| C2004C06673 | SEAT OF GOVERNMENT RAILWAY ACT 1928
- Updated as at 2 September 1993 (#DATE 02:09:1993)
*1* The Seat of Government Railway Act 1928 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 40, 1928 amended as indicated in the Tables below. Table of Acts Act Date Date of Application, Number and of Assent commencement saving or year transitional provisions Seat of Government Railway Act 1928 40, 1928 26 Sept 1928 26 Sept 1928 Statute Law Revision Act 1973 216, 1973 19 Dec 1973 31 Dec 1973 Ss. 9 (1) and 10 Australian National Railways Commission (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1983 141, 1983 22 Dec 1983 17 Feb 1984 (see - s. 2 and Gazette 1984, No. S47) Table of Amendments ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted Provision affected How affected Ss. 2, 3 am. No. 216, 1973; No. 141, 1983 Ss. 4, 5 rep. No. 141, 1983 SEAT OF GOVERNMENT RAILWAY ACT 1928 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Occupation and use of land for railway purposes
THE SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Description
THE SECOND SCHEDULE
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT RAILWAY ACT 1928 - LONG TITLE
SECT
An Act relating to the Seat of Government Railway
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT RAILWAY ACT 1928 - SECT 1
Short title
SECT
1. This Act may be cited as the Seat of Government Railway Act 1928. *1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT RAILWAY ACT 1928 - SECT 2
Interpretation
SECT
2. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"the Commission" means the Australian National Railways Commission;
"the Railway" means the Seat of Government Railway, the route of which is
described in the Schedules to this Act, and includes all sidings and other
lines of the Railway situated on the land described in those Schedules.
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT RAILWAY ACT 1928 - SECT 3
Occupation and use of land for railway purposes
SECT
3. (1) The Commission may occupy and shall have the exclusive use, for
railway purposes, for such period as it thinks necessary, of the land
described in the Schedules to this Act.
(2) The Minister may grant to the Commission the right to the exclusive use
of any other lands vested in the Commonwealth which the Commission certifies
to be required for the purposes of the railway.
(3) Where any land which has been occupied and used by the Commission in
pursuance of subsection (1) of this section, or the right to use which has
been granted to the Commission in pursuance of subsection (2) of this section,
is no longer required for railway purposes, the Commission shall certify
accordingly in writing, and, upon the publication of that certificate in the
Gazette possession of the land described in the certificate shall be delivered
to the Minister.
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT RAILWAY ACT 1928 - SCHEDULE 1
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THE SCHEDULES
THE FIRST SCHEDULE
Description
All that piece or parcel of land situate in the Territory for
the Seat of Government described hereunder. Commencing at survey
station W.14 of the survey of the boundary between the State of
New South Wales and the Territory for the Seat of Government
adjacent the junction of the Goulburn-Cooma Railway line with
the Queanbeyan-Canberra Railway line near the Town of Queanbeyan
and bounded partly on the South by such boundary being lines
bearing -
275 degrees 40' 20" 100.39 links 263 degrees 59' 20" 107.13 links
273 degrees 57' 20" 100.17 links 261 degrees 16' 10" 100.63 links
271 degrees 33' 20" 100.01 links 259 degrees 37' 37" 74.74 links
268 degrees 27' 40" 100.07 links
thence on the south-west generally by lines bearing -
283 degrees 16' 50" 1,494.20 links 329 degrees 49' 16" 381.45 links
280 degrees 57' 04" 246.09 links 318 degrees 21' 37" 379.25 links
294 degrees 17' 40" 99.97 links 306 degrees 48' 47" 384.38 links
294 degrees 08' 40" 1,581.91 links 295 degrees 12' 45" 380.28 links
291 degrees 22' 30" 299.70 links 284 degrees 38' 09" 326.14 links
282 degrees 35' 40" 261.87 links 279 degrees 45' 35" 564.96 links
276 degrees 17' 40" 379.40 links 293 degrees 38' 55" 198.50 links
267 degrees 03' 40" 310.05 links 304 degrees 58' 40" 685.10 links
257 degrees 41' 50" 590.15 links 290 degrees 31' 10" 255.94 links
245 degrees 09' 00" 416.18 links 303 degrees 19' 41" 197.28 links
235 degrees 11' 00" 862.18 links 303 degrees 22' 19" 4,464.62 links
227 degrees 03' 00" 679.06 links 318 degrees 10' 36" 1,378.10 links
250 degrees 06' 10" 1,246.90 links 312 degrees 39' 03" 367.55 links
251 degrees 44' 00" 1,054.22 links 301 degrees 19' 55" 378.98 links
274 degrees 03' 00" 640.90 links 291 degrees 38' 14" 261.18 links
279 degrees 10' 30" 804.47 links 287 degrees 43' 25" 1,021.41 links
290 degrees 46' 00" 451.62 links 286 degrees 17' 59" 308.42 links
284 degrees 48' 00" 2,853.00 links 296 degrees 00' 59" 421.09 links
277 degrees 57' 40" 63.38 links 307 degrees 29' 42" 421.02 links
301 degrees 50' 00" 1,268.42 links 318 degrees 47' 19" 707.39 links
299 degrees 24' 00" 621.29 links 314 degrees 12' 19" 383.41 links
308 degrees 15' 00" 739.77 links 302 degrees 53' 18" 374.50 links
302 degrees 45' 00" 696.66 links 291 degrees 25' 17" 384.24 links
314 degrees 38' 47" 320.92 links 284 degrees 00' 29" 1,494.58 links
335 degrees 34' 53" 1,437.28 links 283 degrees 51' 50" 897.19 links
to a point on the arc of a circle of 62.12 links radius the centre of
which lies to the North West thence by 137.64 links of that arc having a
chord bearing 220 degrees 30' 50" for 111.17 links thence by lines bearing
283 degrees 59' 20" - 405.08 links and 244 degrees 41' 00" - 290.97 links
to the North East side of Wentworth-avenue, thence on the South West by
that Avenue bearing 334 degrees 41' 00" - 1,818.18 links to the South East
side of Dawes street, thence on the North West by that street bearing 64
degrees 41' 00" - 42.42 links, thence on the North East by lines bearing
154 degrees 41' 00" - 757.57 links and 148 degrees 59' 00" - 152.27 links
to the South East side of Cunningham-street, thence on the North West by
that street bearing 64 degrees 41' 00" - 641.85 links and 97 degrees 37'
00" - 173.81 links, thence on the West by lines bearing -
356 degrees 14' 00" 154.54 links 347 degrees 08' 00" 136.36 links
357 degrees 43' 00" 164.08 links 340 degrees 13' 00" 136.36 links
357 degrees 51' 00" 121.21 links 334 degrees 33' 00" 113.63 links
353 degrees 54' 30" 136.36 links 323 degrees 34' 20" 241.81 links
thence on the North West by a line bearing 64 degrees 41' 00" - 1,465.99
links to the Western side of the Causeway, thence on the East generally by
that Causeway bearing 187 degrees 37' 00" - 363.68 links, thence by
lines bearing -
277 degrees 37' 00" 117.68 links 211 degrees 25' 00" 116.09 links
221 degrees 31' 00" 273.82 links 204 degrees 10' 30" 151.51 links
221 degrees 14' 00" 151.51 links 195 degrees 43' 30" 151.51 links
219 degrees 42' 00" 35.76 links 189 degrees 59' 00" 75.75 links
216 degrees 29' 00" 86.51 links 177 degrees 41' 20" 423.03 links
to the South side of Cunningham-street, thence by that street bearing 97
degrees 37' 00" 456.53 links to the Western side of The Causeway, thence
by that Causeway bearing 187 degrees 37' 00" 454.54 links and thence on
the North East generally by lines bearing -
103 degrees 27' 00" 1,969.82 links 150 degrees 24' 11" 344.10 links
145 degrees 36' 30" 462.53 links 139 degrees 22' 11" 384.48 links
104 degrees 03' 22" 268.01 links 127 degrees 52' 47" 378.33 links
118 degrees 08' 48" 364.55 links 123 degrees 05' 46" 2,276.18 links
124 degrees 44' 05" 367.77 links 117 degrees 02' 00" 400.68 links
138 degrees 39' 52" 819.92 links 108 degrees 43' 30" 142.31 links
131 degrees 42' 11" 467.48 links 105 degrees 18' 00" 1,228.50 links
117 degrees 23' 25" 478.51 links 100 degrees 47' 20" 844.00 links
108 degrees 05' 09" 293.85 links 104 degrees 38' 00" 2,154.53 links
107 degrees 42' 34" 1,211.33 links 85 degrees 02' 17" 703.41 links
117 degrees 17' 15" 310.50 links 70 degrees 43' 00" 1,311.43 links
126 degrees 58' 14" 420.75 links 66 degrees 43' 00" 458.80 links
138 degrees 11' 02" 1,302.25 links 50 degrees 00' 40" 684.40 links
130 degrees 47' 32" 489.73 links 65 degrees 07' 40" 296.17 links
123 degrees 22' 19" 4,192.20 links 54 degrees 31' 40" 673.42 links
123 degrees 21' 30" 726.02 links 64 degrees 00' 30" 429.30 links
117 degrees 59' 22" 356.69 links 73 degrees 21' 00" 417.32 links
106 degrees 52' 24" 379.36 links 87 degrees 09' 50" 831.30 links
99 degrees 53' 06" 194.81 links 102 degrees 35' 40" 482.14 links
100 degrees 34' 17" 415.79 links 110 degrees 18' 00" 323.00 links
111 degrees 00' 07" 311.37 links 114 degrees 05' 00" 1,589.85 links
121 degrees 04' 09" 427.02 links 109 degrees 12' 00" 52.21 links
132 degrees 37' 35" 421.19 links 103 degrees 18' 10" 1,962.94 links
144 degrees 03' 23" 421.25 links 106 degrees 03' 30" 439.30 links
155 degrees 32' 18" 1,242.23 links
to the point of commencement.
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT RAILWAY ACT 1928 - SCHEDULE 2
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THE SECOND SCHEDULE
For Map see Act No. 40, 1928
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