Romsey Park Act 1899 (Vic)

Version No. 001

Romsey Park Act 1899

Act No. 1618/1899

Version as at 3 March 2003

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section  Page

1.Short title

2.Revocation in part of permanent reservation

3.Access through public park

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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2—Land to be Excised

SCHEDULE 3—Access through Romsey Public Park

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ENDNOTES

1.  General Information

2.  Table of Amendments

3.  Explanatory Details

Version No. 001

Romsey Park Act 1899

Act No. 1618/1899

Version as at 3 March 2003

An Act to provide for the resumption by the Crown of a portion of the Romsey Public Park.

Preamble

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the fifteenth day of October in the year One thousand eight hundred and eighty-three[1] the land described in the First Schedule to this Act was permanently reserved from sale under the provisions of The Land Act 1869 as a site or place for a Public Park:

AND WHEREAS a portion of the land so reserved is not now required for the purpose of a Public Park, and it is expedient that Her Majesty should resume possession of such portion in order that the same may if the Governor in Council thinks fit be reserved as a site for Agricultural Show Grounds:

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 Romsey Park Act 1899.

2.Revocation in part of permanent reservation

So far as relates to the land described in the Second Schedule to this Act the Order in Council dated the fifteenth day of October in the year One thousand eight hundred and eighty-three permanently reserving from sale as a site for a Public Park the land described in the First Schedule to this Act is hereby revoked, and the said land described in the said Second Schedule may be dealt with as unoccupied Crown land.

3.Access through public park

For the purpose of providing ingress egress and regress to and from the land described in the said Second Schedule the land described in the Third Schedule to this Act shall unless otherwise ordered by the Governor in Council be at all times kept open and available for vehicular and pedestrian traffic to and from the land described in the said Second Schedule.

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SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE

Land permanently reserved by Order in Council of the 15th October, 1883, as a site for public park, vide "Government Gazette," 21st September, 1883, page 2227, and 19th October, 1883, page 2414.

Seventy-four acres one rood twenty-four perches, county of Bourke, parish of Monegeetta, being portions of allotments thirty-five and thirty-six of section B: Commencing at a point bearing S. 81° 45' W. five chains from the north-east angle of allotment thirty-six; bounded thence by lines bearing respectively S. 8° 15' W. twenty-four chains, S. 81° 45' W. thirty-one chains, and N. 80° 15' W. twenty-four chains; and thence by Barry-street bearing N. 81° 45' E. thirty-one chains to the point of commencement.

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SECOND SCHEDULE

LAND TO BE EXCISED

Ten acres, county of Bourke, parish of Monegeetta, being part of allotment 36 of section B:  Commencing at a point bearing S. 81° 45' W. thirty-six chains, S. 8° 15' E. five chains eight links and a half, and N. 82° 33' E. one chain seventy-nine links and four-tenths from the north-east angle of the said allotment; bounded thence by lines bearing respectively N. 82° 33' E. nine chains thirteen links, S. 8° 15' E. ten chains eighty-five links and three-tenths, S. 81° 15' W. nine chains thirteen links, and N. 8° 15' W. eleven chains six links to the point of commencement.

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THIRD SCHEDULE

ACCESS THROUGH ROMSEY PUBLIC PARK

Twenty-eight perches and seven-tenths, county of Bourke, parish of Monegeetta, being part of allotment 36 of section B: Commencing at a point bearing S. 81° 45' W. thirty-six chains, and S. 8° 15' E. nine chains forty-three links from the north-east angle of the said allotment; bounded thence by lines bearing respectively N. 81° 50' E. one chain seventy-nine links and four-tenths, S. 8° 15' E. one chain, and S. 81° 50' W. one chain seventy-nine links and four-tenths; and thence by a road bearing N. 8° 15' W. one chain to the point of commencement.

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ENDNOTES

1.     General Information

The Romsey Park Act 1899 was assented to on 27 October 1899 and came into operation on 27 October 1899.

2.     Table of Amendments

There are no amendments made to the Romsey Park Act 1899 by Acts and subordinate instruments.

3.     Explanatory Details

[1] Preamble: Government Gazettes 21 September 1883 page 2227 and 19 October 1883 page 2414.