New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GENERAL POST OFFICE (APPROACHES IMPROVEMENT) ACT FURTHER AMENDMENT ACT 1901 - As at 1 December 1994 - Act 39 of 1901 - NOTES

Preamble

WHEREAS it is enacted by the General Post Office (Approaches Improvement) Act 1889, that certain lands in the city of Sydney therein described shall be vested in the Minister for Public Works and his successors as a corporation sole on behalf of Her late Majesty for an absolute estate in fee-simple in possession, and that such lands may after the formation of a public street be sold by public auction: And whereas it is enacted by the General Post Office (Approaches Improvement) Act Amendment Act 1892, that certain portions of land described in the First Schedule thereto are thereby dedicated to public use as a public thoroughfare under the designation of Martin-land: And whereas parts of the land vested in the said Minister under the Act first hereinbefore recited have been sold and transferred under the Real Property Act to the Bank of Australasia: And whereas a subway leading from and reserved for the use of the General Post Office has been constructed partly through and under portion of the land sold to the said bank and opening into Martin-lane aforesaid: And whereas the boundary line of Martin-lane at and about the point where the entrance to the said subway opens out upon the same is irregular and inconvenient for building purposes and ought to be rectified: And whereas the said bank is willing to surrender for use as a public thoroughfare a portion of the land sold to it as aforesaid and situate at the intersection of George-street with Martin-place in exchange for a portion of land partly included in and partly abutting on Martin-lane at and about the entrance to the said subway, and it is expedient that the proposed exchange should be carried into effect:

Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Historical notes

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