Version No. 002
Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land Act 1966
No. 7412 of 1966
Version incorporating amendments as at
18 December 2013
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
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Short title
Definitions
Corporation may grant leases of leasable land
Corporation may make advances out of municipal fund
Registrar-General and Registrar of Titles to make necessary
amendments
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SCHEDULES
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ENDNOTES
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1. General Information
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2. Table of Amendments
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3. Explanatory Details
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Version No. 002
Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land Act 1966
No. 7412 of 1966
Version incorporating amendments as at
18 December 2013
An Act to authorize the Granting of Leases of certain Land at
Carlton in the City of Melbourne permanently reserved as a Site
for a Public Park, and for other purposes.
Preamble
WHEREAS by an Order in Council of the 9th day
of June, 1873 certain land in the City of Melbourne
known as Princes Park was permanently reserved
as a site for a public park and by Crown Grant
Volume 600 Folio 119908 dated the 13th day of
June, 18731 that land was vested in the Board of
Land and Works and the mayor aldermen
councillors and citizens of the City of Melbourne
as a site for a public park:
AND WHEREAS by an Order in Council of the
9th day of October, 19172 the council of the City
of Melbourne was appointed as committee of
management of the said land:
AND WHEREAS the land described in the
Schedule is part of the said land and is used for the
purposes of sport and recreation:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to authorize the
council of the City of Melbourne as committee of
management of the said land to grant leases of the
land described in the Schedule:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to empower the
said council to make loans to lessees of the land
described in the Schedule:
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s. 1
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most
Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria
in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of
the same as follows (that is to say):
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Carlton (Recreation
Ground) Land Act 1966.
S. 2 (Heading)
inserted by
No. 79/2013
s. 31(1).
2 Definitions
In this Act unless inconsistent with the context or
subject-matter—
S. 2 def. of
Council
substituted as
corporation
by No. 7583
s. 3.
corporation means corporation of the City of
Melbourne;
S. 2 def. of
leasable land
inserted by
No. 79/2013
s. 31(2).
leasable land means—
(a) the land shown hatched on the plan
lodged in the Central Plan Office and
numbered LEGL./11-042, being Crown
Allotments 2030 and 2031, Parish of
Jika Jika at Carlton; and
(b) the stratum specified in the Order in
Council dated 5 December 1995,
published in the Government Gazette
dated 7 December 1995, pages 3448
to 3451, being Crown Allotment 1A of
Section 118A at Carlton, Parish of Jika
Jika.
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s. 3
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S. 3 (Heading)
substituted by
No. 79/2013
s. 32(1).
(1) Any previous appointment of a committee of
management of the land in the City of Melbourne
known as Princes Park permanently reserved by
the hereinbefore recited Order in Council of the
9th day of June, 1873 as a site for a public park is
hereby revoked and the corporation is hereby
appointed committee of management of the said
land.
S. 3(1)
substituted by
No. 7583 s. 4.
(1A) Notwithstanding anything in any Act the
corporation as committee of management of the
said land known as Princes Park may from time to
time grant leases of the leasable land for the
purposes of sport or recreation or social or cultural
or educational activities or purposes connected
therewith including the erection of buildings.
S. 3(1A)
inserted by
No. 7583 s. 4,
amended by
Nos 88/1995
s. 4, 79/2013
s. 32(2).
(2) A lease under this section—
(a) shall be subject to such covenants conditions
exceptions and reservations as the
corporation thinks fit;
S. 3(2)(a)
amended by
No. 7583 s. 5.
(b) shall be for a term not exceeding forty years;
and
S. 3(2)(b)
amended by
No. 8703 s. 2.
(c) shall if the term exceeds three years be
subject to approval by the Governor in
Council.
(3) The moneys received by way of rent under any
lease granted under this section shall be applied
by the corporation towards the maintenance and
improvement of the whole or any part of the said
land permanently reserved as aforesaid or for such
other purpose as the Minister in any particular
case approves.
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S. 3(3)
amended by
Nos 7583 s. 5,
41/1987
s. 103(Sch. 4
item 6.1).
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s. 4
(4) No person or body of persons whosoever or
whatsoever shall be entitled to receive or shall
receive from the Crown any money or
consideration by way of compensation in respect
of any improvement whatsoever or of any act
matter or thing under this section.
4 Corporation may make advances out of municipal
fund
S. 4(1)
amended by
Nos 7583 s. 5,
88/1995 s. 5,
79/2013 s. 33.
(1) The corporation may apply out of the municipal
fund a sum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate
$200 000 for the purpose of making a loan or
loans to any lessee of the leasable land for the
purpose of erecting buildings on or making other
improvements to the leasable land.
S. 4(2)
amended by
No. 7583 s. 5.
(2) Any loan made by the corporation to a lessee shall
be upon such terms and conditions as the
corporation thinks fit.
S. 5
inserted by
No. 88/1995
s. 6,
repealed by
No. 79/2013
s. 34.
S. 6
inserted by
No. 88/1995
s. 6.
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6 Registrar-General and Registrar of Titles to make
necessary amendments
(1) The Registrar-General must make all entries on
the records of enrolment of any Crown grant and
on any memorial relating to land that are
necessary because of the operation of any
provision of this Act.
(2) The Registrar of Titles must make any
amendments to the Register under the Transfer of
Land Act 1958 that are necessary because of the
operation of any provision of this Act.
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SCHEDULES
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Sch.
substituted by
No. 7583 s. 6,
re-numbered
as Sch. 1 by
No. 88/1995
s. 7(a),
amended by
No. 88/1995
s. 7(b),
repealed by
No. 79/2013
s. 35.
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Sch. 2
inserted by
No. 88/1995
s. 8,
repealed by
No. 79/2013
s. 35.
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Endnotes
ENDNOTES
1. General Information
The Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land Act 1966 was assented to on
17 May 1966 and came into operation on 17 May 1966.
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Endnotes
2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Carlton (Recreation
Ground) Land Act 1966 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Carlton (Recreation Ground) (Amendment) Land Act 1967, No. 7583/1967
Assent Date:
21.11.67
Commencement Date:
21.11.67
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land Act 1975, No. 8703/1975
Assent Date:
16.5.75
Commencement Date:
16.5.75: s. 1(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, No. 41/1987
Assent Date:
19.5.87
Commencement Date:
S. 103(Sch. 4 item 6.1) on 1.7.87: Government
Gazette 24.6.87 p. 1694
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s
amending the Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land
Act 1966
Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land (Amendment) Act 1995, No. 88/1995
Assent Date:
5.12.95
Commencement Date:
5.12.95
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Parks and Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2013, No. 79/2013
Assent Date:
17.12.13
Commencement Date:
Ss 31–35 on 18.12.13: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s
amending the Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land
Act 1966
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Endnotes
3. Explanatory Details
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Preamble: Government Gazette 13 June 1873 page 1059.
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Preamble: Government Gazette 17 October 1917 page 3258.
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