rabbit Conference, toy ether with others 

 consequential thereon, for submission to 

 the Secretary for Lands. 



60 VICTORIA, 1897. 



A BILL 



intituled 



An Act for suppressing or checking the Rabbit Pest by means 

 of Local Administration, and by systematic and effective 

 methods ; and to make provision in furtherance of, or in 

 connection with, the said purposes. 



BE it enacted by the Queen'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 " Rabbit Act of 1897." Short title. 



2. The llabbit Act of 1890, together with all regulations made Repeal of Babbit 

 thereunder, is hereby repealed : Act of 189 - 



Provided that the repeal hereby enacted shall not of itself Proviso, 

 (i) abate, prejudice, or affect any proceeding now pending in 

 any Court or before any Local Land Board or other authority ; 

 (n) prejudice or affect any proceeding, mattei', or thing lawfully 

 done or commenced or contracted to be done under the 

 authority of the said Act or any regulation made thereunder ; 

 and that notwitstanding such repeal 



(a) all offences committed or penalties incurred against or under 

 . the said repealed Act, or any regulation made thereunder, 

 may be respectively tried, punished, enforced, and dealt with 

 as if this Act had not been passed ; and 



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