Land (Revocation of Reservations) Act 2007
Land (Revocation of Reservations) Act 2007
No. 45 of 2007
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Purposes 1
2 Commencement 2
3 Revocation of reservation—Lake Condah land 2
4 Revocation of reservation and Crown grant—Orphan Asylum
at South Melbourne 2
5 Revocation of reservation—Daylesford land 3
6 Revocation of reservation—Former Beechworth Hospital land 3
7 Consequences of revoking reservations 3
8 Registrar of Titles to make necessary amendments 4
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SCHEDULES 5
SCHEDULE 1—Land In Respect of which Reservations are Revoked 5
SCHEDULE 2—Lake Condah Land 7
SCHEDULE 3—Orphan Asylum Land 8
SCHEDULE 4—Daylesford Land 9
SCHEDULE 5—Former Beechworth Hospital Land 10
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Victoria
Land (Revocation of Reservations) Act
2007†
No. 45 of 2007
[Assented to 25 September 2007]
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purposes
The purposes of this Act are—
(a) to revoke the permanent reservation of the
bed and banks of Lake Condah for the
purposes of transferring that land to the
Gunditjmara people;
(b) to revoke the permanent reservation and
related Crown grant of the Roman Catholic
Orphan Asylum at South Melbourne;
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(c) to revoke a reservation for asylum purposes
of land at Daylesford to facilitate the sale of
the land;
(d) to revoke a reservation for benevolent
asylum purposes of land at Beechworth and
the related Crown grant to facilitate the sale
of surplus land;
(e) to provide for related matters.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day after the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Revocation of reservation—Lake Condah land
The Order in Council specified in item 1 of
Schedule 1 is revoked to the extent that it applies
to the land shown hatched on the plan in
Schedule 2.
4 Revocation of reservation and Crown grant—
Orphan Asylum at South Melbourne
(1) The Order in Council specified in item 2 of
Schedule 1 is revoked to the extent that it applies
to the land shown hatched on the plan in
Schedule 3.
(2) Crown grant Volume 2139 Folio 771 is revoked to
the extent that it applies to the land shown hatched
on the plan in Schedule 3.
(3) The Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation for the
Diocese of Melbourne ceases to be a trustee of the
land shown hatched on the plan in Schedule 3.
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5 Revocation of reservation—Daylesford land
The Order in Council specified in item 3 of
Schedule 1 is revoked to the extent that it applies
to the land shown hatched on the plan in
Schedule 4.
6 Revocation of reservation—Former Beechworth
Hospital land
(1) The Order in Council specified in item 4 of
Schedule 1 is revoked to the extent that it applies
to the land shown hatched on the plan in
Schedule 5.
(2) Crown grant Volume 244 Folio 652 is revoked to
the extent that it applies to the land shown hatched
on the plan in Schedule 5.
7 Consequences of revoking reservations
On the revocation of an Order in Council
reserving land—
(a) that land is deemed to be unalienated land of
the Crown, freed and discharged from all
trusts, limitations, reservations, restrictions,
encumbrances, estates and interests; and
(b) the appointment of any committee of
management of that land is revoked to the
extent that it relates to that land; and
(c) any regulations under section 13 of the
Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 are
revoked to the extent that they apply to that
land.
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8 Registrar of Titles to make necessary amendments
The Registrar of Titles must make any recordings
in or amendments to the Register under the
Transfer of Land Act 1958 that are necessary
because of the operation of any provision of this
Act.
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SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
LAND IN RESPECT OF WHICH RESERVATIONS ARE
REVOKED
Item 1—Lake Condah
Situation and area of land: Parish of Condah and Dunmore,
County of Normanby, 244 hectares,
being the bed and banks of Lake
Condah.
Instrument and date of reservation: Order in Council dated 23 May
1881.
Description of land by reference to
Government Gazette:
Government Gazettes dated
11 February 1881, page 484 and
27 May 1881, page 1389.
Purpose of reservation: Site for Public Purposes.
Extent of revocation: The land shown hatched on the plan
in Schedule 2.
Item 2—Orphan Asylum, Cecil Street South Melbourne
Situation and area of land: City of South Melbourne, Parish of
Melbourne South, 8122 square
metres, being Allotment 2,
Section 34.
Instrument and date of reservation: Order in Council dated 28 May
1889.
Description of land by reference to
Government Gazette:
Government Gazettes dated
12 October 1888, page 3117 and
31 May 1889, page 1794.
Particulars of Crown Grant: Crown Grant Volume 2139
Folio 771.
Purpose of reservation: Site for a Roman Catholic Orphan
Asylum.
Extent of revocation: The land shown hatched on the plan
in Schedule 3.
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Item 3—East Street Daylesford land
Situation and area of land: Township of Daylesford, Parish of
Wombat, 715 square metres, being
Allotment 2, Section 16.
Instrument and date of reservation: Order in Council dated 24 October
1887.
Description of land by reference to
Government Gazette:
Government Gazettes dated
30 September 1887, page 2847 and
28 October 1887, page 3151.
Purpose of reservation: Site for an Asylum.
Extent of revocation: The land shown hatched on the plan
in Schedule 4.
Item 4—Former Beechworth Hospital land
Situation and area of land: Township of Beechworth, Parish of
Beechworth, County of Bogong,
1·745 hectares, being Allotments 1,
2 and 3, Section C2.
Instrument and date of reservation: Order in Council dated
20 November 1865.
Description of land by reference to
Government Gazette:
Government Gazette dated
28 November 1865, page 2756.
Particulars of Crown Grant: Crown Grant Volume 244
Folio 652.
Purpose of reservation: Site for Benevolent Asylum
purposes.
Extent of revocation: The land shown hatched on the plan
in Schedule 5.
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SCHEDULE 2
LAKE CONDAH LAND
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SCHEDULE 3
ORPHAN ASYLUM LAND
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SCHEDULE 4
DAYLESFORD LAND
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SCHEDULE 5
FORMER BEECHWORTH HOSPITAL LAND
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Endnotes
ENDNOTES
† Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 8 August 2007
Legislative Council: 23 August 2007
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to provide
for the revocation of reservations of various parcels of land, revoke
related Crown grants in relation to two of those parcels and for other
purposes."
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