4—Amendment of Schedule 2—Transitional provisions
Schedule 2—after clause 2 insert:
3—Vesting of land etc held in name of Minister of Marine
(1) All land vested in
fee simple in the Minister of Marine 1 immediately before the commencement of
this Act will be taken to have vested in fee simple, on the commencement of
this Act, in the Minister responsible for the administration of this Act.
(2) All other
interests, rights and liabilities of the Minister of Marine in relation to
land immediately before the commencement of this Act, will be taken to have
become, on the commencement of this Act, interests, rights and liabilities of
the Minister responsible for the administration of this Act.
(3) A proclamation in
force immediately before the commencement of this Act under which dedicated
land was placed under the care, control and management of the Minister of
Marine will, on the commencement of this Act, be taken to have been varied by
replacing references to the Minister of Marine with references to the Minister
responsible for the administration of this Act.
(4) The
Registrar-General will take such action for or in connection with—
(a) the
issue, alteration, correction or cancellation of certificates or other
documents of title; or
(b) the
making, recording, alteration, correction or cancellation of entries or
endorsements in the Register Books,
as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of giving effect to this
clause.
Note—
1 The Minister of Marine was a body corporate established under the provisions
of the repealed Harbors Act 1936 .