{"id":"fremantle-city-council-lands-act-1929","name":"Fremantle City Council Lands Act 1929","slug":"fremantle-city-council-lands-act-1929","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30651,"registerId":"wa-fremantle-city-council-lands-act-1929-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fremantle City Council Lands Act 1929","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nFremantle City Council Lands Act 1929\n\nWestern Australia\n\nFremantle City Council Lands Act 1929\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 1\n\n2. Fremantle City Council authorised to surrender Fremantle town lot 598 1\n\n3. Land surrendered to be granted to Trustees of Kindergarten Union of Western Australia Incorporated 1\n\n4. Fremantle City Council authorised to sell portion of Fremantle town lot 1508 2\n\nThe Schedule\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 4\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nFremantle City Council Lands Act 1929\n\nAn Act to authorise the Fremantle City Council to surrender and dispose of certain Lands now vested in such Council.\n\nBe it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Fremantle City Council Lands Act 1929*.\n\n##### 2. Fremantle City Council authorised to surrender Fremantle town lot 598\n\nThe Fremantle City Council is hereby authorised to surrender to His Majesty all its estate and interest in Fremantle town lot 598 which is held in trust for municipal purposes.\n\n##### 3. Land surrendered to be granted to Trustees of Kindergarten Union of Western Australia Incorporated\n\nWhen the said council shall have surrendered to His Majesty its estate and interest in the said Fremantle town lot 598, the said land shall be granted forthwith in fee simple to the Trustees of the Kindergarten Union of Western Australia Incorporated, in trust for the erection of buildings thereon in connection with the objects of the said Kindergarten Union.\n\n##### 4. Fremantle City Council authorised to sell portion of Fremantle town lot 1508\n\nThe Fremantle City Council is hereby authorised to sell and transfer to the Fremantle Municipal Tramways and Electric Lighting Board all its estate and interest in that portion of land held in trust for corporation yards, being all that portion of Fremantle town lot 1508, which is more particularly described, defined, and delineated in the schedule hereto, discharged from all trusts and for such price and upon such terms and conditions as the said council shall think fit: Provided that the proceeds of such sale after receipt thereof shall be applied by the said council for municipal purposes.\n\nThe Schedule\n\nAll that portion of Fremantle town lot 1508 bounded by lines starting from a point on the north‑western boundary of said lot situate 65 degrees 25 minutes 30.2/10th links from the intersection of the south‑eastern alignment of Quarry Street with the north‑eastern alignment of Parry street, and extending 65 degrees 25 minutes 3 chains 29.4/10th links; thence 171 degrees 30 minutes 2 chains 25.4/10 links; thence 257 degrees 33 minutes 37.4/10th links; thence 168 degrees 36 minutes 10.2/10th links; thence 249 degrees 41 minutes 2 chains 74.4/10th links; thence 339 degrees 51 minutes 1 chain 31.8/10th links along said alignment of Parry street to its intersection with a circular curve, the bearing and distance of whose radius is 69 degrees 49 minutes 72.8/10th links from said intersection point; thence along said curve northerly 68.9/10th links, and thence 339 degrees 46 minutes 10.4/10th links to the starting point, as shown on L.T.O. Diagram 9418. All bearings being true or thereabouts and the measurements more or less.\n\n[Schedule inserted: No. 30 of 1933 s.2.]\n\nNotes\n\n1. This is a compilation of the *Fremantle City Council Lands Act 1929* and includes all amendments effected by the other Acts referred to in the following Table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and year** | **Assent** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Fremantle City Council Lands Act 1929* | 40 of 1929 | 31 Dec 1929 | 31 Dec 1929 |\n| *Fremantle City Council Lands Amendment Act 1933* | 30 of 1933 | 19 Dec 1933 | 19 Dec 1933 |\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"},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope assessment is not possible as the legislative content was not available for analysis. No determination can be made about whether the Act's scope changed from its original intent."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was retrievable — the source page is unavailable due to website system upgrades","Cannot assess complexity without access to the actual text of the Act","Score of 1 reflects absence of analysable content, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"The Fremantle City Council Lands Act 1929 is a Western Australian statute—now unavailable online—likely addressing the council’s powers over acquisition, use, sale or leasing of council land in Fremantle. Its exact scope and current status (amendments or repeal) cannot be confirmed from the missing online record.\n\nTo verify details and legal effect, consult the Western Australian legislation website or contact the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act's core powers (surrendering lot 598, granting it to the Kindergarten Union, and selling part of lot 1508) remain the same, but a 1933 amendment inserted a detailed Schedule specifying the exact portion of town lot 1508 to be sold (Schedule; inserted No. 30 of 1933 s.2). That amendment narrows/clarifies the geographic scope of the sale without expanding the classes of beneficiaries or adding new types of disposals; implementation therefore requires adherence to the surveyed boundaries in the Schedule."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, transaction‑specific scope — only three operative authorisations (ss.2–4) which reduces statutory complexity.","Technical land description in the Schedule (bearing/distance references and L.T.O. Diagram 9418) requires survey interpretation for implementation (Schedule; inserted No. 30 of 1933 s.2).","Legal effect involves surrender to the Crown and grant in fee simple to a private trustee — trustee conveyancing and title procedures required (ss.2–3).","Council retains broad commercial discretion over sale price and terms, creating administrative decision-making and valuation tasks (s.4).","Sale proceeds must be applied to municipal purposes, creating an earmarking constraint on municipal budgeting (s.4).","Amendment history is short but material: a 1933 insertion clarifies the exact portion to be sold (Notes; Schedule inserted: No. 30 of 1933 s.2)."],"plain_english_summary":"*This Act* lets Fremantle City Council surrender town lot 598 so it can be granted in fee simple to the Trustees of the Kindergarten Union of WA for building purposes, and authorises the council to sell a defined part of town lot 1508 to the Fremantle Municipal Tramways and Electric Lighting Board, with sale proceeds applied to municipal purposes. It affects the Council, the Kindergarten Union, the Tramways Board and municipal finances; the council sets sale price and terms (s.4) and the transfers remove land from prior municipal trusts (ss.2–3)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose. The 1933 amendment (Act No. 30 of 1933) merely inserted the Schedule containing the technical land description for Lot 1508 — it did not expand the Act's substantive scope beyond the two original land transactions."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short statute (4 operative sections plus schedule)","No defined terms section; only specific proper nouns (land titles, organisations)","Minimal conditional logic — essentially 'if surrendered, then granted'","Single cross-reference (to the Schedule for land description)","Schedule contains technical land survey description (bearings and distances) but this is standard for property legislation of the era rather than legal complexity","One simple proviso ('Provided that...') regarding use of sale proceeds"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does:**\n\nThis is a very specific, one-off piece of legislation from 1929 that lets the Fremantle City Council (the local government for Fremantle, Western Australia) deal with two particular parcels of land in ways they normally couldn't.\n\n**Two separate land deals:**\n\n*   **Town Lot 598:** The Council is allowed to hand back (\"surrender\") this land to the Crown (the government). Once they do, the land gets immediately granted to the **Kindergarten Union of Western Australia** — a charitable organisation — so they can build a kindergarten on it. The Council held this land \"in trust for municipal purposes\" (meaning they were legally required to use it for public/council purposes), so they needed special permission to give it away.\n\n*   **Town Lot 1508 (part):** The Council is allowed to sell a specific chunk of this land to the **Fremantle Municipal Tramways and Electric Lighting Board** (the old government body that ran trams and streetlights). The land was originally held \"in trust for corporation yards\" (meaning it was meant for council depots/workshops), so again, special permission was needed to sell it. The sale proceeds must go back into general council funds for municipal purposes.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThis is an example of a \"private Act\" — legislation that deals with specific people, places, or transactions rather than general rules. Before modern planning and land transfer laws, councils often needed their own Act of Parliament just to sell or transfer land they held in trust. This particular Act enabled a kindergarten to be built and helped the tramways board acquire land for infrastructure."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fremantle-city-council-lands-act-1929","history":"/api/acts/fremantle-city-council-lands-act-1929/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fremantle-city-council-lands-act-1929/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fremantle-city-council-lands-act-1929/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fremantle-city-council-lands-act-1929/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fremantle-city-council-lands-act-1929/documents"}}