Royal Park Land Act 1999 (Vic)

Version No. 001

Royal Park Land Act 1999

Act No. 46/1999

Version as at 8 June 1999

table of provisions

Section  Page

1.Purpose

2.Commencement

3.Definitions

4.Use of State Netball and Hockey Centre land

5.No compensation payable

6.Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction

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SCHEDULE 1—Royal Park land

SCHEDULE 2—State Netball and Hockey Centre land

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ENDNOTES

1.  General Information

2.  Table of Amendments

3.  Explanatory Details

Version No. 001

Royal Park Land Act 1999

Act No. 46/1999

Version as at 8 June 1999

Preamble

Land at Royal Park was reserved by Order in Council dated 20 November 1876.

Certain land at Royal Park is presently used for netball and hockey facilities.

For the further enhancement of permanent sporting and recreational facilities in the State, it is proposed to carry out a major development to establish a new State Netball and Hockey Centre on land at Royal Park to replace the existing netball and hockey facilities.

It is desirable to make provision to facilitate that development.

The Parliament of Victoria therefore enacts as follows:

1.Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to make provision in relation to the establishment of the State Netball and Hockey Centre at Royal Park.

2.Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day that it receives the Royal Assent.

3.Definitions

In this Act—

"Royal Park land" means the land described in Schedule 1.

"State Netball and Hockey Centre land" means the land shown hatched on the plan in Schedule 2.

4.Use of State Netball and Hockey Centre land

For the removal of doubt and despite anything to the contrary in any Act or any regulation or other instrument made under any Act, that part of the Royal Park land that is the State Netball and Hockey Centre land may be used and is deemed always to have been able to be used for—

(a)the purposes of sport, recreation, entertainment or social activities; or

(b)purposes connected with the purposes in paragraph (a); or

(c)the erection of buildings or structures or the carrying out of works for those purposes.

5.No compensation payable

No compensation is payable by the Crown in respect of anything done under or arising out of section 4.

6.Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction

It is the intention of section 5 to alter or vary section 85 of the Constitution Act 1975.

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SCHEDULE 1

Royal Park land

Situation and area of land:	Parish of Jika Jika, County of Bourke, being 171×46 hectares, less authorised excisions.
Instrument and date of reservation:	Order in Council dated 20 November 1876.
Description of land by reference to Government Gazette:	Government Gazettes dated 20 October 1876, page 1934 and 24 November 1876, page 2158.
Purpose of reservation:	Site for a Public Park.

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SCHEDULE 2

State Netball and Hockey Centre land

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ENDNOTES

1.     General Information

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 27 May 1999

Legislative Council: 1 June 1999

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill to make provision in relation to land at Royal Park."

Constitution Act 1975:

Section 85(5) statement:

Legislative Assembly: 27 May 1999

Legislative Council: 1 June 1999

Absolute majorities:

Legislative Assembly: 28 May 1999

Legislative Council: 3 June 1999

The Royal Park Land Act 1999 was assented to on 8 June 1999 and came into operation on 8 June 1999.

2.     Table of Amendments

There are no amendments made to the Royal Park Land Act 1999 by Acts and subordinate instruments.

3.     Explanatory Details

No entries at date of publication.