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Melbourne City Link (Miscellaneous Amendments)

Act 2000

Act No. 81/2000

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section	Page
PART 1—PRELIMINARY	1

1.	Purposes	1
2.	Commencement	2

PART 2—AMENDMENTS TO THE MELBOURNE CITY LINK

ACT 1995 3

3.	Purposes	3
4.	Definitions	3
5.	Objects of the Act	5
6.	Repeal of application and interpretive provisions	5
7.	Minister to send copy of agreement to Government Printer	5
8.	Insertion of new sections 18A and 18B	6

18A.	Publication of agreements as amended	6
18B.	Agreement as evidence	6

9.	Repeal of certain land provisions	7
10.	Repeal of certain land management provisions	8
11.	Leasing powers for Link road	8
12.	Repeal of interim operation provision	8
13.	Repeal of reference to licensed land	8
14.	Repeal of land use agreements provision	8
15.	Repeal of provision applying to licensed land	9
16.	Insertion of new section 64A	9

64A.	Power to revoke reservations under the Crown Land
(Reserves) Act 1978 9

17.	Repeal of provisions relating to application of certain Acts	9
18.	Repeal of general provision relating to land	10
19.	Repeal of general provision relating to land	10
20.	Evidentiary provision	10
21.	Temporary registration	10
22.	Request for payment of toll	10
23.	Disputes in relation to payment of tolls	11
24.	Disclosure of information in specified circumstances	12
25.	Exception to requirement to destroy records	13

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26.	Repeal of certain extension project provisions	13
27.	Power to declare road over leased land	13
28.	Repeal of reference to project area	13
29.	Repeal of Independent Reviewer provision	13
30.	Repeal of public bodies requirement	14
31.	Repeal of references to licensee and licence	14
32.	Repeal of references to licensee and licence	14
33.	Repeal of certain offence provisions etc.	14
34.	Evidentiary provisions and proceedings	14
35.	Insertion of new section 116A	15
116A. Service of notices	15
36.	Substitution of Part 6	16
PART 6—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS	16

119.        Effect of agreements—Melbourne City Link

(Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2000 16

37. Consequential repeal of Schedules 16

PART 3—ABOLITION OF MELBOURNE CITY LINK

AUTHORITY AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 17

38.	Repeal of Melbourne City Link Authority Act 1994	17
39.	Transitional provision for Melbourne City Link Authority	17
40.	Amendment of the Borrowing and Investment Powers
Act 1987	18

PART 4—AMENDMENTS TO THE MELBOURNE AND

OLYMPIC PARKS ACT 1985 AND OTHER ACTS 19

41.	Insertion of new definition of Olympic Park land	19
42.	Insertion of new section 31B	19

31B. Reservation of former City Link land 19

43.	Amendment of Melbourne City Link (Amendment) Act 1998	20
44.	Amendment of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of
Works Act 1958	20
45.	Amendment of the Transport Act 1983	20

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Victoria

No. 81 of 2000

Melbourne City Link (Miscellaneous

Amendments) Act 2000†

[Assented to 28 November 2000]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

1. Purposes

The purposes of this Act are—

(a) to repeal certain provisions of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 relating to land and other matters and to make miscellaneous amendments to the

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Melbourne City Link Act 1995 relating to the tolling provisions and other matters;

(b)	to repeal the Melbourne City Link Authority Act 1994;
(c)	to make amendments to other Acts and any other necessary provisions.

2. Commencement

(1) This Part and section 43 come into operation on the day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Subject to sub-section (3), the remaining

provisions of this Act come into operation on a

day or days to be proclaimed.

(3) If a provision referred to in sub-section (2) does

not come into operation before 31 December

2002, it comes into operation on that day.

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PART 2—AMENDMENTS TO THE MELBOURNE CITY LINK

ACT 1995

3. Purposes

In section 1 of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995—

(a) paragraph (b) is repealed;

(b) for paragraph (c) substitute— "(c) to give the Link corporation certain

powers in relation to certain roads;

and".

4. Definitions

(1) In section 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995 the definitions of "Authority", "Project
area", "reserved project land", "restricted access
area" and "temporary construction site" are
repealed.

(2) In section 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995, the definition of "authorised officer" is repealed.

(3) In section 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995, the definition of "Extension Project area" is

repealed.

(4) In section 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995—

(a)

for the definition of "licensed land" ' "licensed land" means land which was the

subject of a licence issued under
section 56 as in force at any time before
the commencement of section 10 of the
Melbourne City Link (Miscellaneous
Amendments) Act 2000;';

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(b) for the definition of "licensee" substitute— ' "licensee" means a person who was the

holder of a licence issued under
section 56 as in force at any time before
the commencement of section 10 of the
Melbourne City Link (Miscellaneous

Amendments) Act 2000;'.

(5) In section 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995—

(a)	in the definition of "the Agreement", for "a copy of which is set out in Schedule 1" substitute "a copy of which was set out in Schedule 1 to this Act as enacted";
(b)	in the definition of "the Extension Agreement", for "a copy of which is set out in Schedule 6" substitute "a copy of which was set out in Schedule 6 to this Act as enacted by section 40 of the Melbourne City Link (Exhibition Street Extension) Act 1998";
(c)	in the definition of "the Integration and Facilitation Agreement", for "a copy of which is set out in Schedule 5" substitute "a
copy of which was set out in Schedule 5 to this Act as enacted by section 40 of the Melbourne City Link (Exhibition Street Extension) Act 1998".

(6) In section 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995 insert the following definition—

' "Secretary" means the body corporate

established under section 35 of the Project
Development and Construction
Management Act 1994;'.

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5. Objects of the Act

In section 4 of the Melbourne City Link Act
1995, paragraph (a) is repealed.

6. Repeal of application and interpretive provisions Sections 5, 7, 8 and 9 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 are repealed.

7.  Minister to send copy of agreement to Government Printer

(1) In section 15 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995, after sub-section (2) insert—

"(2A) The Minister must cause a copy of each

agreement under sub-section (1) and a
statement of each variation under sub-section
(1A) as published under sub-section (1B) to
be sent to the Government Printer as soon as
practicable after the making of the agreement
or variation.".

(2) In section 15B of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995, after sub-section (5) insert—

"(5A) The Minister must cause a copy of each

agreement under sub-section (1) and a
statement of each variation under sub-section
(2) as published under sub-section (3) to be
sent to the Government Printer as soon as
practicable after the making of the agreement
or variation.".

(3) In section 15D of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995, after sub-section (6) insert—

"(6A) The Minister must cause a copy of each

agreement under sub-section (1) and a
statement of each variation under sub-section
(2) as published under sub-section (4) to be
sent to the Government Printer as soon as

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practicable after the making of the agreement

or variation.".

8. Insertion of new sections 18A and 18B

After section 18 of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995 insert—

'18A. Publication of agreements as amended
(1) If an agreement under this Act has been

varied, the Government Printer must reprint the agreement as so varied with any reprint of this Act.

(2) A document purporting to be a copy of a reprint of this Act printed by the contain a reprint of an agreement made in accordance with sub-section (1) is, on the mere production of the document, admissible as evidence of the agreement before all courts or persons acting judicially within Victoria.

(3) In this section—

"agreement" means any of the following—

(a) the Agreement;

(b) the Extension Agreement;

(c) the Integration and Facilitation
Agreement—

but does not include an exhibit to such

an agreement;

"vary" includes amend, add to, substitute,

cancel or revoke.

18B. Agreement as evidence

(1) A document purporting to be certified by the Secretary as a copy of an exhibit to an

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agreement or a variation to an agreement
under this Act is admissible as evidence of
the agreement before all courts or persons

acting judicially within Victoria.

(2) In this section

"agreement" means any of the following—

(a) the Agreement;

(b) the Extension Agreement;

(c) the Integration and Facilitation
Agreement—

but does not include an exhibit to such

an agreement;

"vary" includes amend, add to, substitute,

cancel or revoke.'.
9. Repeal of certain land provisions

(1) Division 1 of Part 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is repealed.

(2) Division 2 of Part 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is repealed.

(3) Division 2A of Part 3 of the Melbourne City

Link Act 1995 is repealed.

(4) Division 3 of Part 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is repealed.

(5) Division 4 of Part 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is repealed.

(6) Division 5 of Part 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is repealed.

(7) Division 6 of Part 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is repealed.

(8) Division 7 of Part 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is repealed.

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10. Repeal of certain land management provisions

(1) In the heading to Division 8 of Part 3 of the

Melbourne City Link Act 1995, for
"Management of Project Land" substitute
"Powers over Land".

(2) Sections 55, 56, 58 and 59 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 are repealed.

11. Leasing powers for Link road

(1) In section 60(1) of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995—

(a)	for "On the termination of a licence issued over Crown land under section 56 and on the revocation of any reservation over the land, the" substitute "The";
(b)	in paragraph (a), for "that part of the land" substitute "that part of any Crown land".

(2) In section 60 of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995, after sub-section (7) insert—
"(8) This section has effect despite anything to

the contrary in section 175A of the Water

Industry Act 1994 or any other Act.".

12. Repeal of interim operation provision

Section 60A of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995 is repealed.

13. Repeal of reference to licensed land

In section 61 of the Melbourne City Link Act
1995, for sub-section (1) substitute—

"(1) The Minister may, from time to time declare

any part of any land leased under section 60

to be a road.".

14. Repeal of land use agreements provision

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Section 63 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is repealed.

15. Repeal of provision applying to licensed land

(1) In section 64 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995, sub-section (2) is repealed.

(2) In section 64(4) of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995 for "sub-sections (2) and" substitute "sub-
section".

16. Insertion of new section 64A

After section 64 of the Melbourne City Link Act
1995 insert—

"64A. Power to revoke reservations under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978

If any land has been deemed to be temporarily reserved under section 4(1) of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 for public purposes, being, in particular, the purposes of the Project, by any provision of this Act as in force at any time before the commencement of section 16 of the Melbourne City Link (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2000, for the avoidance of doubt it is declared that the reservation may be revoked under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978.".

17.  Repeal of provisions relating to application of certain Acts

(1) Section 65 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995

is repealed.

(2) Section 66 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995

is repealed.

(3) In Part 3 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995, the heading to Division 10 is repealed.

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18. Repeal of general provision relating to land

Section 67 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is repealed.

19. Repeal of general provision relating to land

Section 68 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is repealed.

20. Evidentiary provision

In section 72 of the Melbourne City Link Act
1995, after sub-section (3) insert—
"(4) In any proceedings for the recovery of a toll,

a statement or declaration purporting to be made under sub-section (3) is evidence that the person named in the statement was

driving the vehicle at all the relevant times
relating to the matter named in the statement,

if the proceedings are—

(a)	against the person named in the statement; and
(b)	in respect of the matter named in the statement.".

21. Temporary registration

In section 73C(2)(b) of the Melbourne City Link prescribed time".

22. Request for payment of toll

(1) In section 77(1) of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995, for paragraph (a) substitute—
"(a) to send a request for payment of the toll

payable in respect of the use of the vehicle in the toll zone to any person who appears to be liable to pay the toll; or".

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(2) After section 77(1) of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995, insert—

"(1A) If the relevant corporation or a person

authorised by the relevant corporation for the
purposes of this section, believes, on
reasonable grounds, that a vehicle that is not
registered under this Part has, in respect of a
particular toll zone, been driven in that toll
zone in contravention of this Part, the
relevant corporation may notify the
enforcement agency of that belief and
request the enforcement agency to send a
notice of the requirement to be registered
under this Part in respect of that toll zone to

the owner of the vehicle concerned.

(1B) Sub-section (1A) ceases to have effect on

1 July 2001.".

23. Disputes in relation to payment of tolls

In section 78 of the Melbourne City Link Act
1995, for sub-section (1) substitute—

"(1) If a relevant corporation or a person

authorised by a relevant corporation for the
purposes of section 77 has made a request
under section 77(1)(a), the enforcement
agency may send, by post, a request for
payment of the toll payable in respect of the
use of the vehicle in the toll zone to the
person who appears to be liable to pay the

toll.

(1A) If a relevant corporation or a person

authorised by a relevant corporation for the
purposes of section 77 has made a request
under section 77(1A), the enforcement
agency may send, by post, a notice of the
requirement to be registered under this Part

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in respect of the toll zone to the owner of the

vehicle concerned.

(1B) Sub-section (1A) ceases to have effect on

1 July 2001.".

24. Disclosure of information in specified circumstances

In section 90A(2) of the Melbourne City Link
Act 1995, after paragraph (a) insert—
"(aa) is reasonably necessary—

(i)  to investigate whether or not there has been any loss, theft or misuse of prescribed tolling devices; or

(ii)  to take any enforcement action in relation to any theft or misuse of a prescribed tolling device; or

(ab) is reasonably necessary, either, to investigate whether or not there has been any breach of, or to enforce—

(i) any provision of the Dangerous Goods Act 1985, or regulations made under that Act; or

(ii) any provision of the Transport Act 1983, or regulations made under that Act; or

(iii) (Dangerous Goods) Act 1995, or

any provision of the Road Transport applied provisions within the meaning of that Act; or

(iv) any provision of Part 9A of the Environment Protection Act 1970, or regulations made under that Act—

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which relates to the transport of dangerous
goods or waste on the Link road or

Extension road; or".

25. Exception to requirement to destroy records

In section 93 of the Melbourne City Link Act
1995, after sub-section (2) insert—

"(3) Sub-section (1) does not apply to records

which are required for legal proceedings,
being proceedings which commenced before
the date on which, under sub-section (1), the

records would be required to be destroyed.".

26. Repeal of certain extension project provisions

(1) Section 93B of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is repealed.

(2) In Part 4A of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995, Division 2 is repealed.

(3) Section 93GA of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is repealed.

27. Power to declare road over leased land

In section 93H of the Melbourne City Link Act
1995, for sub-section (1) substitute—

"(1) The Minister may, from time to time declare

any part of any land leased under section

93G to be a road.".

28. Repeal of reference to project area

In section 96(3) of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995, omit "within the Project area".

29. Repeal of Independent Reviewer provision

Section 97 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is repealed.

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30. Repeal of public bodies requirement

Section 101 of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995 is repealed.

31. Repeal of references to licensee and licence

In section 103(2) of the Melbourne City Link
Act 1995—

(a) omit "licensee or"; and (b) omit "licence or"; and (c) omit "issued or".

32. Repeal of references to licensee and licence

In section 104 of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995—

(a) in sub-section (2)(b)—

(i) omit "the Authority,"; and
(ii) omit ", a licensee"; and
(iii) omit "licence or"; and

(iv) omit "issued or".

(b) in sub-section (3)—

(i) paragraph (a) is repealed;

(ii) in paragraph (b)(i) omit ", a licensee".

33. Repeal of certain offence provisions etc.

Sections 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112,
113 and 114 of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995 are repealed.

34. Evidentiary provisions and proceedings

(1) In section 115 of the Melbourne City Link Act

1995, for "the Authority" substitute "the

Melbourne City Link Authority, as constituted

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immediately before the commencement of
section 38 of the Melbourne City Link
(Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2000".

(2) In section 116 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995, sub-section (2) is repealed.

35. Insertion of new section 116A

After section 116 of the Melbourne City Link

Act 1995 insert—

"116A. Service of notices

(1) If under this Act or the regulations, a notice is required or permitted to be served on any person, the notice may, unless the contrary intention appears, be served in or out of

Victoria—

(a)	by delivering it personally to the person; or
(b)	by leaving it at the usual or last known place of residence or business of the person with a person apparently over the age of sixteen years and apparently residing at that place or (in the case of a place of business) apparently in charge of or employed at that place; or
(c)	by sending it by post, addressed to the person at the usual or last known place of residence or business of that person; or
(d)

if the person has given an address to the corporation, by sending it by post to that address.

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(2) This section does not apply to the service of

infringement notices under sections 80 and
80A or notices under section 73E.".

36. Substitution of Part 6

For Part 6 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 substitute—

"PART 6—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

119.  Effect of agreements—Melbourne City Link (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2000

The force and effect of the Agreement, the
Extension Agreement and the Integration
and Facilitation Agreement are not affected
by the coming into operation of section 37 of
the Melbourne City Link (Miscellaneous
Amendments) Act 2000.".

37. Consequential repeal of Schedules

(1) Schedule 1 to the Melbourne City Link Act 1995

is repealed.

(2) Schedule 3 to the Melbourne City Link Act 1995

is repealed.

(3) Schedule 4 to the Melbourne City Link Act 1995

is repealed.

(4) Schedule 5 to the Melbourne City Link Act 1995

is repealed.

(5) Schedule 6 to the Melbourne City Link Act 1995

is repealed.

(6) Schedule 7 to the Melbourne City Link Act 1995

is repealed.

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PART 3—ABOLITION OF MELBOURNE CITY LINK

AUTHORITY AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

38. Repeal of Melbourne City Link Authority Act 1994

The Melbourne City Link Authority Act 1994 is repealed.

39.  Transitional provision for Melbourne City Link Authority

(1) On the commencement of section 38—

(a)	the Melbourne City Link Authority is abolished and its members go out of office; and
(b)	immediately before that commencement

all rights, property and assets that, Authority, vest in the State; and

(c) Melbourne City Link Authority existing
immediately before that commencement,

all debts, liabilities and obligations of the the State; and

(d)	the State is substituted as a party to any proceedings pending in any court or tribunal to which the Melbourne City Link Authority was a party immediately before that commencement; and
(e)	the State is substituted as a party to any arrangement or contract entered into by or on behalf of the Melbourne City Link Authority and in force immediately before that commencement; and
(f)	any reference to the Melbourne City Link Authority in any Act or in any proclamation, Order in Council, rule, regulation, order,

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agreement, instrument, deed or other
document, so far as it relates to any period
after that commencement, and if not
inconsistent with the context or subject
matter, must be construed as a reference to

the State.

(2) On the commencement of section 38 any

reference to the Chief Executive Officer of the any proclamation, Order in Council, rule, regulation, order, agreement, instrument, deed or other document, so far as it relates to any period after that commencement, and if not inconsistent with the context or subject matter, must be construed as a reference to the Secretary to the Department of Infrastructure.

40. Amendment of the Borrowing and Investment Powers Act 1987

In Schedule 1 to the Borrowing and Investment

Powers Act 1987, item 34 is repealed.

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PART 4—AMENDMENTS TO THE MELBOURNE AND
OLYMPIC PARKS ACT 1985 AND OTHER ACTS

41. Insertion of new definition of Olympic Park land In section 4 of the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Act 1985, for the definition "Olympic Park

land" substitute—

' "Olympic Park land" means so much of the

land that is described in Part 5 of the

Schedule as is shown as—

(a) parcels A, B and C; and

(b) a sport recreation and entertainment reserve—

in the plan numbered LEGL./00–24 lodged
in the Central Plan Office of the Department

of Natural Resources and Environment;'.

42. Insertion of new section 31B

After section 31A of the Melbourne and

Olympic Parks Act 1985 insert—

"31B. Reservation of former City Link land

On the coming into operation of section 42 of the Melbourne City Link (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2000, the land shown as parcels A, B and C on the plan numbered LEGL./00–24 lodged in the Central Plan Office of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment is deemed to be permanently reserved under section 4(1) of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 for the purposes of sport, recreation and entertainment.".

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43. Amendment of Melbourne City Link (Amendment) Act 1998

In section 18 of the Melbourne City Link
(Amendment) Act 1998, sub-sections (2) and (5)
are repealed.

44. Amendment of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Act 1958

In section 259(2)(c) of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Act 1958 for "the bridge constructed over the river adjacent to the North Wharf as part of the Project within the meaning of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995" substitute "the Bolte Bridge".

45. Amendment of the Transport Act 1983

(1) In section 56A of the Transport Act 1983—

(a) in sub-section (1) omit ", a licensee" (wherever occurring);

(b) in sub-section (3)(c) omit "or a licensee";
(c) in sub-section (12) omit ' "licensee" ';

(2) In section 56A of the Transport Act 1983, for sub-section (7A) substitute—

"(7A) Clause 13 of Schedule 5 does not operate in

respect of any land over which there is a
declared road under section 61 of the
Melbourne City Link Act 1995.".

(3) In section 56B of the Transport Act 1983, for

sub-section (6) substitute—
"(6) Clause 13 of Schedule 5 does not operate in

respect of any land over which there is a
declared road under section 93H of the

Melbourne City Link Act 1995.".

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Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 26 October 2000

Legislative Council: 15 November 2000

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to make miscellaneous amendments to the Melbourne City Link Act 1995, to repeal the Melbourne City Link Authority Act 1994, to make minor amendments

to other Acts and for other purposes."