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llabltit. 



Kite-book to be kept. 



Evidence of rate. 



Kate when not 

 invalidated. 



Appeal from rate 

 t> Court of Petty 

 Sessions*. 



Recovery of unpaid 

 rates, &o. 



Rabbit Board mar 

 erect and maintain 

 barrier fences. 



12. Every rate and every determination of the amount payable 

 upon any holding under such rate shall be entered in a book to be 

 called the Rabbit Rate Book which shall be kept in the prescribed 

 form and manner ; and all persons shall have access thereto at all 

 reasonable times. The said book shall, on the production thereof, be 

 prima facie evidence of the rate and of the amount determined as 

 being payable under such rate upon any holding. The Rabbit Board 

 may from time to time make such amendments and supply such 

 omissions in the entries in such book as may be necessary, and no 

 such amendment or omission shall be held to invalidate the rate or 

 any determination of amount : Provided that 



(a) every person aggrieved or affected by any such alteration 

 shall have the same right of appeal therefrom as he would 

 have had if his name had been originally inserted therein or 

 if no such alteration had been made ; and 



(b) except in the case of an amendment rendered necessary by 



the result of an appeal, the determination of the amount 

 payable shall be taken to haA'c been made at the date of the 

 amendment. 



13. The production of a copy of the Gazette containing the 

 hereinbefore required notice of the striking of a rate by a Rabbit Board 

 shall be conclusive evidence that the rate has been duly struck. 



No determination of the amount payable shall in any case be held 

 to be invalid by reason of any failure to give notice of such amount in 

 accordance with the provisions hereinbefore contained : Provided always 

 that, except in cases of appeal, proceedings shall not be taken to recover 

 the amount payable in respect of any holding unless and until due 

 notice thereof has been given. 



14. If any person is aggrieved by the amount determined as 

 payable by him under the rate, he may, within twenty-one days 

 after the aforesaid notice has been given, appeal to a Court of Petty 

 Sessions by a notice in the prescribed form, accompanied by the 

 pi-escribed deposit ; and the said Court shall determine tho amount 

 payable under the rate, and may order interest to be paid thereon at 

 the rate of five pounds per centum per annum, calculated from the 

 date specified in the notice as the date for payment ; and payment of 

 the amount finally determined, with or without interest, as the case 

 may be, shall be made to the person or bank specified in the notice 

 within one month from the date of the final determination thereof. 



15. Any amount due as Rabbit Rate may be recovered in a 

 summary way before a Court of Petty Sessions. 



Any sum due as a Rabbit Rate in respect of any private 

 holding or land shall be, and until the payment thereof, remain, a 

 charge upon the said holding or land. 



16. A Rabbit Board shall have power to 



(a) erect a barrier fence on any land, whether public or private, 



within or without the Rabbit District, and repair and main- 

 tain the said fence ; and 



(b) utilize and convert into a barrier fence any private fence, 



whether rabbit-proof or not, on any land within or without 

 such District, and repair and maintain the said fence ; and 



(c) erect and maintain a barrier fence across any road or travelling 



stock route making gates in such fence for the passage of 

 members of the pxiblic and their stock ; and 



(d) place a rabbit-proof gate in any barrier fence wheresoever 

 the same may be required, and repair and maintain such gate ; 

 and 



(e) co-operate with the Rabbit Board of any neighbou r ing Rabbit 



District in the construction and maintenance of any such 

 work as is hereinbefore mentioned. A 



