Public Buildings Act 1937 (WA)

No. 52.] Public Buildings. [1937.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

1° AND 2° GEO. VI., No. LII.

No. 52 of 1937.

AN ACT relating to the leasing of certain Govern- ment Lands; to authorise the application of the proceeds for the erection of buildings as central public buildings for the use of the Government.

[Assented to 18th January, 1938.]

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty,by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Public Buildings Act,

1937.

Appointment

The Governor may ippoint a committee of five officers of the public servie , (three of whom shall be the Public Service Commissioner, the Under Treasurer, and the Principal Architect) to advise him in relation to

of advisory 2.

committee.

(a)	the leasing of the lands and public build- ings, particulars whereof are set out in the Schedule to this Act;
(b)	the location and the erection of buildings for pub- lic offices of the Government on lands the pro- perty of the Government.

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3. The committee shall from time to time, when re- Commi ttee lo ad

quested by the Governor, or may of its own motion

(a)	draw up schemes of subdivision with a view to the leasing of any lands set out in the Schedule to this Act;
(b)	obtain valuations in respect of any such lands.
4.	(1.) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) mG°r!;8Yerse t t

of his section the Governor may on the recommendation i:n1:1:."

of the committee from time to time lease all or any of the lands set out in the Schedule to this Act for any term of years not exceeding fifty, at such rent and on such terms and conditions as the Governor may think fit.

(2.) Provided, however, that

(a)	no such lands shall be leased until the Governor has obtained through the medium of the com- mittee a report on and valuation of the lands proposed to be leased;
(b)	every such report and valuation shall specify the value of the lands, including all buildings and erections thereon, and the rental value thereof, after taking into consideration any covenants and obligations proposed to be im- posed on the lessee under the terms of any lease which the Governor proposes to grant;
(c)	no such lands shall be leased until the proposed lease of the same has been put up for public tender, after giving not less than three weeks' notice of the calling of tenders in at least three issues of a daily newspaper published and cir- culating in the city of Perth, but the Governor may, pending any such leasing, negotiate pri- vately, and with the advice of the committee let all or any of the said lands on a weekly or monthly tenancy basis, at such rent and sub- ject to such terms and conditions as the com- mittee may advise;
(d)	no such lands shall be leased at a rent below the rental value as ascertained by the committee in accordance with the provisions of this sec- tion, but if the calling of tenders for a lease proves abortive in any case by reason of there

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being no offer equal to or higher than the rental value of the lands so ascertained, then the Governor may on the advice of the com- mittee negotiate for and lease the said lands by private contract.

Proceeds of	5. (1.) (a) The proceeds of all rent derived from or
leasing or

letting to be	in connection with the leasing or letting of any of the
paid to
special	said lands shall be paid to a special trust account, to be
accounts..
kept at the Treasury, entitled the "Government Build- ings Leasing Revenue Account," the proceeds of which shall be used from time to time, firstly, for the purpose of paying any interest payable under the provisions of sub- section (3) of this section and then in the payment of the costs of the administration of this Act.
(b) At the expiration of each financial year any available balance standing to the credit of the Govern- ment Buildings Leasing Revenue Account shall be paid to the credit of a separate account, to be kept at the Treasury, entitled the Government Buildings Sites Trust Fund Account.

Subject to this Act any moneys standing to the credit of the Government Buildings Sites Trust Fund Account from time to time may be applied for the erection of public buildings for the Government, and in the event of there being insufficient funds in the Govern- ment Buildings Leasing Revenue Account in payment to the extent of the deficiency of any charges incurred in connection with the administration of this Act.

(2.)

(a) Pending the leasing of such lands and the re- ceipt of the rents and profits therefrom and the accumula- tion of sufficient moneys in the Government Buildings Sites Trust Fund Account, the Treasurer is authorised to expend up to the sum of three hundred thousand pounds for the purpose of the erection of public buildings from moneys standing to the credit of the account kept at the Treasury entitled the "State Insurance Reserve Fund," and to pay interest to the credit of that account on the daily balance of such advance at such rate as the Treasurer may determine, having regard to the rate paid by the State for loan moneys.

(3.)

(b) In so far as the Government Buildings Leasing

Revenue Account has insufficient funds to pay the whole

of the interest due to the State Insurance Reserve Fund,

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Consolidated Revenue Fund is hereby appropriated to make good the deficiency.

(4.) Moneys standing to the credit of the said Govern- ment Buildings Sites Trust Fund Account may from time to time as they are available be utilised with the author- ity of the Treasurer in recouping advances made from the said reserve fund.

6. No moneys shall be paid out of the Government Appropriation

Buildings Sites Trust Fund Account until` estimates have a marper'iLjo

been submitted to Parliament and payment of the ,bzenrarha-

amounts shown therein has been authorised by Parlia-

ment.

SCHEDULE.

Di:smarms or LAND: 110w RESERVED OR. Hew :

Buildings thereon.

Class and

No.	Allotments.	Area.	Number	Purpose.
of Reserve.

1 Perth lots 1311,1312,1313 and part 1 2 18 State Government .&7123 Government Build.

112, Bay street, Cathedral avenue,	Buildings (Central)	inns.
St. George's terrace, and Barrack street

2	Perth t 4 B1S (Certificate of Title	0	1	5 . 8	Public Offices	Title	Held for new Com.
volume 1010, folio 408) Barrack	monwealth Savings
street	Bank.
3	Perth lots HIS?, H/42, and 11495,	12	3 36	Observatory	A3495	Observatory (lease to
Harvest terrace, King's Park	Commonwealth).
road, and Havelock street
4	Perth lots 1315 and 13151, Hay	0	0 20	Agricultural Bank._	116703	Public Buildings.
street

5 Perth lots 1,15, 1,151 and L16, 2 1 0 . 1 Perth Technical 131151 Technical School.

St. George's terrace and Bazaar School Buildings

terrace and Quarters

6 Part of Perth lot A13, Hay and 0 2 24 . 6 Chief Secretary's and B3518 Public Buildings.

Murray streets

Child Welfare De-

partment

7	Perth lot A7 and part AS, Irwin	1	0 214 Children's Court ....	B5576	Public Buildings,
and Hay streets and St. George's terrace

s	Portions of Perth town lots V28	0	1	3 . 3	Old cottage	....	Title	Leased.
and V20 (Certificate of Title volume 405, folio 150), Welling- ton street

0	Perth town tot 11143, Murray and	0	1 27 . 3 Vacant	....	Crown Land.
Hay streets

10	Perth lot 11106, Hay and Conn	1	1 20	Vacant	....	8209	Public Buildings.
streets

II	Perth town lots 532, 533, and	1 2 27	Traffic Office and	Title
portion of Y31 on Plan 1011	Factories Depart-
(Certificate of Title volume 137,	moot
folio 60), James and Francis streets

12	Perth lots 211, 216 and 418,	2	2 37	Vacant	10118	School.
Barker road and Thomas street, Subifteo

13 South-western part of Perth town 0 0 13 . 3 State Trading Con- Title

lot V28, Murray street, 67'4 links	corns
frontage by 136 . 4 links depth

1 4 Perth lot Y164, Carr street .... 0 1 15 . 6 Old School Quarters 2080 (part) school site purposes

(leased).