{"id":"geraldton-sailors-and-soldiers-memorial-institute-lands-vesting-act-1933","name":"Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial Institute Lands Vesting Act 1933","slug":"geraldton-sailors-and-soldiers-memorial-institute-lands-vesting-act-1933","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30581,"registerId":"wa-geraldton-sailors-and-soldiers-memorial-institute-lands-vesting-act-1933-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial Institute Lands Vesting Act 1933","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nGeraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute Lands Vesting Act 1933\n\nWestern Australia\n\nGeraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute Lands Vesting Act 1933\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 1\n\n2. Certain lands vested in Trustees of the Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Institute 1\n\n3. New certificate of title may be issued 1\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 2\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nGeraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute Lands Vesting Act 1933\n\nAn Act to vest certain lands in the Trustees of the Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute.\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute Lands Vesting Act 1933* 1.\n\n##### 2. Certain lands vested in Trustees of the Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Institute\n\nAll those pieces of land, being portions of Geraldton suburban lots 158, 161, 162, and being part of the land on plan 3476, and being lots 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 43, 44, 45, and 46, standing in the register book in the Office of Titles 4 in the name of Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute, Incorporated (now defunct) 2, are hereby vested for an estate in fee simple in possession, free of all charges and encumbrances (including statutory charges or encumbrances in favour of the Crown), in the Trustees of the Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute, a body corporate incorporated under the provisions of the *Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute Act 1929*.\n\n##### 3. New certificate of title may be issued\n\nThe Registrar of Titles is hereby authorised to issue a certificate of title for the said lands in the name of the Trustees of the Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute.\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute Lands Vesting Act 1933* 3. The table also contains information about that Act and any reprint.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and year** | **Assent** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute Lands Vesting Act 1933* | 26 of 1933 | 4 Dec 1933 | 4 Dec 1933 |\n| **Reprint 1: The *Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute Lands Vesting Act 1933* as at 9 May 2003** | | | |\n\n\n2 See *Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute Act 1929* s. 3.\n\n3 Related Acts:\n\n\t*Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute Act 1929*\n\n *Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute Enabling Act 1934*\n\n *Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute (Trust Property Disposition) Act 1938.*\n\n4 Plans formerly registered in the Office of Titles are now being held by the Western Australian Land Information Authority (see the *Land Information Authority Act 2006* s. 100).\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: transferring specific Geraldton land from a defunct incorporated body to a new trustee body. There is no evidence of scope creep; the Act has not been amended to expand its operation beyond this single, narrow conveyancing function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short statute — only 3 operative sections","No defined terms section; all terms are either common legal language ('fee simple', 'encumbrances') or specific land references","Single purpose legislation with linear logic: identify land → vest land → issue title","Minimal cross-referencing — only refers to the 1929 parent Act and standard land registration processes","No conditional provisions, exceptions, or regulatory mechanisms","Land description uses historical survey references (plan 3476, lot numbers) which are specific but not legally complex"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does:**\n\nThis is a short, technical law from 1933 that transfers ownership of specific land in Geraldton, Western Australia, from one organisation to another.\n\n**The problem it solved:**\n\nThe land originally belonged to the \"Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial Institute, Incorporated\" — but that organisation had become defunct (meaning it no longer existed or operated). Meanwhile, a new body called the \"Trustees of the Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial Institute\" had been created under a 1929 Act. This 1933 law simply moves the land from the old, dead organisation to the new, active one.\n\n**What land is involved:**\n\nSpecific suburban lots in Geraldton — portions of lots 158, 161, and 162, plus lots numbered 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 43, 44, 45, and 46 on a plan registered as number 3476.\n\n**Key features:**\n\n*   **Clean transfer:** The land is transferred \"free of all charges and encumbrances\" — meaning any debts, mortgages, or government claims attached to the land are wiped clean.\n*   **Fee simple:** This is the highest form of land ownership under Australian law — essentially full, permanent ownership (as opposed to a lease or limited right).\n*   **New title:** The Registrar of Titles (the government office that records land ownership) is instructed to issue a fresh certificate of title in the new organisation's name.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\nPrimarily the Trustees of the Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial Institute, who gained clear legal ownership of the land. It also affects anyone dealing with that land, as it clarifies who actually owns it.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nWithout this law, land owned by a defunct organisation would sit in legal limbo — unclear who could sell it, maintain it, or use it. This law ensured the memorial institute's property could continue to serve its purpose (likely as a community facility for returned servicemen and their families) under the new management structure."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No change from the Act's apparent original purpose: it transfers legal title of the listed lots to the Trustees and authorises issuance of a new certificate of title (ss.2–3). The compilation notes and related Acts are recorded but the text as presented performs only that vesting and registration function."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: primary operation is to vest listed land parcels in trustees (s.2).","Very short text: two operative sections plus short title; limited legal complexity.","Land identified by lot and plan numbers requiring accurate title searches and plan identification for implementation (s.2; compilation notes).","Vesting is 'free of all charges and encumbrances, including statutory/Crown' — requires confirmation of title status before transfer (s.2).","Implementation depends on administrative act by Registrar of Titles to issue new certificate — practical, not policy, difficulty (s.3).","Reference to the trustees as a corporate body incorporated under the 1929 Act creates a reliance on an external instrument for corporate identity and capacity (s.2; notes)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act vests specific Geraldton land parcels in the Trustees of the Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Institute in fee simple, free of all charges and encumbrances (s.2). It authorises the Registrar of Titles to issue a new certificate of title in the trustees’ name (s.3). The trustees thereby receive full legal ownership; administrative and registration tasks (and any associated costs) fall to the trustees and the Registrar."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the title alone, this appears to be a tightly scoped, purpose-built Act with no evident scope creep. Its function — vesting specific land in a specific institution — is entirely consistent with what the title describes. However, this assessment is necessarily limited given that the full text of the legislation is unavailable."},"complexity_factors":["The legislation title suggests a narrow, single-purpose vesting Act with limited scope","Historical Acts of this type (1930s land vesting) were typically short and straightforward in drafting","No actual legislative text is available for analysis, preventing assessment of any technical provisions, schedules, or cross-references","Land vesting Acts of this era generally involved minimal ongoing obligations or interpretive complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"Likely a narrow 1933 Western Australian law vesting specified Geraldton land in the Geraldton Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial Institute to establish or secure a memorial institute’s property. It would primarily affect that institute, its members, and possibly the local council, with limited broader impact today. The Act’s text is currently unavailable, so this summary is based on reasonable inference from the title and era, not the statute itself."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/geraldton-sailors-and-soldiers-memorial-institute-lands-vesting-act-1933","history":"/api/acts/geraldton-sailors-and-soldiers-memorial-institute-lands-vesting-act-1933/history","analysis":"/api/acts/geraldton-sailors-and-soldiers-memorial-institute-lands-vesting-act-1933/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/geraldton-sailors-and-soldiers-memorial-institute-lands-vesting-act-1933/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/geraldton-sailors-and-soldiers-memorial-institute-lands-vesting-act-1933/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/geraldton-sailors-and-soldiers-memorial-institute-lands-vesting-act-1933/documents"}}