Preamble
WHEREAS by Order in Council of the 24th day of January, 1944 certain lands in the Parish of Ballarat containing 36 acres 10 perches more or less as indicated by black hatching on the plan in the Schedule were temporarily reserved as a site for public recreation and excepted from occupation for mining purposes under any miner's right:
And whereas pursuant to the provisions of section 221 of the Land Act 1958 the Corporation of the City of Ballaarat has been appointed Committee of Management to control and manage the said lands:
And whereas the Ballarat Historical Park Association a company incorporated in Victoria on the 29th day of March, 1967 is desirous of developing the said lands by erecting buildings and other structures and exhibiting objects to illustrate the living and working conditions, business premises, mining operations, transport, amusements and recreational activities of the gold mining period in Victoria:
It is therefore expedient that the aforementioned Order in Council of the 24th day of January, 1944 relating to the lands indicated by black hatching on the plan in the Schedule should be revoked and that the said lands should be permanently reserved under the Land Act 1958 for recreational and public purposes, including the purposes of erecting buildings and other structures and exhibiting objects to illustrate those aspects of the gold mining period in Victoria previously mentioned, and that the Corporation of the City of Ballaarat be the Committee of Management to control and manage the reserved lands and that to further the development and use of the said lands the Committee of Management be authorized to grant to the Ballarat Historical Park Association a lease of the whole or part of the said lands:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):—