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Land (Revocation of Reservations) Bill
2012
Introduction Print
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
General
Part 1 of the Bill provides for preliminary matters, namely the purposes and
commencement of the Bill.
Part 2 of the Bill provides for the revocation of a permanent reservation and
associated Crown grant of certain land in St Kilda.
Part 3 of the Bill provides for the revocation of a permanent reservation of
land set aside for the former Fitzroy Gasworks.
Part 4 of the Bill provides for the revocation of a permanent reservation of
certain land set aside for the Toolangi Potato Research Farm.
Part 5 of the Bill provides for the revocation of a permanent reservation of
certain land in Werribee.
Part 6 of the Bill provides for the revocation of a permanent reservation of
certain land in the Inglewood Hospital Reserve.
Part 7 of the Bill provides for the revocation of a permanent reservation of
certain land in Barwon Heads.
Part 8 of the Bill provides for the revocation of a permanent reservation and
associated Crown grant of land set aside for the purposes of the South
Melbourne Temperance Hall.
Part 9 of the Bill requires the Registrar of Titles to make necessary
amendments to the land titles register.
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Clause Notes
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
Clause 1 sets out the purposes of the Bill.
The purposes of the Bill are to revoke the permanent reservation
and related Crown grant of certain land next to the St Kilda Town
Hall; revoke the permanent reservation of land at the former
Fitzroy Gasworks site; revoke the permanent reservation of part
of the land occupied by the Toolangi Potato Research Farm and
to provide that that land is taken to be reserved forest; revoke the
permanent reservation of certain land at Werribee; revoke the
permanent reservation of certain land no longer required by the
Inglewood Hospital; revoke the permanent reservations of certain
land at Barwon Heads; and, to revoke the permanent reservation
and related Crown grant of land occupied by the South
Melbourne Temperance Hall.
Clause 2 provides for commencement of the Bill. The provisions of the
Bill are to come into operation on a day or days to be proclaimed
or on 1 January 2013, whichever is earlier.
PART 2--ST KILDA LAND
Clause 3 revokes the permanent reservation and associated Crown grant
referred to in item 1 of Schedule 1 of a site permanently reserved
for the purpose of a Town Hall, Court House and Offices, which
is next to the St Kilda Town Hall.
Clause 4 sets out the consequences of revoking this reservation. Upon the
revocation of the Order in Council the land is deemed to be
unalienated land of the Crown. Any regulations under the
Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 or appointment of a
committee of management or trustees relating to the land are
also revoked.
Clause 5 provides that the area shown hatched on the plan in Schedule 2 is
taken to be temporarily reserved for municipal purposes under
section 4(1) of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978.
Clause 6 provides that the City of Port Phillip is taken to be the committee
of management over the area shown hatched on the plan in
Schedule 2.
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PART 3--FORMER FITZROY GASWORKS
Clause 7 revokes the permanent reservation referred to in item 2 of
Schedule 1 as a site reserved for the purposes set out in the
Crown grant to the Collingwood, Fitzroy and District Gas and
Coke Company of land on Smith Street in North Fitzroy.
Clause 8 sets out the consequences of revoking this reservation. Upon the
revocation of the Order in Council the land is deemed to be
unalienated land of the Crown. Any regulations under the
Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 or appointment of a
committee of management or trustees relating to the land are
also revoked.
Clause 9 provides that (despite clause 8 of the Bill, which deems the land
to be unalienated land of the Crown freed from all interests)
certain leases of the land granted under section 54P of the
Financial Management Act 1994 are continued in force, until
the land ceases to be Crown Land (for example, if it is sold).
PART 4--TOOLANGI POTATO RESEARCH FARM
Clause 10 revokes the permanent reservation referred to in item 3 of
Schedule 1 as a site for agricultural research purposes of land
occupied by the Toolangi Potato Research Farm to the extent
that it applies to the land shown hatched on the plan lodged in
the Central Plan Office of the Department of Sustainability and
Environment, numbered LEGL./11-069.
Clause 11 sets out the consequences of revoking this reservation. Upon the
revocation of the Order in Council the land is deemed to be
unalienated land of the Crown. Any regulations under the
Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 or appointment of a
committee of management relating to the land are also revoked.
Clause 12 provides that the land shown hatched on the plan lodged in the
Central Plan Office of the Department of Sustainability and
Environment, numbered LEGL./11-069 is taken to be reserved
forest under section 42 of the Forests Act 1958.
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PART 5--SNEYDES ROAD, WERRIBEE
Clause 13 revokes the permanent reservation of the land referred to in
item 4 of Schedule 1 as a site for the purpose of a State Research
Farm (Agricultural Purposes) of land at Sneydes Road in
Werribee to the extent that it applies to the land shown hatched
on the plan lodged in the Central Plan Office of the Department
of Sustainability and Environment numbered LEGL./11-023.
Clause 14 sets out the consequences of revoking this reservation. Upon the
revocation of the Order in Council the land is deemed to be
unalienated land of the Crown. Any regulations under the
Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 or appointment of a
committee of management relating to the land are also revoked.
PART 6--INGLEWOOD HOSPITAL RESERVE
Clause 15 revokes the permanent reservation as a site for hospital purposes
of land occupied by the Inglewood Hospital referred to in item 5
of Schedule 1 to the extent that it is shown hatched on the plan in
Schedule 3.
Clause 16 sets out the consequences of revoking this reservation. Upon the
revocation of the Order in Council the land is deemed to be
unalienated land of the Crown. Any regulations under the
Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 or appointment of a
committee of management relating to the land are also revoked.
PART 7--BARWON HEADS LAND
Clause 17 revokes the permanent reservation of a site for the purpose of a
Public Park of land adjacent to the Barwon Heads Bridge referred
to in item 6 of Schedule 1 to the extent that it is shown hatched
on the plan in Schedule 4.
Clause 18 sets out the consequences of revoking this reservation. Upon the
revocation of the Order in Council the land is deemed to be
unalienated land of the Crown. Any regulations under the
Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 or appointment of a
committee of management relating to the land are also revoked.
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PART 8--SOUTH MELBOURNE TEMPERANCE HALL
Clause 19 revokes the permanent reservation and associated Crown grant of
a site for the purposes of a Temperance Hall in South Melbourne
referred to in item 7 of Schedule 1.
Clause 20 sets out the consequences of revoking this reservation. Upon the
revocation of the Order in Council the land is deemed to be
unalienated land of the Crown. Any regulations under the
Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 or appointment of a
committee of management or trustees relating to the land are
also revoked.
PART 9--GENERAL
Clause 21 requires the Registrar of Titles to make amendments to the land
titles register that will be necessary due to the operation of the
Act.
SCHEDULE 1--LAND IN RESPECT OF WHICH
RESERVATIONS ARE REVOKED
Item 1 describes the details of the land at St Kilda in respect of which
the reservation is revoked.
Item 2 describes the details of the land at the former Fitzroy Gasworks
in respect of which the reservation is revoked.
Item 3 describes the details of the Toolangi Potato Research Farm land
in respect of which the reservation is revoked.
Item 4 describes the details of the land at Sneydes Road, Werribee, in
respect of which the reservation is revoked.
Item 5 describes the details of land at the Inglewood Hospital Reserve in
respect of which the reservation is revoked.
Item 6 describes the details of the land at Barwon Heads in respect of
which the reservation is revoked.
Item 7 describes the details of the land at the South Melbourne
Temperance Hall in respect of which the reservation is revoked.
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SCHEDULE 2--ST KILDA LAND
This Schedule contains a plan showing as a hatched area the land in respect
of which the City of Port Phillip is taken to be the committee of management
(St Kilda land).
SCHEDULE 3--INGLEWOOD HOSPITAL RESERVE
This Schedule contains a plan showing as a hatched area the land in respect
of which the Order in Council referred to in clause 15 is revoked (Inglewood
Hospital Reserve).
SCHEDULE 4--BARWON HEADS LAND
This Schedule contains a plan showing as a hatched area the land in respect
of which the Order in Council referred to in clause 17 is revoked (Barwon
Heads land).
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