{"id":"albury-wodonga-agreement-repeal-act-2003","name":"Albury-Wodonga Agreement (Repeal) Act 2003","slug":"albury-wodonga-agreement-repeal-act-2003","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28681,"registerId":"vic-albury-wodonga-agreement-repeal-act-2003-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Albury-Wodonga Agreement (Repeal) Act 2003","content":"Version No. 005\n\n**Albury-Wodonga Agreement (Repeal) Act 2003**\n\n**No. 62 of 2003**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n1 July 2021\n\n**table of provisions**\n\n*Section Page*\n\n1 Purposes 1\n\n2 Commencement 1\n\n3 Interpretation 2\n\n4 Repeal of Albury-Wodonga Agreement Act 1973 and Wodonga Area Land Acquisition Act 1973 3\n\n5 Dissolution of Corporation 3\n\n6 Members of Corporation to vacate office 3\n\n7 Transfer of assets of Corporation 3\n\n8 Transfer of contractual rights and obligations of Corporation 4\n\n9 Transfer of liabilities of Corporation 6\n\n10 Operation of sections 7, 8 and 9 7\n\n11 Assets, contractual rights and obligations, and liabilities not transferred on the transfer day 8\n\n12 Construction of references to Corporation 8\n\n13 Approved form of winding-up agreement 8\n\n14 Minister may sign winding-up agreement on behalf of State 9\n\n15 Approval of winding-up agreement 9\n\n16 Functions, powers and duties of Development Corporation 9\n\n17 Development covenants 10\n\n18 Evidentiary certificate 11\n\n19 Action by Registrar of Titles 11\n\n20 Regulations 12\n\nEndnotes 13\n\n1 General information 13\n\n2 Table of Amendments 15\n\n3 Amendments Not in Operation 16\n\n4 Explanatory details 17\n\n**Version No.** **005**\n\n**Albury-Wodonga Agreement (Repeal) Act 2003**\n\n**No. 62 of 2003**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n1 July 2021\n\n**The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:**\n\n\t1 Purposes\n\nThe main purposes of this Act are—\n\n(a) to repeal the **Albury-Wodonga Agreement Act 1973** and the **Wodonga Area Land Acquisition Act 1973**; and\n\n(b) to dissolve the Albury-Wodonga (Victoria) Corporation established under the **Albury-Wodonga Agreement Act 1973**; and\n\n(c) to provide for the transfer of the assets, contractual rights and obligations, and liabilities of that Corporation to the Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation established under the Albury-Wodonga Development Act 1973 of the Commonwealth; and\n\n(d) to provide for the winding-up agreement between Victoria and New South Wales and the Commonwealth for those purposes.\n\n\t2 Commencement\n\nThis Act comes into operation on a day or days to be proclaimed.\n\n\t3 Interpretation\n\n(1) In this Act—\n\n***asset*** has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;\n\n***Commonwealth Act*** means the Albury-Wodonga Development Act 1973 of the Commonwealth;\n\n***Commonwealth Minister*** means the Minister for the time being administering the Commonwealth Act;\n\n***contract*** has the same meaning as in section 20C of the Commonwealth Act;\n\n***Corporation*** means the Albury-Wodonga (Victoria) Corporation established under section 7 of the **Albury-Wodonga Agreement Act 1973**;\n\n***Development Corporation*** means the Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation established by the Commonwealth Act;\n\n***development covenant*** means a covenant entered into under section 15A(2) of the **Albury-Wodonga Agreement Act 1973**;\n\n***instrument*** has the same meaning as in section 20C of the Commonwealth Act;\n\n***liability*** has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;\n\n***transfer day***, in relation to an asset, right or obligation under a contract, or liability, of the Corporation, means—\n\n(a) the day on which the Corporation is dissolved; or\n\n(b) the day on which the consent of the Commonwealth Minister under section 20D(3), 20E(3) or 20F(3) of the Commonwealth Act is expressed to take effect in relation to the transfer to the Development Corporation of the asset, right or obligation, or liability—\n\nwhichever is the earlier.\n\n(2) In this Act, a reference to an asset of the Corporation includes a reference to any property held by the Corporation on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of Victoria.\n\n\t4 Repeal of Albury-Wodonga Agreement Act 1973 and Wodonga Area Land Acquisition Act 1973\n\n(1) The **Albury-Wodonga Agreement Act 1973** is **repealed**.\n\n(2) The **Wodonga Area Land Acquisition Act 1973** is **repealed**.\n\n\t5 Dissolution of Corporation\n\nThe Corporation is dissolved.\n\n\t6 Members of Corporation to vacate office\n\nA person who, immediately before the dissolution of the Corporation, held office as a member of the Corporation ceases to hold that office on that dissolution.\n\n\t7 Transfer of assets of Corporation\n\n(1) On the transfer day, the assets of the Corporation, the transfer of which has the consent of the Commonwealth Minister under section 20D(3) of the Commonwealth Act, are transferred to the Development Corporation.\n\n(2) The assets of the Corporation to which subsection (1) applies vest in the Development Corporation by virtue of this section and without the need for any conveyance, assignment or instrument of transfer.\n\n(3) In relation to the transfer of an asset—\n\n(a) an instrument relating to the asset continues to have effect after the asset vests in the Development Corporation as if a reference in the instrument to the Corporation were a reference to the Development Corporation; and\n\n(b) the Development Corporation becomes the successor in law of the Corporation in relation to an asset immediately after the asset vests in the Development Corporation; and\n\n(c) if any proceedings to which the Corporation was a party—\n\n(i) were pending in any court or tribunal immediately before the transfer; and\n\n(ii) related, in whole or in part, to the asset—\n\nthe Development Corporation is substituted for the Corporation as a party to the proceedings to the extent to which the proceedings relate to the asset.\n\n**Note**\n\nThis section does not apply in respect of development covenants—see section 17.\n\n\t8 Transfer of contractual rights and obligations of Corporation\n\n(1) On the transfer day, the Corporation's rights and obligations under any contract to which it is a party, and the transfer of which has the consent of the Commonwealth Minister under section 20E(3) of the Commonwealth Act, are transferred to the Development Corporation.\n\n(2) On the transfer day, the Corporation's rights and obligations to which subsection (1) applies—\n\n(a) cease to be rights and obligations of the Corporation; and\n\n(b) become rights and obligations of the Development Corporation.\n\n(3) In relation to the transfer of rights and obligations under a contract—\n\n(a) the contract continues to have effect, after the Corporation's rights and obligations under the contract become rights and obligations of the Development Corporation, as if a reference in the contract to the Corporation were a reference to the Development Corporation; and\n\n(b) an instrument relating to the contract continues to have effect, after the Corporation's rights and obligations under the contract become rights and obligations of the Development Corporation, as if a reference in the instrument to the Corporation were a reference to the Development Corporation; and\n\n(c) the Development Corporation becomes the Corporation's successor in law, in relation to the Corporation's rights and obligations under the contract, immediately after the Corporation's rights and obligations under the contract become rights and obligations of the Development Corporation; and\n\n(d) if any proceedings to which the Corporation was a party—\n\n(i) were pending in any court or tribunal immediately before the transfer; and\n\n(ii) related, in whole or in part, to those rights or obligations—\n\nthe Development Corporation is substituted for the Corporation as a party to the proceedings to the extent to which the proceedings relate to those rights or obligations.\n\n**Note**\n\nThis section does not apply in respect of development covenants—see section 17.\n\n\t9 Transfer of liabilities of Corporation\n\n(1) On the transfer day, the liabilities of the Corporation, the transfer of which has the consent of the Commonwealth Minister under section 20F(3) of the Commonwealth Act, are transferred to the Development Corporation.\n\n(2) On the transfer day, a liability of the Corporation to which subsection (1) applies—\n\n(a) ceases to be a liability of the Corporation; and\n\n(b) becomes a liability of the Development Corporation.\n\n(3) In relation to the transfer of a liability—\n\n(a) an instrument relating to the liability continues to have effect after the liability becomes a liability of the Development Corporation as if a reference in the instrument to the Corporation were a reference to the Development Corporation; and\n\n(b) the Development Corporation becomes the successor in law of the Corporation in relation to a liability immediately after the liability becomes a liability of the Development Corporation; and\n\n(c) if any proceedings to which the Corporation was a party—\n\n(i) were pending in any court or tribunal immediately before the transfer; and\n\n(ii) related, in whole or in part, to the liability—\n\nthe Development Corporation is substituted for the Corporation as a party to the proceedings to the extent to which the proceedings relate to the liability.\n\n**Note**\n\nThis section does not apply in respect of development covenants—see section 17.\n\n\t10 Operation of sections 7, 8 and 9\n\n(1) The operation of sections 7, 8 and 9 is not to be regarded—\n\n(a) as a breach of contract or confidence or otherwise as a civil wrong; or\n\n(b) as a breach of any contractual provision prohibiting, restricting or regulating the assignment or transfer of assets, contractual rights and obligations, or liabilities; or\n\n(c) as giving rise to any remedy by a party to an instrument, or as causing or permitting the termination of any instrument, because of a change in the beneficial or legal ownership of any asset, contractual right or obligation, or liability.\n\n(2) The operation of section 7, 8 or 9 is not to be regarded as an event of default under any contract or other instrument.\n\n(3) No attornment to the Development Corporation by a lessee from the Corporation is required.\n\n\t11 Assets, contractual rights and obligations, and liabilities not transferred on the transfer day\n\nAny assets, rights and obligations under any contract, and liabilities, of the Corporation that are not transferred to the Development Corporation on or before the dissolution of the Corporation become assets, rights and obligations, and liabilities, of the Crown.\n\n**Note**\n\nThis section does not apply in respect of development covenants—see section 17.\n\n\t12 Construction of references to Corporation\n\n(1) On and after the dissolution of the Corporation, a reference to the Corporation in any other Act, in any instrument made under any other Act or in any document of any other kind—\n\n(a) in so far as it relates to assets, rights and obligations, or liabilities, of the Corporation that have been transferred to the Development Corporation, is to be construed as a reference to the Development Corporation; and\n\n(b) in so far as it relates to assets, rights and obligations, or liabilities, of the Corporation that have not been transferred to the Development Corporation, is to be construed as a reference to the Crown.\n\n(2) Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 7(3)(a), 8(3)(a) or (b), 9(3)(a) or 17.\n\n\t13 Approved form of winding-up agreement\n\n(1) The Minister may make a written determination that a specified form of agreement is the **approved form of winding-up agreement** for the purposes of this Act.\n\n(2) The Minister must cause a copy of the determination to be tabled in each House of Parliament.\n\n(3) Either House of Parliament may, following a motion upon notice, pass a resolution disallowing the determination. To be effective, the resolution must be passed within 15 sitting days of the House after the copy of the determination was tabled in the House.\n\n(4) If neither House passes such a resolution, the determination takes effect on the day immediately after the last day on which such a resolution could have been passed.\n\n\t14 Minister may sign winding-up agreement on behalf of State\n\nIf the written determination under section 13 is not disallowed under that section by either House of Parliament, the Minister (or another Minister) may sign an agreement substantially in accordance with the approved form of winding-up agreement on behalf of the State of Victoria.\n\n\t15 Approval of winding-up agreement\n\n(1) If an agreement substantially in accordance with the approved form of winding-up agreement is signed by or on behalf of the Commonwealth and the States of New South Wales and Victoria, the agreement is approved by Parliament.\n\n(2) The agreement approved by this section is to be known as the **Albury-Wodonga Area Development Winding-up Agreement**.\n\n\t16 Functions, powers and duties of Development Corporation\n\n(1) The Development Corporation has all the duties of the Corporation under section 8(4) and sections 15(5) and 15(12) of the **Albury-Wodonga Agreement Act 1973** as in force immediately before its repeal, including (but not limited to) the duty of the Corporation to comply with each of the following Acts—\n\n(a) **Building Act 1993**;\n\nS. 16(1)(b) amended by No. 39/2018 s. 29.\n\n(b) **Environment Protection Act 2017**;\n\n(c) **Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988**;\n\n(d) **Planning and Environment Act 1987**;\n\n(e) **Subdivision Act 1988**.\n\n(2) In addition to subsection (1), the Development Corporation has, and may exercise and perform, any functions or powers—\n\n(a) that the Corporation could have exercised or performed at any time before its dissolution; and\n\n(b) that are conferred on it by or under the **Albury-Wodonga Area Development Winding-up Agreement**.\n\n\t17 Development covenants\n\n(1) Nothing in section 7, 8, 9, 11 or 12 applies in respect of a development covenant.\n\n(2) On and from the commencement of this section, the Wodonga Rural City Council has and may exercise all of the powers to enforce, vary or release a development covenant that the Corporation had immediately before that commencement.\n\n(3) On and from the commencement of this section any reference to the Corporation in any development covenant is to be construed as a reference to the Wodonga Rural City Council.\n\n(4) For the purposes of this section, and despite the repeal of the **Albury-Wodonga Agreement Act 1973**, subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6) of section 15A of that Act continue to apply in respect of a development covenant as if any reference in those provisions to the Corporation were a reference to the Wodonga Rural City Council.\n\n\t18 Evidentiary certificate\n\n(1) This section applies if the right, title and interest in any land vests in the Development Corporation under this Act.\n\n(2) An authorised person may issue a certificate—\n\n(a) that is signed by the authorised person; and\n\n(b) that identifies the land, whether by reference to a map or otherwise; and\n\n(c) that states that the right, title and interest in that land has become vested in the Development Corporation.\n\n(3) A certificate under this section is evidence that the right, title and interest in the land described in the certificate has become vested in the Development Corporation.\n\n(4) In this section ***authorised person*** means—\n\n(a) the Minister; or\n\n(b) a person authorised by the Minister, in writing, for the purposes of this section.\n\n\t19 Action by Registrar of Titles\n\nOn being requested to do so and on delivery (where required by the Registrar) of a certificate under section 18 and any relevant instrument or document, the Registrar of Titles must (without payment of fee) make any recordings in the Register under the **Transfer of Land Act 1958** that are necessary because of the operation of any provision (other than section 17) of this Act.\n\n\t20 Regulations\n\n(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations containing provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act.\n\n(2) A regulation under this section may take effect from the date on which this Act receives Royal Assent or a later date.\n\n(3) To the extent to which a regulation takes effect from a date that is earlier than the date that it is made, the regulation does not operate so as—\n\n(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date on which the regulation is made; or\n\n(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date on which the regulation is made.\n\n(4) A regulation may provide for the interpretation of references to the chief executive officer of the Corporation.\n\n\n\nEndnotes\n\n1 General information\n\nSee [www.legislation.vic.gov.au](http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au) for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.\n\n*Minister's second reading speech—*\n\n*Legislative Assembly: 1 May 2003*\n\n*Legislative Council: 16 September 2003*\n\nThe long title for the Bill for this Act was \"to repeal the **Albury-Wodonga Agreement Act 1973** and the **Wodonga Area Land Acquisition Act 1973**, to dissolve the Albury-Wodonga (Victoria) Corporation, to provide for the transfer of assets, contractual rights and obligations, and liabilities of that Corporation to the Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation and for other purposes.\"\n\nThis Act was assented to on 23 September 2003 and sections 1–3, 7–10,  \n13–15, 18–20 came into operation on 2 October 2003: Government Gazette 2 October 2003 page 2538; sections 4–6, 11, 12, 16 and 17 on 1 March 2004: Government Gazette 26 February 2004 page 392.\n\nINTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)\n\nStyle changes\n\nSection 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.\n\nReferences to ILA s. 39B\n\nSidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression \"(1)\" at the beginning of the original section or clause.\n\nInterpretation\n\nAs from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:\n\n• Headings\n\nAll headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A).\n\n• Examples, diagrams or notes\n\nAll examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).\n\n• Punctuation\n\nAll punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B).\n\n• Provision numbers\n\nAll provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).\n\n• Location of \"legislative items\"\n\nA \"legislative item\" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.\n\n• Other material\n\nAny explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act.  \nSee section 36(3)(3D)(3E).\n\n2 Table of Amendments\n\nThis publication incorporates amendments made to the **Albury-Wodonga Agreement (Repeal) Act 2003** by Acts and subordinate instruments.\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\n**Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018, No. 39/2018** (as amended by No. 11/2020)\n\n| Assent Date: | 28.8.18 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Commencement Date: | S. 29 on 1.7.21: Special Gazette (No. 124) 16.3.21 p. 1 |\n| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the **Albury-Wodonga Agreement (Repeal) Act 2003** |\n\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\n3 Amendments Not in Operation\n\nThis version does not contain amendments that are not yet in operation.\n\n4 Explanatory details\n\nNo entries at date of publication.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: repealing the 1973 Acts, dissolving the Victorian Corporation, and transferring its functions to the Commonwealth body. The 2018 amendment merely updated a cross-reference to the Environment Protection Act (changing from the 1970 version to the 2017 version), reflecting statutory renumbering rather than substantive expansion of scope."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to Commonwealth legislation (Albury-Wodonga Development Act 1973) — 8+ defined terms rely on external statutory definitions","Conditional transfer mechanics requiring Commonwealth Ministerial consent (sections 7, 8, 9) with dual-trigger timing ('transfer day' definition)","Nested succession provisions — each transfer section (7, 8, 9) contains 3-4 sub-rules about instruments, successor status, and litigation substitution","Explicit exclusion of development covenants from general transfer rules (section 17) creating a parallel enforcement regime","Parliamentary disallowance mechanism for winding-up agreement (section 13) with 15 sitting day window","Survival of repealed Act provisions (section 17(4)) — resurrects specific subsections of the repealed 1973 Act for covenant purposes"],"plain_english_summary":"This cleanup bill winds up the Victorian arm of the 1970s Albury–Wodonga development scheme: it dissolves the state corporation, repeals old Victorian laws, and transfers its property, contracts and liabilities to the Commonwealth’s Albury–Wodonga Development Corporation while preserving existing contracts, leases and legal rights. It also gives local planning enforcement for development covenants to Wodonga Rural City Council and lets the Minister finalise a winding‑up agreement with NSW and the Commonwealth. \n\nIt mainly affects property owners, developers, tenants, the council and the Commonwealth corporation."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act largely executes the narrow, stated purpose set out in its purposes (s 1): repeal the earlier Victorian Acts, dissolve the Victorian Corporation, and provide for transfer of its assets, contracts and liabilities to the Commonwealth Development Corporation together with an agreed winding‑up arrangement. The provisions operate as implementation machinery (automatic vesting, substitution in proceedings, title registration, and a carve‑out for development covenants to the local council). There is no material expansion of subject matter beyond those repeal and transfer objectives; the imposition of specific Victorian statutory duties on the Development Corporation (s 16(1)) is part of effecting continuity of regulation rather than a broadening of the Act's core purpose."},"complexity_factors":["About 20 substantive sections (compact statute)","Approximately 10 defined terms in the interpretation section (s 3)","Significant cross‑references to the Commonwealth Albury‑Wodonga Development Act 1973 (see s 3 and consent provisions referenced in ss 7–9)","Conditional transfers requiring Commonwealth Minister consent (conditional logic across ss 7–9)","Exceptions and carve‑outs for development covenants (s 17) creating separate treatment pathway","Automatic vesting and substitution rules for instruments and proceedings (ss 7(2)–(3), 8(3), 9(3))","Ministerial discretion to approve and sign a standard winding‑up agreement subject to parliamentary disallowance (ss 13–15)","Transitional and savings regulation power (s 20) allowing retroactive commencement within limits"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Act does (mechanically)\n\n- Repeals two old Victorian laws that set up the Albury‑Wodonga (Victoria) Corporation (the Corporation) and a land‑acquisition power (s 4).\n- Dissolves the Corporation and vacates members' offices on dissolution (ss 5–6).\n- Provides for assets, contractual rights and obligations, and liabilities of the Corporation to be transferred to the Commonwealth Albury‑Wodonga Development Corporation (the Development Corporation) — but only to the extent the Commonwealth Minister gives consent under the Commonwealth Act (ss 3(def.), 7–9).\n  - Transfers of property and contracts vest automatically on the transfer day without separate conveyance or assignment (s 7(2); s 8(1)–(3)).\n  - Where transfers occur, instruments and proceedings that named the old Corporation are treated as if they named the Development Corporation (ss 7(3)(a)–(c), 8(3)(a)–(d), 9(3)(a)–(c)).\n- If particular assets, contracts or liabilities are not transferred by the time the Victorian Corporation is dissolved, they become assets or liabilities of the Crown in right of Victoria (s 11).\n- The Act protects the transfers from being treated as breaches of contract or events of default (s 10).\n- Development covenants (a particular kind of covenant created under the old 1973 Act) are excluded from the general transfers: those covenants and any powers to enforce, vary or release them pass to the Wodonga Rural City Council, and references to the Corporation in those covenants are read as references to that Council (s 17).\n- The Minister may approve and (unless Parliament disallows) sign a standard winding‑up agreement between Victoria, New South Wales and the Commonwealth; once signed, that agreement is approved by Parliament and called the Albury‑Wodonga Area Development Winding‑up Agreement (ss 13–15).\n- The Development Corporation must carry out certain duties the Victorian Corporation previously had and must comply with a specified list of Victorian planning and environment laws when performing those duties (s 16(1)–(2)).\n- The Act allows an authorised person to issue a certificate that land has vested in the Development Corporation, and requires the Victorian Registrar of Titles to make necessary entries without fee on production of that certificate (ss 18–19).\n- The Governor in Council can make transitional or savings regulations needed to implement the repeal and winding up (s 20).\n\nWho this affects\n\n- The State of Victoria: it gives up the Albury‑Wodonga (Victoria) Corporation and transfers some (but not necessarily all) of its property, contracts and liabilities (ss 4–11).\n- The Commonwealth Development Corporation: may receive and become owner of assets, successor in contracts, and owner of liabilities, subject to Commonwealth Minister consent (ss 3, 7–9).\n- Wodonga Rural City Council: becomes the body with powers over development covenants previously controlled by the Corporation (s 17).\n- Parties to contracts and ongoing court or tribunal proceedings involving the Corporation: those matters may be continued with the Development Corporation substituted as the party where the transferred item is relevant (ss 7(3)(c), 8(3)(d), 9(3)(c)).\n- Land registrants and title holders: the Registrar of Titles must make entries required by the transfers on production of a certificate, and without payment of fee (ss 18–19).\n\nWhy it matters (official purpose, and practical implications)\n\n- Official purpose: to wind up the Victorian Corporation created under the 1973 Agreement, repeal the Victorian statutes that established it, and transfer its functions, property and liabilities to the Commonwealth Development Corporation (s 1).\n\n- Practical implications and implementation mechanics to watch:\n  - Transfers require the Commonwealth Minister's consent under the Commonwealth Act; that creates a dependency on Commonwealth approval and timing (s 3(def. of \"transfer day\"); ss 7–9 reference Commonwealth consent provisions).\n  - Where consent is given, transfers are automatic and do not require new conveyances or assignments, which reduces transactional steps (s 7(2); s 8(3)(a)–(b)).\n  - The Act protects those automatic transfers from claims that they breach contract terms or trigger defaults (s 10). That limits remedies available to counter‑parties whose contracts included anti‑assignment or default provisions.\n  - Assets, rights or liabilities not transferred before Victorian dissolution become Crown property/obligations; that changes who bears residual costs or manages residual assets (s 11).\n  - Development covenants are carved out and assigned to the local council; local government therefore takes on enforcement and any discretion about varying or releasing those covenants (s 17).\n  - The Development Corporation inherits some Victorian statutory duties and must comply with named Victorian planning and environment laws when carrying out those duties (s 16(1)). That creates a continuing regulatory interface with Victorian law despite the Commonwealth ownership.\n\nRisks, trade‑offs and administrative features (mechanisms, not judgements)\n\n- Who decides: the Commonwealth Minister decides which specific assets/rights/liabilities can transfer by giving consent under the Commonwealth Act; the Victorian Minister approves the standard winding‑up agreement form and may sign the agreement for the State if Parliament does not disallow the ministerial determination (ss 3(def.), 13–15).\n- Timing and implementation risk: because transfers take effect either on dissolution or when Commonwealth consent takes effect (whichever is earlier), there is a timing interaction that could lead to some items falling to the Crown if Commonwealth consent is not in place before dissolution (s 3(def. of \"transfer day\"); s 11).\n- Compliance burden and legal continuity: substituted parties and automatic vesting reduce the need for fresh deeds and avoid disruption to proceedings, but they also remove the need for counterparties to consent to assignment (ss 7(2)–(3), 8(3), 9(3), 10).\n- Financial exposure: the Development Corporation may take on liabilities of the Victorian Corporation (if consented); where liabilities are not transferred they become Victorian Crown liabilities (s 9; s 11). This allocates financial risk depending on which liabilities the Commonwealth consents to accept.\n- Local control over covenants: transferring enforcement of development covenants to the Wodonga Rural City Council concentrates discretion locally (s 17).\n- Administrative simplification: the Registrar of Titles must update records without fee on presentation of the evidentiary certificate, lowering transaction costs for title changes (ss 18–19).\n\nKey sections to refer to\n\n- Purposes: s 1.  Repeal and dissolution: ss 4–6.  Asset/contract/liability transfers and effects: ss 7–11.  Development covenants: s 17.  Ministerial approval and winding‑up agreement: ss 13–15.  Development Corporation duties and applicable Victorian law: s 16.  Titles and evidentiary certificate: ss 18–19.  Regulations/transitional power: s 20.\n\nSummary conclusion (neutral):\n\nThe Act winds up the Victorian Albury‑Wodonga Corporation, sets a legal mechanism for moving selected property, contracts and liabilities to the Commonwealth Development Corporation (subject to Commonwealth Minister consent), transfers local development covenant powers to the Wodonga Rural City Council, and provides procedural measures (automatic vesting, substitution in proceedings, title recording) to effect that change with minimal need for fresh documents. The main operational dependencies are the Commonwealth consents under the Commonwealth Act and the timing of dissolution, which together determine which items transfer and which fall to the Victorian Crown (see ss 3, 7–11)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/albury-wodonga-agreement-repeal-act-2003","history":"/api/acts/albury-wodonga-agreement-repeal-act-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/albury-wodonga-agreement-repeal-act-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/albury-wodonga-agreement-repeal-act-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/albury-wodonga-agreement-repeal-act-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/albury-wodonga-agreement-repeal-act-2003/documents"}}