{"id":"city-of-perth-leederville-park-lands-act-1950","name":"City of Perth (Leederville Park Lands) Act 1950","slug":"city-of-perth-leederville-park-lands-act-1950","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30240,"registerId":"wa-city-of-perth-leederville-park-lands-act-1950-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"City of Perth (Leederville Park Lands) Act 1950","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nCity of Perth (Leederville Park Lands) Act 1950\n\nWestern Australia\n\nCity of Perth (Leederville Park Lands) Act 1950\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 1\n\n2. Discharge of Trust 1\n\n3. Power to lease 1\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 3\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nCity of Perth (Leederville Park Lands) Act 1950\n\nAn Act to discharge certain Lands of the City of Perth from certain Trusts and for other purposes.\n\nBe it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the came, as follows: —\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *City of Perth (Leederville Park Lands) Act 1950*.\n\n##### 2. Discharge of Trust\n\nAll that piece of land containing 2 acres and 5 3/10th perches or thereabouts lying on the east side of Jersey Street and being portion of Swan Location 2124 and being part of the land comprised in Certificate of Title Volume 417 Folio 72 which stands registered under the *Transfer of Land Act 1893* in the name of the City of Perth upon trust for the purposes of a municipal endowment is discharged from all trusts now affecting the said land.\n\n[Section 2 amended: No. 81 of 1996 s.153 (3); No. 60 of 2006 s. 127.]\n\n##### 3. Power to lease\n\nThe City of Perth is empowered from time to time to lease the land described in Section 2 of this Act in such manner and on such terms as the City of Perth may in its absolute discretion, subject to any obligation under the *Local Government Act 1995*, deem fit.\n\n[Section 3 amended: No. 14 of 1996 s.4.]\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation as at of the *City of Perth (Leederville Park Lands) Act 1950* and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and year** | **Assent** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *City of Perth (Leederville Park Lands) Act 1950* | 43 of 1950 | 18 Dec 1950 | 18 Dec 1950 |\n| *Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996* s. 4 | 14 of 1996 | 28 Jun 1996 | 1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2) |\n| *Transfer of Land Amendment Act 1996* s. 153(3) | 81 of 1996 | 14 Nov 1996 | 14 Nov 1996 (see s. (2)) |\n| *Land Information Authority Act 2006* s. 127 | 60 of 2006 | 16 Nov 2006 | 1 Jan 2007 (see s. 2(1) and *Gazette* 8 Dec 2006 p. 5369) |\n","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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The original statutory purpose—discharging a municipal endowment trust and permitting the City to lease the specific parcel—remains the core. Subsequent amendments have modestly changed scope by modernising statutory references to land-title and land information legislation and by qualifying the City’s previously expressed \"absolute discretion\" to lease with the need to observe obligations under the Local Government Act 1995. In practical terms this narrows and formalises the City’s freedom to lease (introducing statutory constraints and processes) rather than expanding the Act beyond its original, narrowly local purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Three substantive sections (short title, discharge of trust, power to lease)","Single, precisely described parcel of land (no broad definitions or schedules)","No extensive defined-term section or complex interpretive provisions","One cross-reference to the Transfer of Land Act 1893 (land title framing)","One conditional cross-reference to the Local Government Act 1995 limiting City discretion","A small number of later technical amendments updating statutory references"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does (mechanically)**\n\n- The Act identifies a specific piece of land in Leederville (described as about 2 acres and 5.3 perches on the east side of Jersey Street, part of Swan Location 2124 and part of Certificate of Title Vol. 417 Fol. 72) and removes the legal trusts that previously applied to that parcel (section 2). \"Discharge of trust\" means the City is no longer bound to hold and use the land under the earlier trust terms (in this case a municipal endowment—land set aside to benefit the municipality).\n\n- The Act gives the City of Perth the legal power to lease that same parcel of land from time to time on whatever terms the City decides, subject to any duties the City has under the Local Government Act 1995 (section 3). In short: the land is freed from the old trust and may be leased by the City.\n\n**Who this affects**\n\n- The City of Perth: gains discretion to lease the described land and to set lease terms (subject to obligations in the Local Government Act).\n- Potential lessees or private businesses: may be able to take leases on the land and use it commercially or otherwise under lease terms the City sets.\n- Members of the public and local ratepayers: the public interest protected by the previous municipal endowment trust is removed, so public access or use that relied on that trust may change depending on how the City leases the land.\n\n**Why it matters (stated purpose and practical effects)**\n\n- The Act's stated mechanical effect is to free a municipal endowment parcel so the City can use it differently (specifically, to lease it). A plausible purpose-claim is that this enables the City to put the land to revenue-generating or alternative uses that were not permitted while it remained subject to the municipal endowment trust.\n\n- Practical trade-offs and implementation points to note:\n  - Who pays / who benefits: The City (and any chosen lessee) stands to benefit financially or operationally from leasing; the broader community could lose the protections or intended uses that the original trust delivered. (s.2, s.3)\n  - Decision-making: The City has \"absolute discretion\" in setting lease terms in the Act text, but that discretion is explicitly subject to any statutory obligations under the Local Government Act 1995 (s.3). That creates a legal constraint and procedural obligations the City must observe when leasing.\n  - Compliance and approvals: Leases will need to comply with the Local Government Act and any other relevant land or planning laws; administrative requirements and approvals may therefore limit how freely the City can act.\n  - Market effects: Making the land leasable opens it to private use and competition for leases; lessees may invest, operate businesses, or pay rents—effects on local markets depend on the lease terms the City negotiates.\n  - Opportunity costs and substitution: Once the trust is discharged, the land can be used in ways inconsistent with its former municipal endowment purpose; that is an opportunity cost for whatever public uses the endowment previously supported.\n  - Concentrated vs diffuse effects: Financial benefits from leasing are concentrated (City budget and lessees); reduction or loss of the public-purpose constraint is dispersed across the local community.\n  - Implementation risk: The principal legal risk is ensuring the City complies with the Local Government Act and any other statutory controls; disputes could arise over whether a proposed lease is consistent with residual statutory obligations.\n\n**Statutory cross-references and updates**\n\n- The text refers to the Transfer of Land Act 1893 in describing the certificate of title and is expressly amended over time to reflect later land-information statutes and the Local Government Act. Those amendments update legal references and add the Local Government Act qualification on leasing (see section 3 as amended).\n\n(References: section 2 — discharge of trust for the described parcel; section 3 — power to lease, \"subject to any obligation under the Local Government Act 1995\")"},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Unable to assess whether the scope changed from the original intent — the full text of the legislation was not retrievable. No comparison between original and current form is possible."},"complexity_factors":["Legislation content is entirely unavailable — only an error page was retrieved","No provisions, sections, or operative text could be analysed","Cannot assess definitional complexity, cross-references, or regulatory burden","Score of 1 reflects absence of analysable content, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"## City of Perth (Leederville Park Lands) Act 1950\n\n**⚠️ Content Unavailable**\n\nThe actual text of this Western Australian law could not be retrieved. The legislation page has been moved or removed from the Western Australian legislation website as part of a system upgrade.\n\n**What we do know:**\n- This is a **Western Australian Act** passed in **1950**\n- It relates to **park lands in Leederville** (a suburb of Perth)\n- It likely concerns the management, reservation, or administration of public park land in that area under the authority of the **City of Perth** council\n- Acts of this type typically define who controls the land, what it can be used for, and any restrictions on development or sale\n\n**Who might be affected:** Residents near Leederville parklands, the City of Perth council, and anyone with an interest in the use or development of those public green spaces.\n\n**To access the actual legislation**, visit the [Western Australian legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search for the Act by name, or contact the Parliamentary Counsel's Office Helpdesk directly."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: discharging a specific trust over a specific parcel of land in Leederville to allow the City of Perth to lease it. The amendments made in 1996 and 2006 were purely technical updates to reflect changes in related legislation (the Local Government Act and land title system), not expansions of scope."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections (short title, discharge of trust, power to lease)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation except incidental mentions of the Transfer of Land Act 1893 and Local Government Act 1995","Single, specific subject matter (one 2-acre parcel of land)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Total length under 500 words"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does:**\n\nThis short piece of legislation frees up a small parcel of land in Leederville (a suburb of Perth) so the City of Perth can use it more flexibly.\n\n**The backstory:**\n- In 1950, there was a 2-acre block of land on Jersey Street that was held \"in trust\" (a legal arrangement where someone holds property for a specific purpose, in this case as a \"municipal endowment\" — basically, property set aside to generate income for council purposes).\n- This trust restricted what the City of Perth could do with the land.\n\n**What changed:**\n- **Section 2** removes all trust obligations from this specific piece of land. It essentially gives the City of Perth full ownership rights, free from the original restrictions.\n- **Section 3** explicitly gives the City of Perth the power to lease (rent out) the land however it sees fit, as long as it follows the general rules in the *Local Government Act 1995*.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Primarily the City of Perth (the local council)\n- Potentially anyone who might lease or use this specific land in Leederville\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a classic example of \"trust-busting\" legislation — a specific, one-off law to unlock the value of a particular piece of public land. Rather than being locked into an old trust arrangement from the 19th or early 20th century, the council can now lease the land commercially. These kinds of Acts were common in mid-20th century Australia as councils sought to modernise their property holdings."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/city-of-perth-leederville-park-lands-act-1950","history":"/api/acts/city-of-perth-leederville-park-lands-act-1950/history","analysis":"/api/acts/city-of-perth-leederville-park-lands-act-1950/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/city-of-perth-leederville-park-lands-act-1950/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/city-of-perth-leederville-park-lands-act-1950/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/city-of-perth-leederville-park-lands-act-1950/documents"}}