{"id":"jennacubbine-sports-council-incorporated-act-1965","name":"Jennacubbine Sports Council (Incorporated) Act 1965","slug":"jennacubbine-sports-council-incorporated-act-1965","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30767,"registerId":"wa-jennacubbine-sports-council-incorporated-act-1965-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Jennacubbine Sports Council (Incorporated) Act 1965","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nJennacubbine Sports Council (Incorporated) Act 1965\n\nWestern Australia\n\nJennacubbine Sports Council (Incorporated) Act 1965\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 2\n\n2. Dissolution of Club and transfer of its assets to Council 2\n\n3. Power of Registrar of Titles to register, transfer of certain land 3\n\n4. Stamp duty payable on application 3\n\n5. Use of land vested in Council 3\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 5\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nJennacubbine Sports Council (Incorporated) Act 1965\n\nAn Act to dissolve an Association incorporated under the *Associations Incorporation Act 1895*, by the name of Jennacubbine Race Club and to vest its assets in an Association to be so incorporated by the name of Jennacubbine Sports Council and for incidental purposes.\n\nPreamble\n\nWHEREAS:\n\n(a) the Jennacubbine Race Club (in this Act called “the Club”) was incorporated by that name under the *Associations Incorporation Act 1895*, on the twenty‑fourth day of November, nineteen hundred and twenty‑ three;\n\n(b) the rules of the Club provide *inter alia* that the President and other officers of the Club and members of its Committee shall retire from office annually and further provide that no member of the Club is competent to vote on any occasion whatever or to enjoy any privileges as a member until he has paid his subscription to the Club for the current year;\n\n(c) it appears that —\n\n(i) the last general meeting of the members of the Club was held in or about the year nineteen hundred and fifty‑three, and no Committee of the Club has since been elected; and\n\n(ii) no persons had paid any subscriptions to the Club since that year or have any horse race meetings been conducted by the Club since that year;\n\n(d) various residents of the district of Jennacubbine, many of whom are former members of the Club are desirous of forming an association and incorporating it under the *Associations Incorporation Act 1895*, by the name of the Jennacubbine Sports Council (in this Act called “the Council”) for the purpose of using —\n\n(i) the land owned by the Club and formerly used by it as a race course, as a playing ground for sport in general and in particular for the playing of cricket, football, tennis, hockey and basketball; and\n\n(ii) the other assets of the Club towards the advancement of sport in the district of Jennacubbine; and\n\n(e) it is deemed proper in the circumstances that the Club be dissolved and its assets vested in the Council when the Council is incorporated under the *Associations Incorporation Act 1895*.\n\nBe it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent the Legislative Council and the 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 *Jennacubbine Sports Council (Incorporated) Act 1965*.\n\n##### 2. Dissolution of Club and transfer of its assets to Council\n\nWhen a certificate of incorporation is duly granted under the *Associations Incorporation Act 1895*, in respect of the Council as from the date of the certificate —\n\n(a) the Club is dissolved and ceases to exist;\n\n(b) all the real and personal property of the Club and every right and interest therein of the Club subsisting immediately before that date shall, by force of and subject to this Act, without any conveyance, transfer or assignment, be transferred to, vest in and become the property of the Council, subject to any trusts, debts and liabilities affecting such property;\n\n(c) all other rights, liabilities and obligations of the Club subsisting at that date shall be preserved, vested in, carried on, continued and assumed completely and without any abatement or cessation in any respect whatever, by the Council.\n\n##### 3. Power of Registrar of Titles to register, transfer of certain land\n\nThe Registrar of Titles appointed under the *Transfer of Land Act 1893*, shall on the application of the Council made at any time after the date referred to in section two of this Act, and on the production of Certificate of Title Volume 1025 Folium 743, and payment of the appropriate fee, register the Council as the registered proprietor of all that piece of land comprised and described in that Certificate of Title.\n\n##### 4. Stamp duty payable on application\n\nStamp duty is payable under the provisions of the *Stamp Act 1921*, in respect of the application referred to in section three of this Act and for that purpose the application shall be treated as though it were a conveyance or transfer or sale of property under that Act and the consideration therefor were one thousand three hundred and ten pounds.\n\n##### 5. Use of land vested in Council\n\n(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the land comprised and described in Certificate of Title Volume 1025 Folium 743, being Avon Location 20480 containing sixty‑five acres two roods shall, when transferred to the Council under this Act, be used for the purpose of a ground for the playing of sport generally and in particular for the playing of cricket, football, tennis, hockey and basketball and for purposes incidental thereto.\n\n(2) The land referred to in subsection (1) of this section may be used by the Council for any purpose other than the purpose referred to in that subsection if —\n\n(a) the Council so resolves at a general meeting of the members of the Council duly convened for the purpose of passing such a resolution and specifies in the resolution the purpose for which the Council desires to use the land; and\n\n(b) the Governor by Order in Council permits the land to be used for the purpose so specified.\n\nNotes\n\n1. This is a compilation of the *Jennacubbine Sports Council (Incorporated) Act 1965* 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| *Jennacubbine Sports Council (Incorporated) Act 1965* | 53 of 1965 | 9 Nov 1965 | 9 Nov 1965 |\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act is narrowly tailored to a single, specific purpose: dissolve the Jennacubbine Race Club and vest its property and obligations in a newly incorporated Jennacubbine Sports Council, and to set a land‑use restriction on a named parcel. The compilation shows this is the 1965 Act as enacted and there are no listed amendments in the provided materials. Therefore the statutory scope has not been expanded beyond its original, specific purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Short statute: 5 operative sections (plus preamble and compilation note)","Cross-references to three external Acts: Associations Incorporation Act 1895; Transfer of Land Act 1893; Stamp Act 1921 (adds interpretive dependence)","Automatic vesting without conveyance (s2(b)) — a non-standard transfer mechanism that must be reconciled with land registration practice","Assumption and preservation of existing liabilities (s2(c)) — imposes successor liability complexity","Registrar registration contingent on production of a specific Certificate of Title (Vol.1025 Fol.743) (s3) — precise factual dependency","Stamp duty treated as conveyance with a fixed notional consideration (£1,310) (s4) — statutory valuation for tax purposes","Conditional land‑use exception with two-step approval: council resolution at a duly convened general meeting and Governor’s Order in Council (s5(2)) — nested procedural requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"On incorporation of the Jennacubbine Sports Council, this Act dissolves the Jennacubbine Race Club and vests all its property, rights and liabilities in the Council, requires the Registrar to register a specified ~65‑acre parcel to the Council, and treats that registration as a conveyance for stamp duty with a fixed notional consideration of £1,310. The land must be used for community sport (cricket, football, tennis, hockey, basketball); any other use needs a Council resolution and the Governor’s Order in Council."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative text is unavailable. Based on the Act's title alone, it appears to remain a narrow, single-purpose instrument incorporating one specific local sporting body — consistent with its original intent."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text is available to assess — complexity cannot be meaningfully determined","Based on the Act's name and era, such local incorporation acts were historically very short and narrowly focused, suggesting low inherent complexity","1960s WA private incorporation acts of this type typically contained only a handful of operative provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"## Jennacubbine Sports Council (Incorporated) Act 1965\n\n**The content of this legislation is not available for analysis.**\n\nThe page that would normally display this Western Australian Act has been taken down due to system and security upgrades on the Western Australian legislation website. No actual legislative text was retrievable — only a website error message was returned.\n\n**What we do know:**\n- This is a Western Australian Act from **1965**\n- It relates to the **Jennacubbine Sports Council**, a small incorporated (legally registered) sporting body in Jennacubbine, a rural locality in the Wheatbelt region of WA\n- Acts of this type typically granted a local sporting club formal legal status, allowing it to own property, enter contracts, and operate as a legal entity in its own right\n\n**If this affects you:** Contact the Parliamentary Counsel's Office (WA) directly, or search the WA legislation website (legislation.wa.gov.au) using the menu navigation rather than a direct link."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation has remained exactly as intended — a one-off statutory solution for transferring a specific parcel of land from a defunct racing club to a new sports association. There is no evidence of scope creep; the Act has not been amended since 1965 and continues to serve only its original narrow purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 operative sections (extremely short)","No defined terms section — only 3 specific terms defined in context ('the Club', 'the Council', 'the Registrar of Titles')","Minimal cross-referencing (only references to three other Acts: Associations Incorporation Act 1895, Transfer of Land Act 1893, and Stamp Act 1921)","Simple conditional logic (only one exception in section 5(2) allowing alternative land use with Governor's approval)","Single purpose legislation with no subordinate legislation or regulations","Straightforward procedural mechanism (dissolution triggered automatically upon incorporation of new body)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a very specific Western Australian law from 1965 that deals with a single local sports club in the town of Jennacubbine.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Dissolves** the \"Jennacubbine Race Club\" — a horse racing club that had been inactive since 1953 (no meetings held, no subscriptions paid, no committee elected for over a decade)\n- **Creates** a new body called the \"Jennacubbine Sports Council\" to take over\n- **Transfers** all the old club's assets (especially a 65-acre racecourse) to the new Council automatically, without needing normal legal paperwork\n- **Specifies** that the land must be used for sports — particularly cricket, football, tennis, hockey and basketball\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Residents of Jennacubbine, Western Australia\n- The new Sports Council and its members\n- Anyone interested in using the former racecourse for community sports\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a classic example of \"private legislation\" — a law passed to solve one specific local problem. The old racing club had essentially collapsed (no meetings since 1953), but still owned valuable land. Rather than let it sit idle or go through complicated court processes to wind up the club, the Parliament passed this Act to allow locals to repurpose the racecourse as a general sports ground. It includes special provisions to make the land transfer easy (no stamp duty complications) and ensures the land stays as a sports facility unless the government specifically approves a change of use."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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