16Transitory provisions

16 Transitory provisions

(1)  *[Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 28 of 1976, s. 74 and Sched. 3 ]*Where an eligible person considered by the Board to be suitable for settlement immediately has entered upon a holding in pursuance or purported pursuance of a temporary licence under section 42 of the Crown Lands Act 1976 he shall be deemed to have been offered and to have accepted the holding in accordance with section fourteen , and shall be entitled to a notice of allotment under section fifteen accordingly.

(2)  Where at the time when any such person so entered, the Board had not specified to him all the matters mentioned in paragraphs (b) , (c) , (d) , (e) , and (f) of subsection (2) of section fourteen, it may, not later than one month before the expiry of his temporary licence, make him a supplementary offer in respect of the matters not specified, and if he does not within one month after the supplementary offer is made give possession of the holding to the Board he shall be deemed to have accepted the offer constituted by the terms on which he entered and the supplementary offer and be entitled to a notice of allotment under section fifteen accordingly.

(3)  The Board shall not be bound to give a notice of allotment while it is entitled to make a supplementary offer under this section.

(4)  If a person to whom a supplementary offer is made under subsection (2) of this section gives the Board possession as provided therein, he shall be entitled to compensation by the Board for disturbance.